Rallus crepitans crepitans Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14120, 30 Jan 1951 near Stapleton, Logan Co (Rapp and Rapp 1951). Taxonomy: The 15 subspecies previously included in Clapper Rail R. longirostris (AOU 1957) were split into two groups in 2014, seven in South America (a new subspecies was described in 2016) under Mangrove […]
BLACK RAIL
Laterallus jamaicensis JAMAICENSIS Status: Rare casual spring and summer visitor statewide. Federally listed as Threatened. Documentation: Recording: 25 May 1986 Knox Co (Brogie and Brogie 1987, Brogie 1999). Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized, three in South America, and two in North America: coterniculus of California and Baja, Mexico, and jamaicensis of the eastern United States […]
[GREATER ROADRUNNER]
Geococcyx californianus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Comments: There are four reports without adequate documentation. A single bird identified as this species ran across the road in front of a car driven by observers familiar with the species one mile northwest of Funk, Phelps Co 29 Mar 2004. The report […]
GROOVE-BILLED ANI
Crotophaga sulcirostris Status: Rare casual fall visitor central and east. Documentation: Photograph: 15 Oct-1 Nov 1975 Hall Co (Stoppkotte 1975). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Former weakly-differentiated subspecies sulcirostris, which is resident in south Texas, has a history of northward vagrancy (Pyle 1997). It is listed as occurring in Kansas (Johnston 1965) and […]
RED-NECKED GREBE
Podiceps grisegena holbollii Status: Rare casual spring migrant statewide. Rare regular fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Photograph: 24 Nov 1995 Lewis and Clark Lake, Knox Co (Brogie 1996). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, grisegena in Eurasia and holbollii in North America (AviList 2025). Nebraska birds are holbollii. Changes […]
NORTHERN BOBWHITE
Colinus virginianus taylori, C. V. MEXICANUS/VIRGINIANUS? Status: Fairly common regular resident east and most of central; rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6093, 19 Jun 1902 Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: Taxonomy is complex. Brennan et al (2020) recognized 21 subspecies divided into four groups, following eBird’s taxonomy (Clements et al 2019). The “Eastern Group” consists of […]