Ictinia mississippiensis Status: Increasing. Uncommon regular local breeder North Platte and Platte river valleys south in west and central, rare east. Uncommon summer visitor within breeding range. Rare casual spring and fall migrant North Platte and Platte river valleys north. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM17034, 9 Sep 1991 North Platte, Lincoln Co. There is a specimen […]
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis Status: Increasing. Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder west, west central, and east. Rare regular summer visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14607, Oct 1938 North Platte, Lincoln Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025); two of these occur in North America: carolinensis in the United States […]
TURKEY VULTURE
Cathartes aura Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder statewide. Locally common regular summer visitor statewide. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10880, 24 Jul 1910 Naponee, Franklin Co. Taxonomy: Of six subspecies, three occur in North America (AviList 2025): aura from the southwest United States to Costa Rica and […]
ZONE-TAILED HAWK
Buteo albonotatus Status: Accidental in spring. Documentation: Description: Lake Ogallala, Keith Co, 25 Apr 2007 (Brogie 2008). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Record: One was discovered by Charles Brown, Valerie O’Brien, and Sarah Knutie roosting with six Turkey Vultures at Lake Ogallala 25 Apr 2007 (Brogie 2008). It was watched both in flight […]
HARRIS’S HAWK
Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi Status: Rare casual spring, fall, and winter visitor west and east. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2895, 28 Oct 1922 Elkhorn, Douglas Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, harrisi of southwest United States south to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and unicinctus of Colombia and Venezuela south to northern Argentina and Chile (AviList 2025). Nebraska […]
WHITE-TAILED KITE
Elanus leucurus Status: Rare casual summer visitor south and west. Documentation: Photograph: 31 Aug-8 Oct 1983 Mormon Island Crane Meadows, Hall Co (Lingle and Lingle 1983). Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, majusculus of the southern and western United States south to Panama, and leucurus further south, to Argentina (AviList 2025). Nebraska birds are presumed majusculus. […]