Species

Botaurus lentiginosus Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular breeder north, west, and Rainwater Basin, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12409, 19 Sep 1911 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 4, 5, 5 <<<>>> May 15, 15, 15 Earlier dates are 29 Mar 2020 Hamilton […]

Nannopterum auritum auritum Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally common regular breeder north and west, rare casual elsewhere. Locally uncommon regular summer visitor away from breeding range locations. Rare casual winter visitor south. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7651, 1 Nov 1932 North Platte, Lincoln Co. Taxonomy: Chesser et al (2021) split New World […]

Anhinga anhinga leucogaster Status: Rare casual spring visitor southeast. Documentation: Photograph: 18 May 2017 Swan Creek WMA, Saline Co (William Flack, eBird.org; Brogie 2018). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), leucogaster of the southeastern United States and northern Caribbean, and anhinga of South America and the southern Caribbean. Anhinga has traditionally consisted of four […]

Nannopterum brasilianum mexicanum Status: Increasing. Rare regular summer visitor east and central Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14226, 2 Oct 1982 Sutherland Reservoir (Wright 1983). Taxonomy: Chesser et al (2021) split New World Double-crested, Neotropic, and Flightless cormorants from Phalacrocorax to the resurrected genus Nannopterum, which required a specific epithet change from brasilianus to brasilianum and subspecies […]

Egretta rufescens rufescens Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 27 Sep-15 Oct 2000 Lake McConaughy, Keith Co (Dinsmore 2001, Jorgensen 2002, Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), dickeyi of southern California and Baja California, and rufescens of southern North America, West Indies, and Mexico. Nebraska records are presumed rufescens. Summer: There […]

Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis, P. O. californicus Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Accidental in winter. Documentation: carolinensis: photograph 27 Jun-3 Jul 2002 Gavin’s Point Dam, Cedar Co (Brogie 2003); californicus: photograph 26 Dec 2014-15 Mar 2015 Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln Co (Brogie 2015, Brogie 2016). Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), two in South America, one in […]