Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Status: Common regular resident south and east, uncommon north, locally rare west. Rare regular spring, fall, and winter visitor outside breeding range.Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7063, Dec 1884 Unadilla, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: The number of recognized subspecies varies between 16 and 19 (Pyle 1997, Gill et al 2022, Halkin et al 2021), the […]
Paroaria coronata Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: One reported at a feeder in Lincoln, Lancaster Co Sep 1972 through 30 Apr 1973 was determined to be an escapee from the Lincoln Zoo (Bennett 1973). This South American species is established in Hawaii (AOU 1983); its native […]
Cyanocompsa parellina Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are four subspecies recognized, none of regular occurrence north of Mexico (Gill et al 2022). Comments: The single report, of one in Otoe Co 22 Jan 2015 was not accepted by NOURC as “lacking substantive evidence for a first state record” (Brogie 2016). Almost all records of […]
Cardinalis sinuatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, two north of Mexico (Tweit and Thompson 2020, Gill et al 2022): fulvescens, resident in southern Arizona, and sinuatus, resident from southern New Mexico to southeast Texas. Comments: A bird fitting the description of this species was seen feeding young at Genoa, Nance Co […]
Icterus graduacauta Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), only one occurring in the US: audubonii, resident from south Texas south into Mexico. Comments: A description furnished by the observer to the NOURC of one in McPherson Co 7 Jun 1985 was not sufficient to confirm the identification as […]
Melozone aberti Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022): dumeticolus, resident from Utah to southeast California and southwest Arizona, and aberti, resident from southern Arizona to southwest New Mexico. Comments: A description of one reported 29 Sep 1980 at Tryon (Bassett 1980; Cortelyou 1981) was not considered diagnostic (Bray […]
