Anser rossii Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11255, 6 Nov 1922 Hooper, Dodge Co (Tate 1966). Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare regular summer visitor central and east. Uncommon regular winter visitor west, south, and east. Status trends: Huntley (1971) and Tate (1966) published information on a mounted specimen (cited above) taken by a hunter […]
SNOW GOOSE
Anser caerulescens caerulescens, A. c. atlanticus Documentation: caerulescens: specimen UNSM ZM10619, 28 Mar 1917 Lancaster Co; atlanticus: photograph by William Lemburg of a specimen provided by Randy Buettner in spring, circa 2000 (Silcock 2004). Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular summer visitor statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor east, south and west, rare […]
MOURNING DOVE
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 southward, rare casual northern Panhandle. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 6232, 30 May 1914 Haigler, Dundy Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), two occupying North America […]
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Zenaida asiatica Status: Increasing. 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 (AviList 2025): mearnsi of the southwest US and western Mexico, asiatica of the southern US to Nicaragua […]
COMMON GROUND DOVE
Columbina passerina Status: Rare casual fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Description: 18 Nov 1979 Washington Co (Padelford and Padelford 1980). Taxonomy: Eighteen subspecies are recognized, two north of Mexico (AviList 2025): passerina occurs in the coastal southeast US (South Carolina to extreme southeast Texas) and pallescens in the arid southwest US east to south and central […]
INCA DOVE
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 (AviList 2025). 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 […]