Limosa haemastica Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Rare casual fall migrant central and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12692, 12 Jun 1910 Ceresco, Saunders Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 7, 7, 7 <<<>>> Jun 5, 5, 6 (Jorgensen 2012) Earlier dates are […]
MARBLED GODWIT
Limosa fedoa FEDOA Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant central and west, uncommon east. Rare regular breeder west and Cherry Co. Uncommon regular fall migrant west and west-central, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM15300, 10 May 1908 Dorey Lake, Cherry Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, beringiae of Alaska and fedoa of central and […]
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Bartramia longicauda Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11419, 18 Jun 1931 Atkinson, Holt Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 10, 11, 13 <<<>>> summer Migrants usually arrive during the latter half of Apr, with peak migration occurring in early and mid-May. Earlier […]
HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL
Numenius HUDSONICUS rufiventris Status: Rare regular spring migrant central and west, rare casual east. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2498, 12 Oct 1901 Hall Co. Taxonomy: Recent genetic studies show Nearctic whimbrels as a deep monophyletic clade (Sangster et al 2011, Tan et al 2019); these Nearctic birds are now considered a […]
ESKIMO CURLEW
Numenius borealis Status: Extinct. Formerly abundant regular spring migrant central. Formerly rare regular fall migrant central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2469, Apr 1880 Hamilton Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Records: Eskimo Curlew is probably extinct; there are no accepted records for North America since 1962 (O’Brien et al 2006), although Gill et al […]
PIPING PLOVER
Charadrius melodus circumcinctus Status: Locally fairly common breeder central and east, rare casual west. Uncommon spring and fall migrant away from breeding sites. State and federally listed as Threatened. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6102, 17 Jun 1902 Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, melodus of the Atlantic Coast and circumcinctus of interior US, including […]