Species

Egretta caerulea Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant and summer visitor east and east central, rare casual west central and west. Accidental breeder Lancaster Co. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14585, Jun 1898 Lincoln, Lancaster Co (see Snowy Egret). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 21, 21, 21 <<<>>> summer Earlier dates are […]

Nyctanassa violacea violacea Status: Rare regular spring migrant southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Rare regular summer visitor southeast and southcentral, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual breeder southeast. Rare casual fall visitor (after Aug) statewide. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 28539, 17 May 1956 Hastings, Adams Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), one of which, violacea, occurs […]

ARDEA ibis Status: Uncommon, locally common, regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Uncommon, locally common, regular summer visitor east and central, rare west. Fairly common casual breeder statewide.Documentation: Photograph: 7 May 1983 Albion, Boone Co (Molhoff 1989). Taxonomy: Former genus Bubulcus was merged into Ardea based on genetic data (Hruska 2023). […]

Ardea herodias wardi Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally common regular breeder west and central, uncommon east. Locally uncommon regular winter visitor Platte and North Platte river valleys, rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10615, 24 Jun 1912 Halsey, Thomas Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (Vennesland and Butler 2020; AviList 2025), western […]

Butorides virescens virescens Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder east and south-central, uncommon north-central, rare casual Panhandle. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12399, 26 Apr 1917 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Green Heron was formerly included in the Little Heron B. striata complex, but genetic data indicated the complex consisted of four separate species […]

Ardea alba egretta Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Fairly common, locally common, regular summer visitor east and central, rare west. Rare casual breeder. Common regular fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7653, 4 Aug 1930 Saunders Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), one […]