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
_Numenius americanus_ Bechstein. Long-billed Curlew. Uncommon resident.
See Oberholser (1918) for ranges of the following subspecies.
a. _americanus_ Bechstein. Long-billed Curlew. Resident in
southern Idaho.
b. _parvus_ Bishop. Northern Curlew. The resident population
in northern Idaho is referable to this subspecies.
_Actitis macularia_ (Linnaeus). Spotted Sandpiper. Common resident in
the Canadian Life-zone. (D. A. 1807, junction of Simmon's Cr. and Boise
River, Boise County, July 5, 1941.)
_Tringa solitaria cinnamomea_ (Brewster). Western Solitary Sandpiper.
Davis (1935b:236) took one specimen on April 9, 1920 at the Minidoka
Project, and records the bird as erratic in occurrence.
_Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus_ (Brewster). Western Willet.
Davis (1935b:235) records this bird as a summer visitant at the
Minidoka Project, and gives dates of its occurrence there.
_Totanus melanoleucus_ (Gmelin). Greater Yellow-legs. Davis (1935b:234)
records this bird at the Minidoka Project in migration.
_Totanus flavipes_ (Gmelin). Lesser Yellow-legs. Fairly common in
migration. (D. A. 1742, Notus, Canyon County, October 20, 1940.)
_Erolia melanotos_ (Vieillot). Pectoral Sandpiper. Merrill (1897:351)
records this bird as common in 1896 from August to October at Fort
Sherman, and a number of specimens were taken.
_Erolia minutilla_ (Vieillot). Least Sandpiper. Fairly common migrant.
Davis (1935b:234) gives dates of migration of this bird at the Minidoka
Project.
_Limnodromus griseus scolopaceus_ (Say). Long-billed Dowitcher. Merrill
(1897:351) collected five specimens on September 12 on the St. Joseph
marshes.
_Micropalama himantopus_ (Bonaparte). Stilt Sandpiper. Davis
(1935b:234) collected one bird at the Minidoka Project on May 13, 1919,
and stated that the species was erratic in occurrence.
_Ereunetes mauri_ Cabanis. Western Sandpiper. Rust (1917:32) recorded
this bird on August 27 near Spencer, Fremont County, and also at Henry
Lake.
_Limosa fedoa_ (Linnaeus). Marbled Godwit. Davis (1935b:236) records
one specimen taken on August 1, 1920, at the Minidoka Project.
_Limosa haemastica_ (Linnaeus). Hudsonian Godwit. Davis (1935b:236)
records one bird taken at the Minidoka Project on July 7, 1919.
_Crocethia alba_ (Pallas). Sanderling. Davis (1935b:236) records this
bird from the Minidoka Project in migration, and he took one specimen
on May 19, 1921.
_Recurvirostra americana_ Gmelin. Avocet. Uncommon resident in southern
Idaho. (D. A. 1631, Snake River at Hagerman, Gooding County, June 16,
1940.)
_Himantopus mexicanus_ (Müller). Black-necked Stilt. Davis (1935b:235)
records this bird from Minidoka as a summer visitant, and gives dates
of its occurrence.
_Phalaropus fulicarius_ (Linnaeus). Red Phalarope. Hand (1935:180)
reports one bird of this species in October on the St. Joseph River at
St. Maries, Benewah County.
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