SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Alphabetical Order (Taxonomic Order) A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | […]
Species Accounts
SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Taxonomic Order Asterisk (*) indicates status treated differently by the Nebraska Ornithologists Union’s Records Committee, see https://noubirds.org/Birds/StateList.aspx; Bracketed species (e.g., [Pyrrhuloxia]) have no accepted Nebraska records. TINAMOUS (Order Tinamiformes, Family Tinamidae) [Elegant-crested Tinamou] (Eudromia elegans) WATERFOWL (Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) [Bar-headed Goose] (Anser indicus) […]
Species Accounts – Taxonomic Listing
SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Taxonomic Order (Alphabetical Order) TINAMOUS (Order Tinamiformes, Family Tinamidae) [Elegant-crested Tinamou] (Eudromia elegans) WATERFOWL (Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus) Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) Ross’s Goose (Anser rossii) [Swan Goose] (Anser cygnoides) Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis) Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) Greater White-fronted […]
Hybrids
WATERFOWL (Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae) Snow Goose x Ross’s Goose (Anser caerulescens x rossii) Snow Goose x Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser caerulescens x albifrons) Snow Goose x Cackling Goose (Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii) Snow Goose x Canada Goose (Anser caerulescens x Branta canadensis) Ross’s Goose x Cackling Goose (Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii) Ross’s […]
PURPLE MARTIN
Progne subis Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east, uncommon central, rare casual west. Common regular breeder east, locally common east central, rare west central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10234, 30 May 1895 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are three subspecies recognized (Gill et al 2022): arboricola of coastal British Columbia to southern California and New […]
Introduction
By September 2023, Nebraska had an official state bird list that includes 467 species (Brogie 2023). Of this total, approximately 350 occur annually and about 200 regularly breed in the state. In addition to this total of accepted species, there are others that have been unsuccessfully introduced, unacceptably documented, or species whose origin was in […]