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
_Aythya affinis_ (Eyton). Lesser Scaup Duck. Common during migration.
Davis (1935b:235) lists this bird as a regular winter visitant in
Minidoka County from October 30 to May 31.
_Glaucionetta clangula americana_ (Bonaparte). American Golden-eye.
Common resident. (D. A. 1476, Bellevue, Blaine County, June 28, 1939.)
_Glaucionetta islandica_ (Gmelin). Barrow Golden-eye. Uncommon
transient. Davis (1935b:234) records one specimen taken at the Minidoka
Project.
_Glaucionetta albeola_ (Linnaeus). Buffle-head. Common migrant. (D. A.
1852, Snake River, 1 mi. S Hammett, Elmore County, November 15, 1941.)
_Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus_ Brooks. Western Harlequin Duck.
Uncommon. Rust (1915:122) records one specimen taken on the marshes of
the St. Joseph River in Kootenai County, and Merrill (1897:350) states
that it is occasionally taken on the St. Joseph and Coeur d'Alene
rivers.
_Melanitta fusca_ subsp.?. White-winged Scoter. Rust (1915:122) records
this bird as common on Lake Coeur d'Alene in the winter of 1913.
_Melanitta perspicillata_ (Linnaeus). Surf Scoter. Rust (1915:122)
states that this is a rare fall migrant in Kootenai County.
_Oxyura jamaicensis rubida_ (Wilson). Ruddy Duck. Common migrant on the
Snake River. Merrill (1897:350) records this duck as "not uncommon in
the spring and autumn" at Fort Sherman.
_Lophodytes cucullatus_ (Linnaeus). Hooded Merganser. Common resident
in suitable localities. (D. A. 1389, Lewiston, Nezperce County, April
2, 1939.)
_Mergus merganser americanus_ Cassin. American Merganser. Common
resident. Merrill (1897:350) states that the bird is common in fall and
winter at Fort Sherman.
_Mergus serrator_ Linnaeus. Red-breasted Merganser. Uncommon. Merrill
(1897:350) records one specimen taken "near Fort Sherman."
_Cathartes aura teter_ Friedmann. Western Turkey Vulture. Common
resident in southern Idaho, and transient elsewhere. Merrill (1897:352)
records it as a summer resident at Fort Sherman.
_Accipiter gentilis striatulus_ (Ridgway). Western Goshawk. Fairly
common migrant, and possibly resident. Hand (1933b:36) reports it as
resident in northern Idaho. (D. A. 1317, 1318, Nezperce, Lewis County,
January 9 and 12, 1939.)
_Accipiter striatus velox_ (Wilson). Sharp-shinned Hawk. Common
resident. (D. A. 1296, 4-1/2 mi. NE Genessee, Latah County, November
27, 1938.)
_Accipiter cooperii_ (Bonaparte). Cooper Hawk. Common resident in the
forests. (D. A. 1450, Sandpoint, Bonner County, May 24, 1939.)
_Buteo jamaicensis calurus_ Cassin. Western Red-tailed Hawk. Common
resident. (D. A. 1352, Moscow, Latah County, March 18, 1939.)
_Buteo platypterus platypterus_ (Vieillot). Broad-winged Hawk. Davis
(1936:86) records one specimen of this hawk taken on May 23, 1935, at
Castle Creek, 8 mi. S Oreana, Owyhee County.
_Buteo swainsoni_ Bonaparte. Swainson Hawk. Common resident. (D. A.
1451, Moscow, Latah County, May 21, 1939.)
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