Serinus canaria Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Clement (2020) refers to this species as Island Canary. No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Cage birds are derived from birds native to the Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira and usually lack back streaking due to selection by aficionados. A population is established in Hawaii […]
[BROWN-CAPPED ROSY-FINCH]
Leucosticte australis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: A bird found on the Tristate CBC 15 Dec 1984 near Nebraska City was tentatively identified as a female of this species (Cortelyou 1985). It could not be relocated, and it was concluded that it may have been an […]
[NORTHERN RED BISHOP]
Euplectes franciscanus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, both in east-central Africa (Gill et al 2022). Comments: A male on the University of Nebraska – Omaha campus, Douglas Co 29 Sep 2016 was unexpected; photo above. There are no known established populations closer than Texas, southern California, and New York (eBird.org, accessed […]
[NORTHERN WHEATEAR]
Oenanthe oenanthe Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are generally recognized, two of which breed in North America: oenanthe breeding in northwest North America and wintering in tropical Africa, and leocorhoa breeding in northeast North America and also wintering in tropical Africa (Dunn et al 2022). Comments: There are two published reports (Bray et […]
[BLACK-CRESTED TITMOUSE]
Baeolophus atricristatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: This species and Tufted Titmouse (B. bicolor) were recently split as full species; they differ genetically although there is a stable and narrow hybrid zone in east-central Texas (Banks et al 2002). Three subspecies are recognized from central Texas south to northern Mexico (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Details […]
[AMERICAN BUSHTIT]
Psaltriparus minimus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are nine subspecies, four south of the USA, and five breeding in the USA (Pyle 1997). Four subspecies breeding from British Columbia to southern California comprise the Brown-crowned Group, and there are two monotypic groups: Gray-crowned or Interior, consisting of plumbeus, which is resident from east-central Oregon […]