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
_Colymbus grisegena holböllii_ (Reinhardt). Holboell Grebe. Merrill
(1897:349) records this species as common in migration at Fort Sherman.
_Colymbus auritus_ Linnaeus. Horned Grebe. Uncommon resident. Davis
(1935b:234) records the bird as a summer visitant at the Minidoka
Project.
_Colymbus nigricollis californicus_ (Heermann). Eared Grebe. Fairly
common resident along rivers and in lakes. Rust (1915:121) records one
specimen taken on Lake Coeur d'Alene in October, 1912.
_Aechmophorus occidentalis_ (Lawrence). Western Grebe. Uncommon
resident. Merrill (1897:349) records one specimen from Fort Sherman.
_Podilymbus podiceps podiceps_ (Linnaeus). Pied-billed Grebe. Common
resident. Merrill (1897:350) states that it is common at Fort Sherman
in the spring and autumn.
_Pelecanus erythrorhynchos_ Gmelin. White Pelican. Resident along the
Snake River; large nesting colonies are to be found in Bear Lake
County. See Davis (1935b:234) for nesting dates.
_Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus_ Ridgway. Farallon Cormorant. Davis
(1935b:234) records this bird in the Minidoka Project as a regular
migrant and gives dates of occurrence. The resident population at the
Bear Lake Refuge has been reported as subspecies _auritus_ by Behle
(1944:68), but probably is _albociliatus_.
_Ardea herodias treganzai_ Court. Treganza Great Blue Heron. Common
resident in suitable localities. (Dale Arvey 1505, 7 mi. NE Moscow,
Latah County, Idaho, February 19, 1940.)
_Leucophoyx thula brewsteri_ (Thayer and Bangs). Brewster Egret. Davis
(1935b:234) records one specimen from the Minidoka Project, taken on
September 16, 1919, and Hayward (1934:39) reports the species as
breeding at Bear Lake Valley in Bear Lake County.
_Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli_ (Gmelin). Black-crowned Night Heron.
Common locally. Hayward (1934:39) reports the bird as resident in Bear
Lake Valley.
_Botaurus lentiginosus_ (Montagu). American Bittern. Fairly common
resident in suitable localities. Merrill (1897:351) records the
American Bittern as rather common at Fort Sherman.
_Plegadis mexicana_ (Gmelin). White-faced Glossy Ibis. Vagrant.
Recorded as common at the Minidoka Project by Kenagy (1914:122).
_Cygnus columbianus_ (Ord). Whistling Swan. Resident in the winter in
the larger lakes, and transient along the Snake River. (D. A. 1783, 1
mi. S Hagerman, Gooding County, February 1, 1940.)
_Cygnus buccinator_ Richardson. Trumpeter Swan. Merriam (1891:91)
states that Bendire found this swan breeding on Henry Lake in 1877, and
that two were collected in August of that year. Rust (1915:123) records
the species as a rare fall migrant on Lake Coeur d'Alene. There are no
recent records.
_Branta canadensis_ (Linnaeus). Canada Goose. Fairly common resident.
See Aldrich (1946b) for records of each subspecies.
a. _moffitti_ Aldrich. Great Basin Canada Goose. This is the
resident race.
b. _occidentalis_ (Baird). White-cheeked Goose. Migrant.
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