Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi Status: Rare casual spring, fall, and winter visitor west and east. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2895, 28 Oct 1922 Elkhorn, Douglas Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, harrisi of southwest United States south to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and unicinctus of Colombia and Venezuela south to northern Argentina and Chile (Gill et al […]
WHITE-TAILED KITE
Elanus leucurus Status: Rare casual summer visitor south and west. Documentation: Photograph: 31 Aug-8 Oct 1983 Mormon Island Crane Meadows, Hall Co (Lingle and Lingle 1983). Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, majusculus of the southern and western United States south to Panama, and leucurus further south, to Argentina (Gill et al 2022). Nebraska birds are […]
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Elanoides forficatus Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Formerly regular breeder but extirpated around 1910. Documentation: Specimen: Fullerton, Nance Co, 1880, Illinois State Museum #ISM-602715; located by Wayne Mollhoff (personal communication). Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, forficatus of the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico, and yetapa, from Mexico to northern Argentina (Gill et al 2022). […]
GLOSSY IBIS
Plegadis falcinellus Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant statewide. Rare casual breeder Rainwater Basin. Rare casual summer visitor west and southeast. Rare casual fall migrant east and central. Documentation: Photograph: 15 Apr 2005 Harvard WPA, Clay Co (Brogie 2006). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species hybridizes extensively with White-faced Ibis. For […]
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Plegadis chihi Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Uncommon regular breeder north and west, rare southeast. Rare summer visitor east, east central, and south. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: Olson #43 at UNK, 12 Jun 1916 Island Lake, Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill […]
AMERICAN GOSHAWK
ASTUR atricapillus Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor northwest. Rare regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12491, Nov 1896 near Maxwell, Lincoln Co. Taxonomy: Due to paraphyly in the genus Accipiter as revealed by genetic studies (Catanach et al 2024), the genus Astur has been resurrected for several […]