Pagophila eburnea Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Comments: A report of an adult seen briefly 12 Oct 1986 in Antelope Co (Marsh and Marsh 1986) was not accepted by the NOURC (Mollhoff 1987). It was described as a “white gull” with “black legs and feet and a black bill”; “while the […]
[AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER]
Haematopus palliatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, one, galapagensis, restricted to the Galapagos Islands and the other, palliatus, found on coasts throughout the Americas (Gill and Donsker 2017). Comments: This species was listed by Bruner (1896) based on a specimen reportedly taken in northeastern Nebraska in spring 1889 by Charles Vaughn. […]
[LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN]
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Status: Hypothetical. Status unresolved. The tangible history of this species in Nebraska is based on specimens from near Danbury in extreme southern Red Willow Co shot by hunters and provided to HMM by an H. Frates (Swenk MS, in Sharpe 1968). Sharpe (1968) examined some of the specimens and concluded they were undoubtedly […]
[GREATER ROADRUNNER]
Geococcyx californianus Status: No accepted records. Comments: There are three suggestive reports without adequate documentation. A single bird identified as this species ran across the road in front of a car driven by observers familiar with the species one mile northwest of Funk, Phelps Co 29 Mar 2004. The report was not accepted by NOURC due […]
[CHUKAR]
Alectoris chukar Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are 14 subspecies in the native Eurasian range (Clements et al 2016). Comments: Several attempts were made to establish this species in Nebraska with releases between 1938 and 1943 of about 6500 birds, but these were unsuccessful, possibly due to predation (Mathisen and Mathisen 1960, Halbert 1940). […]
[COMMON QUAIL]
Coturnix coturnix Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four or five subspecies are currently recognized, although taxonomy is controversial (McGowan et al 2020, Gill et al 2022). Common Quail is considered monophyletic since the split of Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica (Gill et al 2021, McGowan and Kirwan 2020). Comments: The only information regarding this species (rather […]