Crotophaga sulcirostris Status: Rare casual fall visitor central and east. Documentation: Photograph: 15 Oct-1 Nov 1975 Hall Co (Stoppkotte 1975). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Former weakly-differentiated subspecies sulcirostris, which is resident in south Texas, has a history of northward vagrancy (Pyle 1997). It is listed as occurring in Kansas (Johnston 1965) and […]
RED-NECKED GREBE
Podiceps grisegena holbollii Status: Rare casual spring migrant statewide. Rare regular fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Photograph: 24 Nov 1995 Lewis and Clark Lake, Knox Co (Brogie 1996). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, grisegena in Eurasia and holbollii in North America (AviList 2025). Nebraska birds are holbollii. Spring: […]
NORTHERN BOBWHITE
Colinus virginianus taylori, C. V. MEXICANUS/VIRGINIANUS? Status: Fairly common regular resident east and most of central; rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6093, 19 Jun 1902 Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: Taxonomy is complex. Brennan et al (2020) recognized 21 subspecies divided into four groups, following eBird’s taxonomy (Clements et al 2019). The “Eastern Group” consists of […]
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
Antrostomus vociferus Status: Common regular breeder and spring and fall migrant east, rare central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2733, 2 May 1896 Giltner, Hamilton Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). This species and 10 others previously in Caprimulgus were moved to Antrostomus (AviList 2025) based on Han et al (2010). Spring: Apr 17, 18, […]
WESTERN GREBE
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 […]
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
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 (AviList 2025). This species and 10 others previously in Caprimulgus […]