Species

Petrochelidon fulva pallida Status: Rare casual summer visitor west-central. Documentation: Photograph: 31 May 1991 Ash Hollow, Garden Co (Brown and Brown 1992, Brogie 1998). Taxonomy: Six subspecies are often recognized (Gill et al 2022), although Strickler and West (2020) merged cavicola with fulva. Three subspecies occur in the Caribbean and Mexico, the remaining two in […]

Corvus corax Status: Rare casual resident and winter visitor west, west central, and north. Documentation: Video, photos: 1-4 Jan 2021 Harrison, Sioux Co (DeLara, eBird.org). Taxonomy: There are 11 subspecies recognized, three in North America; North American subspecies are principalis from northern Alaska to Newfoundland south to southwest British Columbia and Maine, in mountains to […]

Pica hudsonia Status: Uncommon regular resident west, locally uncommon southwest, rare elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor west and south away from breeding locations. Current range Former Range (prior to 2001, Mollhoff 2001) Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10305, 14 Jul 1910 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). North American birds, formerly known […]

Cyanocitta cristata bromia, C. c. cyanotephra Status: Common regular resident and spring and fall migrant east and central, fairly common west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12259, 30 Dec 1908 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized by Gill et al (2022), although Pyle (1997) merged one of these, semplei, with cristata. The four are (Pyle 1997): […]

Corvus cryptoleucus Status: Extirpated; formerly breeder southwest and south-central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12283, 23 Jun 1951 “Nebraska” (no specific location given). Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022). See “Comments” for discussion of identification of Chihuahuan and Common Ravens. Records: The occurrence of this species in Nebraska is enigmatic. Reports during the […]

Cyanocitta stelleri Annectens, C. S. MACROLOPHA Status: Uncommon casual irruptive winter visitor statewide. Documentation: annectens: specimen UNSM ZM7630, Oct 1916 Mitchell, Scotts Bluff Co. macrolopha: photograph: 30 Nov 2022 Carter Canyon, Scotts Bluff Co. Taxonomy: There are 13-17 subspecies recognized by various authors (Phillips 1986, Gill et al 2022, Pyle 1997, Walker et al 2020). However, descriptions […]