Anser albifrons GAMBELLI Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant central, fairly common east, uncommon west. Rare regular summer visitor south and east, rare casual north and west. Rare regular winter visitor central and east, rare casual west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12412, 1937 or 1938 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Taxonomy of this species in North America has […]
ROSS’S GOOSE
Anser rossii Status: Abundant regular spring migrant statewide. Rare regular summer visitor central and east. Common regular fall migrant statewide. Rare regular winter visitor west, south, and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11255, 6 Nov 1922 Hooper, Dodge Co (Tate 1966). Taxonomy: The genus Chen was recently lumped with genus Anser based on genetic studies (Chesser […]
SNOW GOOSE
Anser caerulescens caerulescens, A. c. atlanticus Status: Abundant regular spring migrant east, south and west, uncommon north. Uncommon regular summer visitor statewide. Abundant regular fall migrant central and east, common west. Uncommon regular winter visitor east, south and west, rare north. Documentation: caerulescens: specimen UNSM ZM10619, 28 Mar 1917 Lancaster Co; atlanticus: photograph by William Lemburg […]
MOURNING DOVE
Zenaida macroura marginella Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east, rare north and North Platte River Valley, rare casual elsewhere in Panhandle. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 6232, 30 May 1914 Haigler, Dundy Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (Gill and Donsker 2017), two occupying […]
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Zenaida asiatica Status: Uncommon resident, more numerous in summer than winter, especially south of dashed line on map. Rare casual breeder statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 11-16 May 1994 Lincoln, Lancaster Co (Gubanyi 1996a). Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized (Clements et al 2016): mearnsi of the southwest US and western Mexico, asiatica of the southern US to […]
COMMON GROUND DOVE
Columbina passerina Status: Rare casual fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Description: 18 Nov 1979 Washington Co (Padelford and Padelford 1980). Taxonomy: Eighteen subspecies are recognized, 16 from the West Indies and Mexico south through Ecuador and Brazil, and two north of Mexico (Clements et al 2016, Bowman 2020): passerina occurs in the coastal southeast US (South […]