Species

Larus glaucoides Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant Lake McConaughy, Keith Co and Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln Co, rare elsewhere. Uncommon regular winter visitor Lake McConaughy and Sutherland Reservoir, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Description: 15 Jan 1907, Dorchester, Saline Co (Swenk 1907, Bray et al 1986). Because of the existence of a cline from west to […]

Larus californicus californicus, L. c. albertaensis Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant North Platte River Valley (east to Maloney Reservoir), rare casual elsewhere. Locally uncommon regular summer and winter visitor North Platte River Valley (east to Maloney Reservoir), rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Photograph: 14 Aug 1986 Lake McConaughy, Keith Co (Brogie 1986; Mollhoff […]

Larus marinus Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer and winter visitor Keith and Lincoln Cos. Documentation: Photograph: 20 Jan-18 Mar 1996, first basic Lake McConaughy, Keith Co (Brogie 1997). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Changes since 2000: There are no Nebraska records prior to 1988, This […]

Larus glaucescens Status: Rare casual spring and fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 12 Apr 1995 Lake McConaughy, Keith Co (Roberson and Carratello 1996; Gubanyi 1996). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species hybridizes extensively with Herring Gull; the hybrids, often referred to as “Cook Inlet Gull” after the primary location of […]

Tringa semipalmata inornata Status: Common regular spring migrant central and west, uncommon east. Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder north central and west. Fairly common regular fall migrant central and west, uncommon east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6611, 7 Jul 1902 Carns, Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, inornata (“Western Willet”) breeding from central Canada […]

Tringa solitaria solitaria, T. s. cinnamomea Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6144, 7 Jul 1902 Carns, Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, cinnamomea of Alaska and western Canada and solitaria of eastern British Columbia to Labrador (Gill et al 2022). Both subspecies occur in Nebraska, although […]