Species

Peucaea cassinii Status: Fairly common regular breeder and spring and fall migrant west and southern west central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM13090 (egg fragments), Jun 1974 Perkins Co (Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: This species was recently re-assigned from genus Aimophila to Pucaea (Chesser et al 2010). No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: […]

Spinus pinus pinus Status: Common regular erratic spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular erratic breeder west, rare casual elsewhere. Common regular erratic winter visitor statewide. Breeding and migration Winter Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7161, 6 Feb 1897 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Spinus, a former sub-genus of Carduelis, was raised to generic status based on genetic […]

Pipilo chlorurus Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant west, rare casual central, accidental east. Rare casual statewide winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 7242, 11 Sep 1919 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co (Mickel and Dawson 1920). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). There are four records in eBird of hybrids between Green-tailed Towhee […]

Melozone fusca Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Description: 18 Sep 1975 Gering, Scotts Bluff Co (Brashear 1976). Taxonomy: The “brown towhees” were assigned to a separate genus, Melozone, in 2010 (Chesser et al 2010) based on genetic studies by DaCosta et al (2009). The former Brown Towhee (Pipilo fusca) was split (Monroe et al 1989) […]

Centronyx bairdii Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide. Accidental breeder Sioux Co. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 14237, 19 May 1935 Juniata, Adams Co (Brooking 1935). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species and Henslow’s Sparrow were assigned to genus Centronyx from Ammodramus, based on genetic studies that indicated former Ammodramus […]

Zonotrichia atricapilla Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 25-26 Nov 1984 Alliance, Box Butte Co (Thomas 1984; Mollhoff 1989). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Golden-crowned Sparrow hybridizes occasionally with other Zonotrichia species, White-crowned, and White-throated Sparrows, although none are recorded for Nebraska. Nearest are […]