Passerina amoena x cyanea Status: Rare regular summer visitor west and west-central, rare casual east and east-central. Summer: May 14, 14, 15 <<<>>> Jul 12, 12, 19 An earlier date is 8 May 2018 Keith Co. Later dates are 30 Jul 2012 Sioux Co, 6 Aug 2023 Carter Canyon, Scotts Bluff Co, and 10 Aug […]
INDIGO BUNTING
Passerina cyanea Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7099, 15 Aug 1899 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species hybridizes with Lazuli Bunting; see the Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid) species account. Changes Since 2000: […]
LAZULI BUNTING
Passerina amoena Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and central, rare east. Uncommon regular breeder west, rare casual north. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10346, 11 Jul 1910 Glen, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species and Indigo Bunting hybridize; for a discussion see the Lazuli x Indigo Bunting […]
Hybrids
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 […]
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
Molothrus ater ATER, M. A. Artemisiae Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Rare regular winter visitor southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11867, 10 Oct 1889, Lincoln, Lancaster Co.Taxonomy: Three subspecies were recognized by AOU (1957) and more recently by Gill et al (2022), western artemisiae, eastern ater, […]
Alphabetical Listing
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 | […]