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Egretta tricolor ruficollis Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Accidental in spring. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 21718, 14 Oct 1918 Kearney Co (Black 1933, 1941; Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): ruficollis (including occidentalis) in southern North America, south to northwestern South America and Trinidad, and tricolor in northeast and north-central […]

Eudocimus albus albus Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Jul 1999 Kissinger Basin WPA, Clay Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), albus of the southeast United States and Caribbean, and ramobustorum of the Pacific Coast of South America and coastal northern Colombia and Venezuela. Subspecies ramobustorum was erected for South […]

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 (AviList 2025). Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Ajaia, the latter now merged with Platalea (Banks et al 2002). Summer: There are four accepted records. The […]

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 (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 21, 21, 21 <<<>>> summer Earlier dates are […]

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 (AviList 2025), one of which, violacea, occurs […]