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 […]
Rhynchophanes mccownii Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west, rare casual elsewhere. Locally common regular breeder western Panhandle. State listed as Threatened. Documentation: UNSM ZM7565, 20 Jun 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Chesser et al (2010) transferred this species from the genus Calcarius to monotypic Rhynchophanes. The English name of this species was […]
Sternula antillarum athalassos Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant central and east, rare west. Locally fairly common regular breeder east and central. State listed as Endangered. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6222, 4 Aug 1902 Badger, Holt Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2020), although these are weakly differentiated (Pyle 2008); […]
Calidris canutus Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide. State and federally listed as Threatened. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Sep 1986 Lake Babcock, Platte Co (Mollhoff 1987). Taxonomy: Six subspecies are currently recognized, although Pyle (2008) combined at least the North American breeders. Three of the subspecies are Eurasian. Those breeding in North America are […]
Charadrius melodus circumcinctus Status: Locally fairly common breeder central and east, rare casual west. Uncommon spring and fall migrant away from breeding sites. State and federally listed as Threatened. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6102, 17 Jun 1902 Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: Miller et al (2009) showed that Atlantic Coast birds (melodus) were genetically distinct from a […]
ANARHYNCHUS montanus Status: Fairly common regular breeder southwestern Panhandle. Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant southwestern Panhandle, rare casual elsewhere. State listed as Threatened. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 3053, 7 Apr 1917 Whitman, Grant Co. Taxonomy: Genetic studies resulted in a transfer of this species from genus Charadrius to genus Anarhynchus (Chesser et al 2024). […]
