Psaltriparus minimus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Ten subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025, Sloane 2020), six north of Mexico, comprised of three along the Pacific Coast, and three in the Interior: californicus of interior Oregon to southern California, dimorphicus of mountains of extreme southwestern New Mexico and west and central Texas into north-central Mexico, and […]
[CAROLINA CHICKADEE]
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: Rare casual fall and spring visitor. 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, […]
[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 […]