Sturnella magna magna Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder southeast, locally common western Sandhills, uncommon elsewhere except rare casual southwest. Rare casual winter visitor southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6952, 2 Mar 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Fourteen subspecies are recognized, three of which occur north of […]
SCOTT’S ORIOLE
Icterus parisorum Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Documentation: Description: 20-24 Jun 1975 Hall Co (Stoppkotte 1975; Brogie 1998). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Summer: There are eight reports, two, both adult males, acceptably documented: 20-24 Jun 1975 Hall Co (cited above) 29 Jun 2004 Buffalo Co (Brogie 2005). The six additional unaccepted […]
LECONTE’S SPARROW
Ammospiza leconteii Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east and east-central, rare west-central, accidental west. Rare casual winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7313, 20 Apr 1901 Havelock, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: This species and Nelson’s Sparrow were moved from Ammodramus to the new genus Ammospiza based on genetic studies that indicated former Ammodramus was […]
RED FOX SPARROW
Passerella iliaca zaboria, P. i. iliaca Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east, uncommon east central, rare casual west central and west. Uncommon regular winter visitor east central and east, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimens: iliaca?, UNSM ZM17887, 21 Oct 2000 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; zaboria? UNSM ZM18334, 7 Nov 2005 Dodge Co (see […]
HARRIS’S SPARROW
Zonotrichia querula Status: Common spring migrant east and east central, uncommon west central and west. Rare casual summer visitor south and east. Common regular fall migrant east, fairly common central, uncommon west. Common regular winter visitor east, east central, Platte River Valley counties southward, and in the North Platte Valley in Keith and Scotts Bluff […]
BREWER’S SPARROW
Spizella breweri breweri Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west, rare casual central and east. Fairly common regular breeder western Panhandle. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7444, 12 Jul 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): taverneri, breeding from southeast Alaska and western Canada to northwestern US, and breweri, breeding from […]