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
c. _leucopareia_ (Brandt). Lesser Canada Goose. Migrant.
_Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii_ (Richardson). Hutchins Cackling Goose.
Migrant. See Aldrich (1946b) for the status of this goose.
_Branta bernicla nigricans_ (Lawrence). Black Brant. Davis (1935b:234)
records this species as a regular migrant in Minidoka County, and
indicates that some remain all winter.
_Anser albifrons albifrons_ (Scopoli). White-fronted Goose. Uncommon
migrant. Jones (1943:120) records a specimen from "about 10 mi. north
Pocatello, Bingham County."
_Chen hyperborea hyperborea_ (Pallas). Lesser Snow Goose. Fairly common
transient along the Snake River. Two specimens are in the State Game
Department's mounted collection from the Snake River, probably from
near Payette, Payette County.
_Chen rossi_ (Cassin). Ross Goose. Transient along the Snake River. The
Game Department collection has two mounted skins from "along the Snake
River."
_Anas platyryhnchos platyryhnchos_ Linnaeus. Mallard. Very common
resident. (D. A. 1753, Boise River, 1 mi. S Middleton, Canyon County,
November 24, 1940.)
_Anas acuta tzitzihoa_ (Vieillot). American Pintail. Resident and
common during migration. (D. A. 1752, Snake River, 1 mi. S Hammett,
Elmore County, November 16, 1940.)
_Anas carolinensis_ Gmelin. Green-winged Teal. Common resident. (D. A.
1261, Thorn Creek, 7 mi. S Moscow, Latah County, October 30, 1938.)
_Anas discors_ Linnaeus. Blue-winged Teal. Rare resident. Merriam
(1891:90) records two shot on Saw Tooth Lake (=Alturas Lake, Blaine
County), about October 1.
_Anas cyanoptera_ Vieillot. Cinnamon Teal. Uncommon resident. I
observed a female with four young in Bellevue, Blaine County, in July,
1942, and Merrill (1897:350) records a female with young on June 11 at
Fort Sherman.
_Anas strepera_ Linnaeus. Gadwall. Resident locally; fairly common in
migration. (D. A. 1310, Havenor's, 7 mi. NW Pocatello, Power County,
January 2, 1939.)
_Mareca americana_ (Gmelin). Baldpate. Common during migration, and
resident along the Snake River. (D. A. 1747, 1 mi. W Bowman Ranch on
Boise River, Canyon County, October 26, 1940.)
_Spatula clypeata_ (Linnaeus). Shoveller. Common in migration, and
breeds locally. (D. A. 1492, Wallace, Shoshone County, October 22,
1939.)
_Aix sponsa_ (Linnaeus). Wood Duck. Fairly common in migration, and
resident locally. Merrill (1897:350) records it as a summer resident at
Fort Sherman.
_Aythya americana_ (Eyton). Redhead. Fairly common migrant. Recorded by
Merrill (1897:350) at Fort Sherman.
_Aythya collaris_ (Donovan). Ring-necked Duck. Uncommon transient.
Merrill (1897:350) records it at Fort Sherman.
_Aythya valisineria_ (Wilson). Canvas-back. Fairly common in migration,
and recorded by Low and Nelson (1945:131) as breeding in Bonneville and
Caribou counties.
_Aythya marila_ (Linnaeus). Greater Scaup Duck. Fairly common migrant.
Davis (1935b:236) records one bird from the Minidoka Project taken on
March 28, 1920.
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