A Check-List of the Birds of IdahoArvey, M. Dale (Martin Dale)
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A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho
Arvey, M. Dale (Martin Dale)
Birds -- Idaho
_Aegolius funereus_ richardsoni (Bonaparte). Richardson Owl. Rust
(1915:125) records this bird as a rare winter visitor in Kootenai
County, and Merrill (1897:353) lists two specimens taken "early in the
spring of 1894 ... about seven miles from the fort."
_Aegolius acadicus acadicus_ (Gmelin). Saw-whet Owl. Rare. Davis
(1935b:235) says that this is a regular winter visitor at the Minidoka
Project, and Merrill (1897:353) lists one specimen taken at Fort
Sherman, on January 19.
_Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii_ (Audubon). Nuttall Poorwill.
Uncommon resident. Merriam (1891:98) records this species from "the
lava beds west of Blackfoot" on July 17, 1872.
_Chordeiles minor hesperis_ Grinnell. Pacific Nighthawk. Common
resident in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1468, 2 mi. S Hailey, on
Wood River, Blaine County, June 25, 1939.)
_Chaetura vauxi vauxi_ (Townsend). Vaux Swift. Merrill (1897:354)
reports this bird as resident at Fort Sherman, as does Burleigh
(1923:658) at Clark's Fork, Bonner County.
_Aëronautes saxatalis saxatalis_ (Woodhouse). White-throated Swift.
Fairly common resident in suitable localities. The Museum of Vertebrate
Zoölogy has one specimen of this bird taken on Salmon Creek, 8 mi. W
Rogerson, Twin Falls County.
_Archilochus alexandri_ (Boucier and Mulsant). Black-chinned
Hummingbird. Rust (1915:125) records this species as resident in
Kootenai County.
_Selasphorus platycercus platycercus_ (Swainson). Broad-tailed
Hummingbird. Common resident in southern Idaho. Davis (1935b:236)
states that the bird is of erratic occurrence at the Minidoka Project.
_Selasphorus rufus_ (Gmelin). Rufous Hummingbird. Fairly common
resident. Merrill (1897:355) states that this species is common in
spring at Fort Sherman.
_Stellula calliope_ (Gould). Calliope Hummingbird. Common resident. (D.
A. 1541, 10 mi. NE Moscow, Latah County, May 10, 1940.)
_Megaceryle alcyon caurina_ (Grinnell). Western Belted Kingfisher.
Common resident in suitable localities. (D. A. 1518, 7 mi. NE Moscow,
Latah County, April 19, 1940.)
_Colaptes cafer_ (Gmelin). Red-shafted Flicker. Common resident.
a. _collaris_ Vigors. Red-shafted Flicker. Resident in
southwestern and northern Idaho. Many specimens show yellow
remiges and rectrices, and are perhaps hybrids with the
species _auratus_. (D. A. 1731, Owl Creek, in Blaine County,
September 8, 1940.)
b. _canescens_ Brodkorb. Red-shafted Flicker. Resident in
southeastern Idaho. See Brodkorb (1935a:1).
_Hylatomus pileatus picinus_ (Bangs). Western Pileated Woodpecker.
Fairly common resident in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1498, 10 mi.
NE Moscow, Latah County, November 18, 1939.)
_Asyndesmus lewis_ Gray. Lewis Woodpecker. Common resident. Merrill
(1897:354) records this bird as common "around Fort Sherman."
_Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis_ Baird. Red-naped Sapsucker. Fairly common
resident. (D. A. 1485, 10 mi. SW Riggins, Idaho County, September 15,
1939.)
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