Arenaria interpres Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and central, rare casual west. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12626, 16 May 1895 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are generally recognized, interpres, of Eurasia from Greenland east to northwestern and western Alaska, wintering on islands in the Pacific, and morinella, of North America […]
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
Numenius americanus Status: Decreasing. Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant central and west, rare casual east. Fairly common regular breeder north-central and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6609, 20 Jun 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Current authorities treat this species as monotypic (Dugger and Dugger 2020, AviList 2025, Pyle 2025). Two poorly defined subspecies, […]
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Limosa haemastica Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Rare casual fall migrant central and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12692, 12 Jun 1910 Ceresco, Saunders Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 7, 7, 7 <<<>>> Jun 5, 5, 6 (Jorgensen 2012) Earlier dates are […]
MARBLED GODWIT
Limosa fedoa FEDOA Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant central and west, uncommon east. Rare regular breeder west and north. Uncommon regular fall migrant west and west-central, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM15300, 10 May 1908 Dorey Lake, Cherry Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, beringiae of Alaska and fedoa of central and south-central […]
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Bartramia longicauda Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11419, 18 Jun 1931 Atkinson, Holt Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 10, 11, 13 <<<>>> summer Migrants usually arrive during the latter half of Apr, with peak migration occurring in early and mid-May. Earlier […]
HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL
Numenius HUDSONICUS rufiventris Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant central and west, rare east. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2498, 12 Oct 1901 Hall Co. Taxonomy: Recent genetic studies show Nearctic whimbrels as a deep monophyletic clade (Sangster et al 2011, Tan et al 2019); these Nearctic birds are now considered a separate […]