Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Status: Common regular resident south and east, uncommon north, locally rare west. Rare regular spring, fall, and winter visitor outside breeding range.Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7063, Dec 1884 Unadilla, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: The number of recognized subspecies varies between 16 and 19 (Pyle 1997, Gill et al 2022, Halkin et al 2021), the […]
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 | […]
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 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 […]
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD
Euphagus cyanocephalus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Rare regular winter visitor from the North Platte and Platte River valleys south and Missouri River Valley. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7025, 20 Jun 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (Jaramillo and […]