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
_Steganopus tricolor_ Vieillot. Wilson Phalarope. Uncommon. Davis
(1935b:236) took one specimen at the Minidoka Project on May 13, 1919.
_Lobipes lobatus_ (Linnaeus). Northern Phalarope. Uncommon resident.
Davis (1935b:236) reports the species as erratic at the Minidoka
Project, where he took one specimen on May 13, 1919.
_Stercorarius pomarinus_ (Temminck). Pomarine Jaeger. Davis (1935b:236)
took one bird "on the Snake River," on September 4, 1919.
_Larus argentatus thayeri_ Brooks. Thayer Gull. Merrill (1897:350)
records several birds of this species taken in the fall and winter on
Lake Coeur d'Alene.
_Larus californicus_ Lawrence. California Gull. Common in the winter,
and possibly breeds along the Snake River. Davis (1935b:235) records
this bird as a common summer visitant at the Minidoka Project.
_Larus delawarensis_ Ord. Ring-billed Gull. Uncommon straggler. Merrill
(1897:350) records it in the winter at Fort Sherman.
_Larus pipixcan_ Wagler. Franklin Gull. Late winter and spring
straggler. See Slipp (1942).
_Larus philadelphia_ (Ord). Bonaparte Gull. This gull is recorded by
Merrill (1897:350) as taken at Fort Sherman in November.
_Sterna forsteri_ Nuttall. Forster Tern. Davis (1935b:235) lists this
bird as a summer visitant in Minidoka County, and gives dates of its
occurrence there.
_Sterna hirundo hirundo_ Linnaeus. Common Tern. Rust (1915:121) states
that this tern is rare in Kootenai County.
_Hydroprogne caspia_ (Pallas). Caspian Tern. Common during migration.
Davis (1935b:234) records the species as common in migration at the
Minidoka Project, and gives dates of its occurrence.
_Chlidonias nigra surinamensis_ (Gmelin). Black Tern. Fairly common on
lakes; evidently resident. Rust (1915:121) records this bird as common
in June, 1914, on the St. Joseph Marshes.
_Columba fasciata fasciata_ Say. Band-tailed Pigeon. Rare at present.
Merrill (1897:349) states that Cooper listed this bird in what is now
Idaho.
_Zenaidura macroura marginella_ (Woodhouse). Western Mourning Dove.
Common summer resident, frequently remaining in winter. Rust (1915:123)
lists the bird as a fairly common summer resident in Kootenai County.
_Ectopistes migratorius_ (Linnaeus). Passenger Pigeon. Extinct. Merrill
(1897:349) states that Cooper listed this species from Montana and from
what is now Idaho.
_Coccyzus americanus occidentalis_ Ridgway. California Cuckoo. This
bird was reported by Davis (1935b:236), as taken May 16, 1918 at the
Minidoka Project, and he says that nests have been taken near Rupert by
Kenagy.
_Coccyzus erythropthalmus_ (Wilson). Black-billed Cuckoo. One breeding
bird of this species was reported by Arvey (1941:291), taken at Slide
Gulch on the Boise River, Boise County, on July 10, 1941. Since this
time I have observed the bird twice in Boise, Ada County, in the
summer.
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