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
_Icteria virens auricollis_ (Lichtenstein). Long-tailed Chat. Common
resident. (D. A. 1800, Cinch Creek, Arrowrock Reservoir, Boise County,
June 28, 1941.)
_Wilsonia pusilla pileolata_ (Pallas). Northern Pileolated Warbler.
Burleigh (1923:663) records this bird as a common resident at Clark's
Fork, Bonner County; uncommon in southern Idaho.
_Setophaga ruticilla_ (Linnaeus). American Redstart. There are some
records of casual visitants in southern Idaho, and Burleigh (1923:663)
states that it is a summer resident at Clark's Fork, Bonner County.
_Passer domesticus_ (Linnaeus). English Sparrow. This cosmopolitan bird
can be found wherever there is a human habitation.
_Dolichonyx oryzivorus_ (Linnaeus). Bobolink. Resident in northern
Idaho. Burleigh (1923:655) states that the bird is resident at Clark's
Fork, Bonner County.
_Sturnella neglecta_ Audubon. Western Meadowlark. Common resident. (D.
A. 1876, Boise, Ada County, May 12, 1943.)
_Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus_ (Bonaparte). Yellow-headed Blackbird.
Common resident along the Snake River in southern Idaho. (D. A. 1628,
Hagerman, on Snake River, Gooding County, June 16, 1940.)
_Agelaius phoeniceus_ (Linnaeus). Red-wing. Common resident.
a. _fortis_ Ridgway. Thick-billed Red-wing. Resident in
southeastern Idaho. (D. A. 1624, Hagerman on Snake River,
Gooding County, June 16, 1940.)
b. _nevadensis_ Grinnell. Nevada Red-wing. Resident in
southwestern and northern Idaho. (D. A. 1765, Star, Canyon
County, May 1, 1941.)
_Icterus bullockii bullockii_ (Swainson). Bullock Oriole. Common
resident. (D. A. 1655, 4 mi. NW Pollock, Idaho County, June 27, 1940.)
_Euphagus cyanocephalus_ (Wagler). Brewer Blackbird. Common resident.
(D. A. 1894, nest and four eggs, Boise, Ada County, May 10, 1944.)
_Molothrus ater artemisiae_ Grinnell. Nevada Cowbird. Fairly common
bird in the Upper Sonoran Life-zone. (D. A. 1460, 4-1/2 mi. SW Moscow,
Latah County, May 26, 1939.)
_Piranga ludoviciana_ (Wilson). Western Tanager. Very common resident
in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1570, 10 mi. ESE Moscow, Latah
County, May 19, 1940.)
_Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus_ (Swainson). Rocky Mountain
Grosbeak. Resident in the Transition Life-zone. (Univ. Idaho No. 51
Moscow Mountain, Latah County, May 30, 1937.)
_Passerina amoena_ (Say). Lazuli Bunting. Very common resident in the
Upper Sonoran Life-zone. (D. A. 1802, Cinch Creek, Arrowrock Reservoir,
Boise County, June 28, 1941.)
_Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi_ Grinnell. Western Evening Grosbeak.
Resident in the Transition Life-zone; large flocks of these birds are
commonly observed in winter. (D. A. 1527, 10 mi. ESE Moscow, Latah
County, April 20, 1940.)
_Carpodacus cassinii_ Baird. Cassin Purple Finch. Common resident in
the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1822, Head Crooked River, Sawtooth
Range, Boise County, August 6, 1941.)
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