Aythya collaris x AYTHYA AFFINIS/MARILA. Status: Accidental in fall. Record: There is one record of this hybrid combination, a single at Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co 31 Oct 2023 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: There are numerous records across North America of this hybrid combination (eBird. org, accessed Jan 2024), which is reportable to eBird for scaup […]
Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya collaris x AYTHYA affinis Status: Rare winter visitor statewide. Records: There are 11 records, the first in 2021, most in spring, presumably a reflection of increasing interest in hybrid waterfowl by observers. 28 Oct 2024 Lake Ogallala, Keith Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 31 Oct 2022 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 1 Jan 2021 […]
Redhead x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya americana x AYTHYA affinis 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 photographed in the Gavin’s Point Dam area, Cedar Co 1 and […]
Red Crossbill x Pine Siskin (hybrid)
Loxia curvirostra x Spinus pinus Status: Accidental in fall. Taxonomy: Note that since publication of Tallman and Zusi (1984), the sub-genus Spinus, formerly included in genus Carduelis, was elevated to species status (Chesser et al 2009). Record: The only Nebraska record, and second known of this hybrid combination was of one in Omaha, Douglas Co 25 Nov […]
[Curve-billed x Brown Thrasher (hybrid)]
Toxostoma curvirostre x ToXOSTOMA rufum Status: No accepted records. Comments: An interesting development related to the long stay (2002-2008) of a Curve-billed Thrasher at the Frimann Ranch, Sioux Co (see Curve-billed Thrasher species account HERE) was the presence within a brood of otherwise normal Brown Thrasher nestlings there of one with a gray head and […]
Barn x Cliff Swallow (hybrid)
Hirundo rustica x Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Records: There are three records: 26 May 2022 Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Co (Mlodinow, eBird Checklist – 26 May 2022). 12 Jun 2014 Keith Co (Brown and Page 2015) 10 Aug 2021 Scottsbluff WTP, […]