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 […]
WHITE-THROATED SWIFT
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 […]
YELLOW RAIL
Coturnicops noveboracensis noveboracensis Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant central and east, accidental west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12604, 8 May 1909 South Bend, Cass Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, noveboracensis of North America, and goldmani of central Mexico, which may be extinct (Leston and Bookhout 2020). Nebraska birds are noveboracensis. Spring: This species […]
EARED GREBE
Podiceps nigricollis californicus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant central and west, fairly common east. Common regular breeder north and west, rare southeast. Rare casual summer visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6006, 25 Sep 1927 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, one, californicus, in North and Central America (Gill et al […]
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE
Centrocercus urophasianus Status: Extirpated. Documentation: Specimens: pair, SUI 16130 and 16131, 27 Dec 1894, “Nebraska”. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Records: Current understanding of the pre-settlement range, including Nebraska, and current range, which does not include Nebraska, is mapped in Schroeder et al (2004). These authors show this species as no […]
PIED-BILLED GREBE
Podilymbus podiceps podiceps Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder Sandhills, fairly common elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor North Platte and Platte River valleys southward. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6004, 20 Apr 1890 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, one in North America, podiceps (Pyle 2008). Spring: Feb 19, 19, 20 […]