Antigone canadensis canadensis, A. c. tabida Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant central, common west, uncommon east. Rare regular breeder locally statewide. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Rare casual winter visitor central Platte River Valley, accidental east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7836, 19 Mar 1959 Overton, Dawson Co. Taxonomy: This species was moved recently from […]
GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN
Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus Status: Increasing. Locally common regular resident central and locally east, rare west. Uncommon casual winter visitor east of breeding range. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10301, 25 Nov 1912 Comstock, Custer Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025, Johnson et al 2020): cupido, the extinct Heath Hen, attwateri, surviving in coastal Texas only […]
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix Status: Introduced. Decreasing. Variably uncommon to rare regular resident northeast and north-central, locally rare Sioux and Scotts Bluff Cos. Documentation: Specimen: WSC 683, Nov or Dec 1978 or 1979 Wayne Co. Taxonomy: In its native Western Palearctic, eight subspecies are currently recognized (AviList 2025). North American introductions were of several subspecies and existing […]
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus Status: Rare casual spring migrant central and western Platte River Valley. Documentation: Photograph: 31 Mar-1 Apr 1972 Elm Creek, Phelps Co (Tremaine et al 1972). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: The first Nebraska record was of one seen several times 25-31 Mar 1972 between Hershey and North Platte in Lincoln Co; […]
HOODED CRANE
Status: Accidental in spring. Documentation: Photograph: 25 Mar 2011 Hall Co (Brogie 2013). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Record: In 2011 an obliging Hooded Crane chose to forage in fields next to Interstate Highway 80 in Hall Co with Sandhill Cranes for 17 days, allowing many observers to see this unexpected visitor. It […]
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
Coccyzus americanus Status: Fairly common regular breeder and spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 6233, 27 May 1892 Jamaica, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (AviList 2025). Two weakly-differentiated subspecies were previously recognized (Pyle 1997); the eastern subspecies americanus was said to occur in Nebraska (Rapp et […]