Species

Anser caerulescens caerulescens, A. c. atlanticus Status: Abundant regular spring migrant east, south and west, uncommon north. Uncommon regular summer visitor east and south, rare north and west. Abundant regular fall migrant central and east, common west. Uncommon regular winter visitor east, south and west, rare north. Documentation:  caerulescens: specimen UNSM ZM10619, 28 Mar 1917 […]

Zenaida macroura marginella Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east, rare north and North Platte River Valley, rare casual elsewhere in Panhandle. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 6232, 30 May 1914 Haigler, Dundy Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (Gill and Donsker 2017), two occupying […]

Zenaida asiatica Status: Uncommon resident, more numerous in summer than winter, especially south of dashed line on map. Rare casual breeder statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 11-16 May 1994 Lincoln, Lancaster Co (Gubanyi 1996a). Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized (Clements et al 2016): mearnsi of the southwest US and western Mexico, asiatica of the southern US to […]

Columbina passerina Status: Rare casual fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Description: 18 Nov 1979 Washington Co (Padelford and Padelford 1980). Taxonomy: Eighteen subspecies are recognized, 16 from the West Indies and Mexico south through Ecuador and Brazil, and two north of Mexico (Clements et al 2016, Bowman 2020): passerina occurs in the coastal southeast US (South […]

Columbina inca Status: Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 28 Oct 1987-7 Mar 1988 Kearney, Buffalo Co (Paine 1988). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Pyle 1997). Winter: Inca Dove has been reported eight times, all documented (see Comments). All but one of the records are of birds which arrive in fall and attempt to […]