Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus, A. p. fortis, A. p. arctolegus Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common, locally abundant breeder statewide. Fairly common regular winter visitor south and east, uncommon west, rare north. Documentation: Specimens: phoeniceus, UNSM ZM6993, 11 May 1914 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; fortis, UNSM ZM6987, 1 Jul 1916 Scotts Bluff Co; arctolegus, […]
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 […]
RED FOX SPARROW
Passerella iliaca zaboria, P. i. iliaca Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east, uncommon east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Uncommon regular winter visitor southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimens: iliaca?, UNSM ZM17887, 21 Oct 2000 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; zaboria? UNSM ZM18334, 7 Nov 2005 Dodge Co (see Taxonomy). Taxonomy: Some 15-24 subspecies […]
CHIPPING SPARROW
Spizella passerina passerina, S. p. arizonae, S. p. boreophila Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide, uncommon western Sandhills and southern Panhandle. Rare casual winter visitor southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7426, 27 Apr 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are five subspecies, three in Mexico and two in the USA […]
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Spizella pallida Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor north. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7429, 17 May 1890 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Clay-colored Sparrow hybrids with Chipping Sparrow and Field Sparrow are occasionally reported, although none for Nebraska. There are […]
SONG SPARROW
Melospiza melodia melodia/euphonia/juddi, M. m. montana Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and east-central, fairly common west-central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central, rare casual west. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east and North Platte River Valley, rare elsewhere.Documentation: Specimens: montana: UNSM ZM10614, 7 Dec 1910 Crawford, Dawes […]