Species

Aythya valisineria Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare, locally uncommon, regular breeder western Sandhills. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor North Platte and Platte river valleys south, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12458, 3 Apr 1932 Red Willow Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et […]

Anas cRECCA CAROLINENSIS Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare regular breeder northcentral, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon summer visitor Rainwater Basin; rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon regular winter visitor west, south, east, rare north. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12432, 14 Apr 1909 Cass Co. Taxonomy: This subspecies and Eurasian A. c. crecca are […]

Anas acuta Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder statewide. Locally uncommon regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12426, 4 Apr 1909, Grafton, Fillmore Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Northern Pintail hybridizes with Mallard; for Nebraska records see Mallard x Northern […]

Anas fulvigula maculosa Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Oct 1958 Loup River, Howard Co (Lemburg 1980, Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022); fulvigula of Florida and maculosa of the Gulf Coast from Alabama to northeastern Mexico. See discussion under Mallard (Taxonomy) for relationships between members […]

Anas rubripes Status:  Rare casual fall and spring migrant and winter visitor east. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNK un-numbered, 20 Oct 1912 Kearney, Buffalo Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). As discussed under Mallard (https://birds.outdoornebraska.gov/mallard), hybridization of American Black Duck with Mallard was limited if not non-existent prior […]

Anas platyrhynchos PLATYRHYNCHOS Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Common, locally abundant, regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7674, 11 Apr 1916 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are currently recognized, worldwide nominate platyrhynchos, and conboschas, confined to Greenland (Gill et al 2022). Nebraska birds are presumed platyrhynchos. The […]