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 […]
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
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 […]
GREAT KISKADEE
Pitangus sulphuratus texanus Status: Accidental in spring. Taxonomy: A recent decision by AOS (Chesser et al 2018) rearranged the order of subfamilies within the Tyrannidae, placing Tyranninae (Nebraska-occurring genera Myiarchus, Pitangus, Tyrannus) ahead of Fluvicolinae (Nebraska-occurring genera Contopus, Empidonax, Sayornis, Pyrocephalus). We follow this order of genera. Of ten recognized subspecies (AviList 2025), only one occurs […]
BLACK PHOEBE
Sayornis nigricans semiATRA Status: Accidental in spring. Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), two of which occur in South America and four in central America and Mexico, only one of which occurs north of Mexico, semiatra. The Nebraska record is presumed semiatra. Note that the describer of this subspecies (Vigors 1839), used the spelling […]
[MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL]
Antrostomus arizonae Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are five subspecies, only one north of Mexico: arizonae, occurring in the southwestern USA into Mexico (AviList 2025). This species was split from Eastern Whip-poor-will (former Caprimulgus vociferus, now A. vociferus) in 2010 based on differences in vocalizations and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA; the two species also […]
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
Pheucticus ludovicianus Status: Common regular spring migrant east, fairly common east central, uncommon west central and west. Common regular breeder east, rare east central. Common regular fall migrant east and east central, rare casual west central and west. Rare casual winter visitor east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12080, 31 May 1895 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies […]