WATERFOWL (Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae)
Snow x Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser caerulescens x albifrons)
Snow x Ross’s Goose (Anser caerulescens x rossii)
Snow x Cackling Goose (Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii)
Snow x Canada Goose (Anser caerulescens x Branta canadensis)
Ross’s Goose x Cackling Goose (Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii)
Ross’s x Canada Goose (Anser rossii x Branta canadensis)
Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (Anser albifrons x Branta hutchinsii)
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis)
Swan Goose (domestic type) x Graylag Goose (domestic type) (Anser anser x cygnoides)
Swan/Graylag Goose (domestic type) x Canada Goose (Anser cygnoides x anser anser) x Branta canadensis)
Barnacle Goose x Cackling Goose (Branta leucopsis x Branta hutchinsii)
Muscovy Duck (domestic type) x Mallard (Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos)
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (Spatula discors x cyanoptera)
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (Spatula discors x clypeata)
Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (Spatula discors x Anas crecca)
Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (Spatula cyanoptera x clypeata)
Cinnamon Teal x Green-winged Teal (Spatula cyanoptera x Anas crecca)
Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (Spatula clypeata x Mareca strepera)
Gadwall x Northern Pintail (Mareca strepera x Anas acuta)
Gadwall x Mallard (Mareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos)
Eurasian Wigeon x American Wigeon (Mareca penelope x americana)
American Wigeon x Mallard (Mareca americana x Anas platyrhynchos)
American Wigeon x Northern Pintail (Mareca americana x Anas acuta)
Mallard x American Black Duck (Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes)
Mallard x Mexican Duck (Anas platyrhynchos x diaza)
Mallard x Northern Pintail (Anas platyrhynchos x acuta)
Canvasback x Redhead (Aythya valisineria x americana)
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (Aythya americana x collaris)
Redhead x Lesser Scaup (Aythya americana x affinis)
Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (Aytha collaris x affinis)
Ring-necked Duck x Greater Scaup (Aythya collaris x marila)
Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (Aythya collaris x marila/affinis)
Ring-necked Duck x Tufted Duck (Aythya collaris x fuligula)
Tufted Duck x Lesser Scaup (Aythya fuligula x affinis)
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (Bucephala albeola x clangula)
Common Goldeneye x Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula x islandica)
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (Bucephala clangula x Lophodytes cucullatus)
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY, & OLD WORLD QUAIL (Order Galliformes, Family Phasianidae)
Sharp-tailed Grouse x Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus phasianellus x cupido)
GREBES (Order Podicipediformes, Family Podicipedidae)
Western Grebe x Clark’s Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis x clarkii)
PIGEONS & DOVES (Order Columbiformes, Family Columbidae)
Eurasian Collared-Dove x Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decaocto x Zenaida macroura)
HUMMINGBIRDS (Order Apodiformes, Family Trochilidae)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird x Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus x Archilochus colubris)
CRANES (Order Gruiformes, Family Gruidae)
Sandhill Crane x Common Crane (Antigone canadensis x Grus grus)
GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS (Order Charadriiformes, Family Laridae)
Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus smithsonianus x fuscus)
Herring Gull x Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus argentatus x glaucescens)
Herring Gull x Great Black-backed Gull (Larus smithsonianus x marinus)
Herring Gull x Glaucous Gull (Larus argentatus x hyperboreus)
Additional gull hybrids reported near Nebraska include, in the Front Range region of Colorado, Laughing x Ring-billed, California x Herring, Western x Glaucous-winged, and Glaucous-winged x Glaucous, and in Missouri, Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2024).
CORMORANTS (Order Suliformes, Family Phalacrocoracidae)
Neotropic Cormorant x Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus x brasilianus)
HERONS, BITTERNS, & ALLIES (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Ardeidae)
Although no hybrids within Ardeidae have been reported in Nebraska, occasionally reported elsewhere in North America (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2024) are Snowy Egret x Little Blue Heron (Illinois, Tennessee, and Oklahoma), Snowy Egret x Tricolored Heron (Oklahoma), and Little Blue Heron x Tricolored Heron (South Dakota).
IBISES & SPOONBILLS (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Threskiornithidae)
Glossy Ibis x White-faced Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus x chihi)
HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES, & ALLIES (Order Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae)
Red-tailed Hawk x Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis x lagopus)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in adjacent Colorado, is Red-tailed Hawk x Ferruginous Hawk.
TYPICAL OWLS (Order Strigiformes, Family Strigidae)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, albeit at a known hybrid zone, is Eastern Screech-Owl x Western Screech-Owl.
WOODPECKERS & ALLIES (Order Piciformes, Family Picidae)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius x nuchalis)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, is Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x Red-breasted Sapsucker.
Downy Woodpecker x Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens x villosus)
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (Order Passeriformes, Family Tyrannidae)
[Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher] (Tyrannus verticalis x forficatus)]
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, is Western Kingbird x Eastern Kingbird.
Western Wood-Pewee x Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus x virens)]
Not reported in Nebraska, but with numerous records in Colorado, is Eastern Phoebe x Black Phoebe.
VIREOS (Order Passeriformes, Family Vireonidae)
Yellow-throated Vireo x Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo flavifrons x solitarius)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, is Red-eyed Vireo x Warbling Vireo.
CROWS & JAYS (Order Passeriformes, Family Corvidae)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, are Steller’s Jay x Blue Jay, and Steller’s Jay x Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay.
CHICKADEES & TITMICE (Order Passeriformes, Family Paridae)
[Black-capped Chickadee x Mountain Chickadee] (Poecile atricapillus x gambeli)]
SWALLOWS (Order Passeriformes, Family Hirundinidae)
Barn Swallow x Cliff Swallow (Hirundo rustica x Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS (Order Passeriformes, Family Mimidae)
[Curve-billed Thrasher x Brown Thrasher] (Toxostoma curvirostre x T. rufum)
THRUSHES (Order Passeriformes, Family Turdidae)
Eastern Bluebird x Mountain Bluebird (Sialia sialis x currucoides)
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (Order Passeriformes, Family Passeridae)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Missouri, House Sparrow x Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
FINCHES & ALLIES (Order Passeriformes, Family Fringillidae)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch x Black Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis x atrata)
Red Crossbill x Pine Siskin (Loxia curvirostra x Spinus pinus)
TOWHEES & NEW WORLD SPARROWS (Order Passeriformes, Family Passerellidae)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, Chipping Sparrow x Field Sparrow, Chipping x Clay-colored Sparrow, Brewer’s Sparrow x Clay-colored Sparrow, and Canyon Towhee x Spotted Towhee; in Missouri, Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow.
Spotted Towhee x Eastern Towhee (Pipilo maculatus x erythrophthalmus)
BLACKBIRDS, BOBOLINKS, MEADOWLARKS, & ORIOLES (Order Passeriformes, Family Icteridae)
Eastern Meadowlark x Western Meadowlark (Sturnella magna x neglecta)
Bullock’s Oriole x Baltimore Oriole (Icterus bullockii x galbula)
WOOD-WARBLERS (Order Passeriformes, Family Parulidae)
Not reported in Nebraska, but in Colorado, MacGillivray’s x Mourning Warbler, Hooded Warbler x Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler x Grace’s Warbler, and Yellow-rumped Warbler x Townsend’s Warbler, and, in Iowa, Cerulean Warbler x Northern Parula, in Iowa, Kansas, and Wyoming, Northern Parula x Yellow-throated Warbler, in Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas, Hermit Warbler x Townsend’s Warbler.
Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera x cyanoptera)
Myrtle Warbler x Audubon’s Warbler (Setophaga coronata x auduboni)
Townsend’s Warbler x Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga townsendi x virens)
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, & NEW WORLD BUNTINGS (Order Passeriformes, Family Cardinalidae)
Summer Tanager x Scarlet Tanager (Piranga rubra x olivacea)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus x melanocephalus)
Lazuli Bunting x Indigo Bunting (Passerina amoena x cyanea)