Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Status: Common regular resident south and east, uncommon north, locally rare west. Rare regular spring, fall, and winter visitor outside breeding range.Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7063, Dec 1884 Unadilla, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: The number of recognized subspecies varies between 16 and 19 (Pyle 1997, Gill et al 2022, Halkin et al 2021), the […]
Cygnus buccinator Status: Locally common, regular spring and fall migrant and winter visitor statewide, rare southwest. Locally fairly common regular summer resident at Sandhills lakes, rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 573, circa 15 Mar 1898 Overton, Dawson Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Breeding populations that are currently geographically isolated, as […]
