Rhodostethia rosea Status: Rare casual fall visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 17 Dec 1992 Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln Co (Dinsmore and Silcock 1993, Rosche 1993, Gubanyi 1996). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Fall: There are three records: 26 Nov-7 Dec 2010 Gavin’s Point Dam, Cedar Co (Brogie 2011) 3-4 Dec 2010 Branched Oak Lake, […]
LITTLE GULL
Hydrocoloeus minutus Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 26 Apr 1995 Wehrspann Lake, Sarpy Co (Gubanyi 1996). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: There are five records. The alternate-plumaged individual at Wehrspann Lake 26 Apr 1995 (cited above) was with a large flock of Bonaparte’s Gulls, typical of this species (and […]
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Chroicocephalus ridibundus Status: Rare casual fall migrant. Documentation: Description: 12 Aug 1979 Walgren Lake, Sheridan Co (Rosche 1982; Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Gill et al (2022), Clements et al (2016), and Pyle (2008) consider this species monotypic, which is followed here. Several authors recognize two subspecies: nominate ridibundus, an Eurasian and local eastern North […]
ANCIENT MURRELET
Synthliboramphus antiquus Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14801, 27 Oct 1929 Burt Co (Swenk 1933). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized: antiquus over most of the range, and microrhynchos restricted to the Russian Commander Islands (Gill et al 2022), although the validity of microrhynchos has been questioned (Gaston and Shoji 2020). The identity of […]
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
Stercorarius longicaudus Status: Accidental in spring. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM13093, 1 Sep 1952 Lancaster Co (Baumgarten and Rapp 1953). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022): longicaudus of northern Scandinavia and northern Russia, and pallescens of eastern Siberia, arctic North America, and Greenland. Nebraska birds are presumed pallescens. […]
PARASITIC JAEGER
Stercorarius parasiticus Status: Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12309, 23-24 Aug 1968 Sheridan Co (Gates 1969). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Fall: There are seven documented records. See Comments for additional records probably this species and reported as “Jaeger sp”. 23-24 Aug 1968 immature near Hay Springs, Sheridan Co (specimen cited above) […]