Poecile carolinensis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: The genus Poecile, previously a sub-genus within Parus, was raised to generic status by Banks et al (1997) based on genetic studies by Gill et al (2005) and Slikas et al (1996). There are four subspecies recognized, nearest to Nebraska atricapilloides of southern Kansas to central Texas (Gill […]
[WOODHOUSE’S SCRUB-JAY]
Aphelocoma woodhouseii Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Former Western Scrub-Jay A. californica with 14 subspecies was split into two species (Chesser et al 2016, Curry et al 2020, Gill et al 2022): California Scrub-Jay (A. californica) of the western USA west of the Rocky Mountains from Washington to Baja California, retaining seven subspecies, and Woodhouse’s […]
[BLACK-CAPPED VIREO]
Vireo atricapillus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: The only report accompanied by tangible evidence is that of a specimen HMM 2866, collected by Wallace and Brooking near Meadow in Sarpy Co 19 May 1921 and now on display at the Hastings Municipal Museum (Bray et al […]
COUCH’S KINGBIRD
Tyrannus couchii Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Photograph: 28 Nov 2024 (Christine and Robert Nelson, eBird Checklist – 28 Nov 2024 – North Platte, Nebraska; recording: 18 Dec 2024 (Tommy Childers, eBird Checklist – 18 Dec 2024- North Platte, Nebraska); Brogie 2025). Taxonomy: Recently, Chesser et al (2018) rearranged the order of subfamilies within the Tyrannidae, […]
[GREEN JAY]
Cyanocorax yncas Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Pyle (1997) recognized 12 subspecies, but a case has been made, but yet to be considered by AOS (Gill et al 2022) for splitting five South American subspecies as Inca Jay (C. yncas) with the remaining seven Central American subspecies as Green Jay (C. luxuosus); only one of […]
[YELLOW-GREEN VIREO]
Vireo flavoviridis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized, three in Mexico and Central America, and two reaching the USA: hypoleucus, a vagrant to California and Arizona, and flavoviridis, breeding in south Texas, and a vagrant to west Texas and Florida (Pyle 1997, Gill et al 2022). Comments: A bird identified as a […]