Species

Sitta pygmaea melanotis Status: Common regular resident west, locally fairly common Thomas Co. Rare local summer visitor Cherry Co. Common regular winter visitor northwest, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11875, 16 Jun 1966 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three in Mexico and two restricted to California; elsewhere, melanotis […]

Tachycineta bicolor Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Fairly common regular breeder statewide except southwest and southern Panhandle, where uncommon. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6452, 2 Jul 1902 Carns, Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Mar 9, 10, 11 <<<>>> summer Earlier dates are 14 […]

Stelgidopteryx serripennis Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6454, 7 Jun 1901 Gage Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), four restricted to Mexico and Central America, and two in the USA: serripennis of southeastern Alaska and southern Canada south to west-central, south-central, and southeastern USA, and […]

Riparia riparia riparia Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder east and central, uncommon west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10606, 10 May 1913 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), only riparia occurring in the Western Hemisphere. This species is known as Sand Martin in Eurasia, the standardized international […]

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10610, 10 May 1913 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (Brown et al 2020, AviList 2025): pyrrhonota from Alaska to central California east to Newfoundland and Virginia, except Tennessee to Oklahoma and Texas, tachina from central California to […]

Sitta canadensis Status: Common regular resident north-central and west, local south central and east. Rare regular summer visitor statewide away from known breeding areas. Uncommon irregular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6563, 20 Feb 1896 Harrison, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Resident: This species is generally sedentary at Nebraska’s latitudes […]