Species

Aechmophorus occidentalis occidentalis Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Locally common regular breeder western Sandhills, rare casual elsewhere north and west. Rare regular summer visitor west and west-central, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor lower North Platte River Valley. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14365, summer 1982 Keith […]

Antrostomus carolinensis Status: Fairly common regular breeder southeast, locally rare regular elsewhere in east. Rare casual summer visitor central. Rare casual fall migrant east. Documentation: Photograph: 4 Jun 1983 nest with egg and hatchling, Camp Merrill, Saunders Co (Lingle 1983). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. This species and 10 others previously in Caprimulgus were moved […]

Aechmophorus clarkii transitionalis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare casual east-central and east. Rare regular breeder west and west-central. Rare regular local summer visitor west. Rare casual winter visitor west-central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM15749, 11 Jun 1986 Lake Ogallala (Labedz 1987). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized: transitionalis in western North […]

Podiceps auratus cornutus Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual winter visitor central and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNK Olson #3, 16 Apr 1910 Alda, Hall Co (Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, auritus in the Palearctic, and cornutus in North America (Gill et al 2022). Nebraska birds are […]

Chaetura pelagica Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder east and central, uncommon west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12811, 23 Jun 1892 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Apr 13, 13, 13 <<<> summer (east, south); Apr 22, 23, 23 <<<>>> summer (north); Apr 25, 25, 26 <<<>>> summer (west). Arrival is […]

Aeronautes saxatilis saxatilis Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant west. Uncommon local regular breeder west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12814, 1892 Squaw Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, one, nigrior, from southern Mexico to Honduras, and the other, saxatilis, from southwest Canada south to western Mexico, east to the western edge of […]