Tyrannus savana
Status: No accepted records
Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, all from southern Mexico to South America (Gill et al 2022).
Comments: A report of two in Deuel Co 27 Aug 2023 was not accepted by NOURC, noting that the presence of two birds “would be exceptional” (Brogie 2023).
There are about six records from states adjoining Nebraska, all in fall except for one in northwestern Missouri Apr 2009; others are from Sep-Nov in central Wyoming, eastern Colorado (1-2), central Kansas, and central Iowa (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2024). Those identified to subspecies were savana; most records are from the Great Lakes area and the Gulf and Atlantic coasts (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2024).
The southernmost two subspecies in South America are northward migrants in fall; most North American records are from Sep-Nov and are presumed overshoot migrants of subspecies savana as well as fewer reports of monachus (Jahn and Tuero 2020).
Literature Cited
Brogie, M.A. 2023. 2022 (34th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 91: 114-122.
Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Jahn, A.E., and D.T. Tuero. 2020. Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.fotfly.01.
Recommended Citation
Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2024. Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org
Birds of Nebraska – Online
Updated 26 Mar 2024