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
_Pooecetes gramineus confinis_ Baird. Western Vesper Sparrow. Common
resident. (D. A. 1391, Moscow, Latah County, April 16, 1939.)
_Chondestes grammacus strigatus_ Swainson. Western Lark Sparrow.
Common resident. (D. A. 1579, 3 mi. SW Moscow, Latah County, May 21,
1940.)
_Amphispiza belli nevadensis_ (Ridgway). Northern Sage Sparrow.
Resident in southern Idaho. Davis (1935b:236) took one specimen in
Minidoka on May 19, 1921.
_Junco hyemalis cismontanus_ Dwight. Slate-colored Junco. Fairly common
winter visitant with other juncos. See Miller (1941:329) for records of
these birds.
_Junco oreganus_ Townsend. Oregon Junco. Common resident. See Miller
(1941:238) for ranges of the following subspecies.
a. _mearnsi_ Ridgway. Pink-sided Junco. Resident in Custer
and Fremont counties.
b. _montanus_ Ridgway. Montana Junco. Resident in northern
and western Idaho.
_Junco caniceps caniceps_ (Woodhouse). Gray-headed Junco. Miller
(1941:180) states that some hybridization occurs between this species
and _oreganus_ in Bannock and Cassia counties. It is resident in
southeastern Idaho.
_Spizella arborea ochracea_ Brewster. Western Tree Sparrow. Fairly
common resident in central and northern Idaho. (D. A. 1516, nest and
eggs, Moscow, Latah County, April 6, 1940.)
_Spizella passerina arizonae_ Coues. Western Chipping Sparrow. Very
common resident in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1805, junction of
Dutch Creek and Boise River, Boise County, July 4, 1941.)
_Spizella breweri breweri_ Cassin. Brewer Sparrow. Resident in southern
Idaho. Davis (1935b:235) records the bird as a summer resident at the
Minidoka Project.
_Zonotrichia querula_ Nuttall. Harris Sparrow. Wyman (1911a:267)
records this bird from Nampa, Valley County, in winter.
_Zonotrichia leucophrys_ (Forster). White-crowned Sparrow. Common
resident.
a. _gambeli_ (Nuttall). Gambel Sparrow. Migrant. (Univ.
Idaho No. 6, Moscow, Latah County, September 26, 1936.)
b. _leucophrys_ (Forster). White-crowned Sparrow. Resident
in the Hudsonian and Canadian zones. See A. O. U. Check-list
(1931) for range of this subspecies.
_Zonotrichia albicollis_ (Gmelin). White-throated Sparrow. Wyman
(1912b:247) reported this bird from Nampa, Valley County, in winter.
_Passerella iliaca schistacea_ Baird. Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.
Uncommon resident in the Transition Life-zone, and fairly common in
migration. (D. A. 1365, Pocatello Creek, 3 mi. E Pocatello, Bannock
County, April 2, 1939.)
_Melospiza lincolnii alticola_ (Miller and McCabe). Montane Lincoln
Sparrow. Resident in the boreal zones, and fairly common in migration.
See Miller and McCabe (1935:149) for range of this subspecies.
_Melospiza melodia_ (Wilson). Song Sparrow. Common resident.
a. _fallax_ (Baird). Mountain Song Sparrow. Resident in
southern Idaho. (D. A. 1839, Head Taylor Creek, Boise
County, August 7, 1941.)
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