Cyanocompsa parellina
Status: No accepted records.
Taxonomy: There are four subspecies recognized, none of regular occurrence north of Mexico (Gill et al 2022).
Comments: The single report, of one in Otoe Co 22 Jan 2015 was not accepted by NOURC as “lacking substantive evidence for a first state record” (Brogie 2016).
Almost all records of this species are in winter from the lower Rio Grande Valley, where it has been reported nine of the 10 years 2014-2023 (eBiird.org, accessed Jan 2024); there about six reports along and near the Gulf Coast northeast to southwest Louisiana, along with two records 2021 and 2023 inland in Bexar Co (eBird.org, accessed May 2018). The first US record, oddly, was of one collected in Louisiana in Dec 1979.
Abbreviations
NOURC: Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee
Literature Cited
Brogie, M.A. 2016. 2015 (27th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 84: 138-150.
Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2024. Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org
Birds of Nebraska – Online
Updated 17 Jan 2024