Setophaga nigrescens halseii Status: Rare casual spring migrant west, accidental east. Rare casual fall migrant west and central. Documentation: Photograph: 16 May 2008 Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co (Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: Although two subspecies have been recognized (Pyle 1997), they are poorly differentiated and current authors treat the species as monotypic (Guzy and Lowther 2020, […]
GRACE’S WARBLER
Setophaga graciae graciae Status: Rare casual spring and fall visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 4 May 2008 Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co (Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, three of which occur from Mexico south to Nicaragua, and one in the US: graciae, breeding from southwestern US and northwest Mexico south to northern Sinaloa (Gill et […]
PAINTED BUNTING
Passerina ciris Status: Rare casual statewide spring visitor. Accidental in fall. Documentation: Specimen: UNK, 26 Apr 1960 Kearney, Buffalo Co (Brown 1960, Wetmore 1961). Taxonomy: There have been two subspecies generally recognized (for example Gill et al (2022), but the difficulty of diagnosing them has led to some current authors considering the species monotypic (Pyle […]
HEPATIC TANAGER
Piranga flava Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Videotape: 6 Jan 1999 West Point, Cuming Co (Jorgensen 2001, 2003). Taxonomy: There are 15 subspecies recognized (Pyle 1997, Eddleman 2020), usually divided into three groups, each raised to species status by some authors (Gill et al 2022); in this treatment, two new species occur south of the […]
SWAINSON’S WARBLER
Limnothlypis swainsonii Status: Accidental in spring. Documentation: 15 May 2018 Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co; recordings: Stearns (2018), Leger (2018); photograph: Carlini (2018). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Record: The single accepted record is of one at Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co 15 May 2018 (cited above; Brogie 2019). This bird was located […]
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD
Euphagus cyanocephalus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Rare regular winter visitor from the North Platte and Platte River valleys south and Missouri River Valley. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7025, 20 Jun 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (Jaramillo and […]