Poecile carolinensis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), nearest to Nebraska atricapilloides of southern Kansas to central Texas. Comments: There are three reports, none convincingly documented. A recording which cannot now be located was made of a call in Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 5 Feb 1969 (Bray et al 1986, Silcock […]
[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: California Scrub-Jay (A. californica) and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (A. woodhouseii) (Chesser et al 2016). Seven subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025, Curry et al 2020), three north of Mexico: nevadae from southeast Oregon to Arizona and New Mexico, […]
[BLACK-CAPPED VIREO]
Vireo atricapillus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). 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 1986). We […]
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: 17 Dec 2024 (Stephen Brenner, eBird.org; Brogie 2025). Taxonomy: Recently, Chesser et al (2018) rearranged the order of subfamilies within the Tyrannidae, placing Tyranninae (Nebraska-occurring genera Myiarchus, Pitangus, Tyrannus) ahead […]
[GREEN JAY]
Cyanocorax yncas Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Twelve subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), only one, glaucescens, occurring north of Mexico, in south Texas. Comments: The only report is a mention by Ducey (1989), who considered the report questionable, of its occurrence in the Panhandle along the Niobrara River in the period 1921-1960; no other details […]
[YELLOW-GREEN VIREO]
Vireo flavoviridis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three in Mexico and Central America, and one, flavoviridis, breeding in south Texas and vagrant to the southern US from California to Florida (Brewer et al 2024). Comments: A bird identified as a Yellow-green Vireo was reportedly collected at Long Pine, Brown […]