Species

Pipilo maculatus arcticus, P. m. montanus Status: Common regular breeder west and central, rare east. Uncommon spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare regular winter visitor southeast and south, rare casual elsewhere. Breeding Figure 1. Proportion of “dark-backed” towhees (see text) by “zone” based on a review of eBird reports (Silcock, unpublished data).   Distribution by […]

Spizella passerina passerina, S. p. arizonae, S. p. boreophila Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide, uncommon western Sandhills and southern Panhandle. Rare casual winter visitor southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7426, 27 Apr 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are five subspecies, three in Mexico and two in the USA […]

Spizella pallida Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor north. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7429, 17 May 1890 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Clay-colored Sparrow hybrids with Chipping Sparrow and Field Sparrow are occasionally reported, although none for Nebraska. There are […]

Pooecetes gramineus gramineus, P. g. confinis Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder north and east, uncommon elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor.Documentation: Specimens: gramineus, UNSM ZM7340, 12 Apr 1890 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; confinis, UNSM ZM7336, 30 May 1901 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Four weakly defined subspecies are […]

Passerculus sandwichensis nevadensis, P. s. savanna, P. s. LABRADORIUS (including oblitus). Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally uncommon regular breeder north and west. Rare casual winter visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimens: nevadensis, UNSM ZM7285, 10 Oct 1885 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; savanna, UNSM ZM7279, 19 Oct 1901; oblitus, UNSM ZM10432, […]

Centronyx henslowii Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant southeast, rare northeast and central. Locally uncommon regular breeder southeast. Documentation: Specimen: USNM 8968, Loup Fork of Platte 10 Jun 1857 (Hyde 1939). Taxonomy: This species and Baird’s Sparrow were moved to a new genus, Centronyx, from Ammodramus, based on genetic studies that indicated former Ammodramus […]