Setophaga coronata coronata Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare regular winter visitor from North Platte and Platte River Valley counties south and Missouri River Valley in northeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6857, 20 Apr 1901 Havelock, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: The westernmost populations of Myrtle Warbler have been considered separable as hooveri (Curson et […]
AUDUBON’S WARBLER
Setophaga auduboni auduboni Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant west, uncommon central, rare casual east. Uncommon regular breeder northwest. Rare casual winter visitor west-central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6847, 21 May 1900 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Gill et al (2021) included Mexican taxon nigrifrons with auduboni as subspecies based on genetic data (Brelsford et al […]
Ring-necked Duck x Greater Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya collaris x marila Status: Accidental in fall. Record: The only record is of one along the south Shore of Lewis and Clark Lake, Knox Co (Strand, eBird.org). The observer’s description reads: “Adult male. Scaup with clean pale whitish flanks and a contrasting black back, similar in size to the female GRSC it was paired […]
[Western Gull]
Larus occidentalis Status: No accepted records. Comments: One at Lake McConaughy, Keith Co 26 Apr 2021 was reported and well described by an experienced observer (Mlodinow, eBird.org). The details provided read as follows: This was a bird nearing the end of its third cycle or in fourth cycle. The bill was moderately thick, but not […]
Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya collaris x affinis Status: Accidental in spring. Record: The only record is of one photographed at Gavin’s Point Dam in Knox Co 1 Apr 2021 (Strand, eBird.org). Comments: Ring-necked Duck hybridizes with several species of Aythya (Roy et al 2020). There are numerous records shown in eBird (eBird.org, accessed Jun 2021), but the Nebraska […]
Tufted Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya fuligula x affinis Status: No accepted records. Record: A first state record of this hybrid was photographed at Gavin’s Point Dam in Knox Co 13 Apr 2021 (Strand et al, eBird.org). Comments: Tufted Duck hybridizes with other species of Aythya (Carboneras and Kirwan 2020). There are numerous records shown in eBird (eBird.org, accessed Jun […]
