Species

Bucephala clangula x islandica Status: Accidental in winter Records: There are two records: 11 Mar 2023 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, Ely; eBird.org) 13 Dec 2020 Gavin’s Point Dam, Knox Co (Strand, eBird.org) Comments: This is a commonly reported hybrid in the eastern and western US as might be expected given the locations of […]

Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii Status: Rare regular winter visitor west and west central, rare casual east central and east. Records: There are 16 records: 31 Oct 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 8 Nov 2021 Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 16 Nov 2020 Dundy Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 25 Nov 2024 Cochran Lake, […]

Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii Status: Uncommon regular winter visitor west and west central; rare casual elsewhere. Records: There are about 48 records, 31 Oct-28 Mar, most in the Panhandle and east to Keith and Lincoln Cos (eBird.org, accessed Dec 2024). Most are associated with Cackling Geese. Reports in the east central and east are fewer: […]

Anser caerulescens x ANSER rossii Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant. Taxonomy: Hybridization occurs between Snow Goose and Ross’s Goose, estimated at 4.7% of a sample of around 12,000 Ross’s and Snow Geese in the Central Flyway examined between 1961 and 1968 (Trauger et al 1971, Baldassare 2014). This percentage will likely increase as […]

Aythya americana x Aythya collaris Status: Accidental in spring. Taxonomy: Redhead is known to have hybridized with each of the other four North American Aythya in the wild, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, and Ring-necked Duck (Woodin and Michot 2020). Record: A drake was documented at Flanagan Lake, Douglas Co 4-6 Apr 2020 by Sam […]