Aratinga nenday Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: A pair with bands, considered to be obvious escapes, were seen flying around a sunflower patch at a Lincoln, Lancaster Co golf course 22-23 Sep 1990 (Thomas Labedz, personal communication). Caged birds have been released in some areas of […]
[BUDGERIGAR]
Melopsittacus undulatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Nebraska sightings are of escaped or released cage birds. A free-flying yellow morph bird considered “probably an escape” was seen at a feeder in Kearney, Buffalo Co 8 Aug 1991. One was seen flying near Wakefield, Dixon Co 18 […]
[ROSY-FACED (PEACH-FACED) LOVEBIRD]
Agapornis roseicollis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies in this species’ native range in Angola and Namibia (Gill et al 2022), but the established populations in Phoenix, Arizona and presumably those in Hawaii are descended from captive birds (see below). Comments: There are three reports. An obvious escapee or released bird was […]
[MONK PARAKEET]
Myiopsitta monachus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, all in its native South America (Gill et al 2022). Established populations in North America are derived from nominate M. m. monachus in Uruguay (Edelaar et al 2015). Comments: There is no established population in Nebraska. This species builds nests and occupies them year-round, […]
[IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER]
Campephilus principalis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, principalis of the southeastern USA and bairdii of Cuba (Gill et al 2022). Most authorities consider both subspecies extinct or nearly so (AOU 1998). Comments: Bruner (1896) cited a report by G.A. Coleman that this species was rare in the vicinity of Peru. Bruner […]
[BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER]
Picoides arcticus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Nearctic three-toed woodpeckers (Picoides dorsalis, American Three-toed Woodpecker, and P. arcticus, Black-backed Woodpecker) are split from the Palearctic species (P. tridactylus, Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker) based on genetic and vocal differences (Banks et al 2003). No subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Despite several Nebraska reports, none are acceptably documented; none […]