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: 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 (Pyle 2008, Johnson et al 2020): cupido, the extinct Heath Hen, attwateri, surviving in coastal Texas only with […]
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix Status: Introduced. 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, there are at least seven subspecies (Madge and McGowan 2002); North American introductions were of several subspecies […]
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. Spring: The first Nebraska record was of one seen several times 25-31 Mar 1972 between Hershey and North Platte in Lincoln Co; it is […]
HOODED CRANE
Status: Accidental in spring. Documentation: Photograph: 25 Mar 2011 Hall Co (Brogie 2013). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. 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 was found […]
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: Two weakly-differentiated subspecies have been recognized (Pyle 1997), but currently this species is considered monotypic (Clements et al 2016, Gill and Donsker 2017). The previously-recognized eastern subspecies […]