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Eudocimus albus albus Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Jul 1999 Kissinger Basin WPA, Clay Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, albus of the southeast United States and Caribbean, and newly named ramobustorum of northern South America; the latter was erected for South America populations formerly considered conspecific with E. ruber, Scarlet […]

Platalea ajaja Status: Rare casual summer visitor south-central and southeast. Documentation: Description: 16 Sep 1884, Lincoln, Lancaster Co (Swenk 1932, Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Ajaia, the latter now merged with Platalea (Banks et al 2002). Summer: There are four accepted […]

Egretta caerulea Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant and summer visitor east and east central, rare casual west central and west. Accidental breeder Lancaster Co. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14585, Jun 1898 Lincoln, Lancaster Co (see Snowy Egret). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: Apr 21, 21, 21 <<<>>> summer Earlier […]

Nyctanassa violacea violacea Status: Rare regular spring migrant southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Rare regular summer visitor southeast and southcentral, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual breeder southeast. Rare casual fall visitor (after Aug) statewide. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 28539, 17 May 1956 Hastings, Adams Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), one of which, […]

ARDEA ibis Status: Uncommon, locally common, regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Uncommon, locally common, regular summer visitor east and central, rare west. Fairly common casual breeder statewide.Documentation: Photograph: 7 May 1983 Albion, Boone Co (Molhoff 1989). Taxonomy: Traditionally three subspecies have been recognized (Telfair 2020), coromandus of southern and eastern […]