lARUS vEGAE Documentation: Photographs: 19 Sep 2026 Pawnee Lake SRA, Lancaster Co by Tobin Brown (https://ebird.org/checklist/S395550836). Status: Record currently under NOURC review. Taxonomy: Current considerations suggest treatment of the four groups now generally recognized within traditional Herring Gull as separate species (Hebert et al 2024): L. argentatus European Herring Gull, L. smithsonianus American Herring Gull, L. vegae […]
[Fork-tailed Flycatcher]
Tyrannus savana Status: No accepted records Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, breeding from southern Mexico to South America (AviList 2025). The southernmost two subspecies in South America are northward migrants in fall; most North American records are from Sep-Nov and are mostly overshoot migrants of subspecies savana with fewer reports of monachus (Jahn and Tuero […]
[Whooper Swan]
Cygnus cygnus Status: No accepted records Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Whooper Swan is closely related to Trumpeter Swan (Mlodinow et al 2025). Comments: There are two reports of presumed escapees or releases: 19 Dec 2023 Two Rivers SRA, Douglas Co (Elizabeth Winter, eBird.org; Brogie 2024) 6 Mar 2022 Yutan, Douglas Co (Linette Bolin […]
[INDIAN PEAFOWL]
PAVO CRISTATUS Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Comments: Free roaming, escaped, or released birds are occasionally observed in Nebraska, although there are, however, four flocks that have survived for several years in the state. An intriguing explanation for the presence (Eileen Rooney fide Mary Clausen) of two of the […]
[JAPANESE QUAIL]
CoturniX JAPONICA Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) was formerly considered a subspecies of Common Quail (C. coturnix) but is currently treated as a separate species (McGowan and Kirwan 2020, AviList 2025). No subspecies are recognized in its native eastern Eurasian range (AviList 2025). Earlier accounts of this species in Nebraska (Mathison […]
[MUSCOVY DUCK]
Cairina moschata Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Comments: Wild Muscovy Ducks occur in the US only in the Rio Grande River Valley, Texas, where they became established around 1984 after expanding their range northward (Eitniear et al 2020). According to eBird.org (accessed Apr 2023), established feral Muscovy Duck populations […]