Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual breeder Sandhills. Uncommon, locally common, regular summer visitor central and west, uncommon elsewhere. Locally rare regular winter visitor south, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12393, 31 May 1959 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Feb 9, 10, […]
BROWN BOOBY
Sula leucogaster LEUCOGASTER Status: Rare casual summer visitor central and east. Documentation: Photograph: 30 Jun 2014 Sarpy Co (Brogie 2015). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): leucogaster of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, and plotus of the Indian Ocean and central and western Pacific. Two subspecies, brewsteri of islands off Southern California and […]
WOOD STORK
Mycteria americana Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 4 Jun 2014 Washington Co (Brogie 2015). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Summer: There are three accepted records: 4 Jun 2014 Boyer Chute NWR, Washington Co (cited above) 15 Jun and 2-3 Aug 2006 Saunders and Cass Cos (Silcock 2006) 29 Jun 1925 Sarpy […]
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata magnificens ROTHSCHILDI Status: Rare casual fall visitor. Documentation: Specimen: 11 Nov 2020, UNSM ZM-19795, female, four miles north of Gothenburg, Dawson Co (Mark Peyton). Taxonomy: Two subspecies have been recognized, magnificens, limited to Galapagos Islands, and rothschildi of the tropical western Pacific and Atlantic (Gill et al 2022). Considered monotypic by AviList (2025) despite […]
COMMON LOON
Gavia immer Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Locally uncommon regular summer visitor west and central, rare east. Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7652, 30 Oct 1919 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Mar 10, 11, 12 <<<>>> Jun 2, 3, […]
RED-THROATED LOON
Gavia stellata Status: Rare casual spring migrant and rare regular fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM-19794, 10 Nov 2020 Conestoga Lake, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: There are eight accepted records: 17 Mar 2018 basic adult Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster Co (Michael Willison photo; Brogie 2019) 21 Mar 2023 […]