Vireo griseus griseus
Status: Rare regular spring visitor southeast, rare casual northeast, central, and west. Rare casual summer visitor east, rare casual central. Rare casual fall visitor east and central.
Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11885, 19 May 1910 Sarpy Co.
Taxonomy: There are six subspecies currently recognized, three of these in Mexico and Bermuda (Gill et al 2022); the others are micrus of south Texas and northeast Mexico, griseus (including noveboracensis) of the central and eastern USA, and maynardi of southern Florida.
Nebraska birds are presumed griseus.
Changes Since 2000: This species has become of annual occurrence in the southeast since about 2010.
Spring: Apr 26, 26, 26 <<<>>> summer
Earlier dates are 6 Apr 1992 adult banded Bellevue, Sarpy Co, 14 Apr 2024 Omaha, Douglas Co, 20 Apr 2020 Scotts Bluff Co, and 20 Apr 2023 Lancaster Co.
The closest regular breeding is in extreme northeast Kansas (Thompson et al 2011), and so most Nebraska records are of spring overshoots. It has recently become a regular spring visitor, with about 40 records since 1981, almost all in the southeast, including eight in Lancaster Co. There are five Panhandle records.
Reports away from the southeast since 1981 are: 20 Apr 2020 Scotts Bluff Co, 30 Apr 2024 Buffalo Co, 8 May 1983 Boone Co, 8 May 1987 Dakota Co, 9 May 1994 Keith Co (Brown et al 1996), 11 May 2014 Boyd Co (Brogie 2015), 11 May 2023 Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Co, 13 May 2024 Kimball Co, 18 May 2005 Sioux Co, 20 May 1917 a specimen, HMM 2623, taken at Inland, Clay Co (Swenk, Notes Before 1925), 22 May 2020 Deuel Co, 26 May 1976 Dawes Co (Rosche 1982), and 26 May 2024 Sioux Co.
Summer: The only breeding records are of five nests with eggs reported 8 -28 Jun 1898-1901 but there are none since (Mollhoff 2022). This species does, however, breed north to the Nebraska border in extreme northeast Kansas (Thompson et al 2011) and quite likely has bred in adjacent Nebraska in recent years.
The most recent summer reports are 5 Jun-4 Jul 1978 Lancaster Co, 10 Jun 2016 Cornell Bridge, northeastern Cherry Co, 18 Jun 2016 Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co, 20 Jun-24 Jul 1979 Douglas-Sarpy Cos, 24 Jun 1981 Lincoln Co, 25 Jul 1976 Fontenelle Forest, 28-29 Jul 2009 Knox Co (Brogie 2009), and 5 Aug 2015 Omaha, Douglas Co.
Fall: summer <<<>>> Sep 23, 25, 26
Later dates are 2 Oct 1994 Sarpy Co, 3 Oct 2010 adult at Imperial, Chase Co (Brogie 2011, Brogie 2012), 4-7 Oct 2013 Douglas Co (Brogie 2014), 9 Oct 2016 at Rock Creek SRA, Dundy Co (Brogie 2017), and a very late bird at Lake Ogallala 25 Oct 2000 (Jorgensen 2002). Several of the latest records are away from the east.
There about 30 reports for Aug-Oct, none for the Panhandle.
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Abbreviations
HMM: Hastings Municipal Museum
SRA: State Recreation Area
UNSM: University of Nebraska State Museum
Literature Cited
Brogie, M.A. 2009. 2009 (21st) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 77: 160-168.
Brogie, M.A. 2011. 2010 (22nd) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 79: 99-111.
Brogie, M.A. 2012. 2011 (23rd) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 80: 112-122.
Brogie, M.A. 2014. 2013 (25th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 82: 131-146.
Brogie, M.A. 2015. 2014 (26th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 83: 125-138.
Brogie, M.A. 2017. 2016 (28th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 85: 128-142.
Brown, C.R., M.B. Brown, P.A. Johnsgard, J. Kren, and W.C. Scharf. 1996. Birds of the Cedar Point Biological Station area, Keith and Garden Counties, Nebraska: Seasonal occurrence and breeding data. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 23: 91-108.
Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Jorgensen, J.G. 2002. 2002 (sic; =2000). (12th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 70: 84-90.
Mollhoff, W.J. 2022. Nest records of Nebraska birds. Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Occasional Paper Number 9.
Rosche, R.C. 1982. Birds of northwestern Nebraska and southwestern South Dakota, an annotated checklist. Cottonwood Press, Crawford, Nebraska, USA.
Swenk, M.H. Notes before 1925. Bird notes from A.M. Brooking of Hastings, C.A. Black of Kearney, and B.J. Olson of Kearney, based chiefly on their collections, up to January 1, 1925. Typed manuscript in the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Archives, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Thompson, M.C., C.A. Ely, B. Gress, C. Otte, S.T. Patti, D. Seibel, and E.A. Young. 2011. Birds of Kansas. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Recommended Citation
Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2024. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org
Birds of Nebraska – Online
Updated 16 Jun 2024