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
_Tyto alba pratincola_ (Bonaparte). Barn Owl. Uncommon resident. One
specimen in the University of Idaho collection of mounted birds was
taken near Moscow, Latah County.
_Otus asio_ (Linnaeus). Screech Owl. Common resident.
a. _macfarlanei_ (Brewster). MacFarlane Screech Owl.
Resident in southern Idaho. (D. A. 1861, Boise, Ada County,
April 11, 1942.)
b. _brewsteri_ Ridgway. Brewster Screech Owl. Resident in
northern Idaho. (D. A. 1312, Lapwai, Nezperce County,
December 25, 1938.)
_Otus flammeolus flammeolus_ (Kaup). Flammulated Screech Owl. Rare
resident. Specimens have been taken in two localities. Merriam
(1891:96) took one specimen on the west side of Big Wood River, "only a
few miles north of Ketchum, September 22," 1890. The record from Blaine
County and the one of Rust (1915:125), near Fernan Lake, September 28,
1914, are the only two positive records of this species to my
knowledge.
_Bubo virginianus_ (Gmelin). Great Horned Owl. Common resident. See A.
O. U. Check-list (1931).
a. _wapacuthu_ (Gmelin). Arctic Horned Owl. Migrant.
b. _occidentalis_ Stone. Montana Horned Owl. Resident in
central and southeastern Idaho.
c. _lagophonus_ (Oberholser). Northwestern Horned Owl.
Resident in western and northern Idaho. (D. A. 1486, 10 mi.
SW Riggins, Idaho County, September 15, 1939.)
_Nyctea scandiaca_ (Linnaeus). Snowy Owl. Casual migrant. Merrill
(1897:352) stated that there was an invasion of owls of this species in
the winter of 1896-'97, and many were observed during that time at Fort
Sherman.
_Surnia ulula caparoch_ (Müller). American Hawk Owl. Uncommon. Hand
(1933a:32) reports one specimen of this owl taken at Stanley Butte, 10
mi. S Lochsa River, Idaho County, on November 3, 1925, and mentions one
other observed in the summer. He suggests that the bird breeds in
northern Idaho.
_Glaucidium gnoma californicum_ Sclater. California Pygmy Owl. Fairly
common resident in the Canadian Life-zone. Specimens seem referable to
subspecies _pinicola_, recently synonymized by the A. O. U. Committee.
(D. A. 1311, Priest River, Bonner County, January 3, 1939.)
_Speotyto cunicularia hypugaea_ (Bonaparte). Western Burrowing Owl.
Fairly common local resident. (D. A. 1388, 10 mi. W Boise, Ada County,
April 2, 1939.)
_Strix nebulosa nebulosa_ Forster. Great Gray Owl. Vagrant. A specimen,
D. A. 1303, taken on December 8, 1938, was sent me from 9 mi. NE
Grangeville, Idaho County, December 8, 1938.
_Asio otus wilsonianus_ (Lesson). Long-eared Owl. Fairly common
resident. (D. A. 1532, 5 mi. SW Moscow, Latah County, April 29, 1940.)
_Asio flammeus flammeus_ (Pontoppidan). Short-eared Owl. Very common
resident in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1346, 2 mi. S Moscow,
Latah County, March 7, 1939.)
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