Species

Sialia mexicana Status:  Accidental in spring. (Note- this record is yet to be reviewed by NOURC) Documentation: photograph: 7 Apr 2023 along County Road 5, Kimball Co at 41.005 -104.011 (Burke, Pheneger; eBird.org). Taxonomy:  Six subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), three in Mexico and these north of Mexico: occidentalis, breeding from southern British […]

Ixoreus naevius MERULOIDES (GODFREII?) Status:  Rare regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation:  Specimen: UNSM ZM6661, 18 Dec 1935 North Platte, Lincoln Co. Taxonomy:  Four weakly differentiated subspecies are recognized, based mainly on female plumages (Phillips 1991). These are (Gill et al 2022): naevius of southeastern Alaska south coastally to northern California and wintering from British Columbia […]

Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare east-central, rare casual east. Common regular breeder west and southwest, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor west central. Documentation: UNSM ZM6601, 12 Jun 1901 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: As many as 11 subspecies are recognized although only two occur […]

Certhia americana americana; C. a. montana Status: Locally rare regular resident east and northwest, rare casual north-central. Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: americana: specimen UNSM ZM6569, 25 Mar 1896 Lancaster Co; montanus: specimen UNSM ZM6570, 17 Feb 1896 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: There are 12-15 subspecies recognized, all but three […]

Regulus satrapa satrapa Status: Uncommon regular spring and fairly common fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor south, east central, and east, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: satrapa: UNSM ZM6718, 13 Apr 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies have been recognized, four north of Mexico (Swanson et al 2020): olivaceus, breeding from coastal southeast […]

Cinclus mexicanus unicolor Status: Rare casual fall visitor statewide. Accidental in spring west central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 693 (pair), Jun 1903 Wauneta, Chase Co. Taxonomy: Four or five subspecies are generally recognized (Pyle 1997), one, unicolor, breeding throughout the North American range north of Mexico (Gill et al 2022). According to Kingery and Willson (2020), […]