Birds of the RockiesKeyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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Birds of the Rockies
Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
Birds; Birds -- Colorado
The author's preference would have been to begin the roll with the most
interesting birds, those to which he gave the largest share of his
attention, namely, the oscines, but he has decided to follow the order
and nomenclature of the Check-List of North American birds as arranged
by the American Ornithologists' Union. In deference to the general
reader, however, he has placed the English name of each bird first, then
the scientific designation. The numbers correspond to the American
Check-List. By noting those omitted, the reader will readily discover
what species have not been found in Colorado.
1. =Western grebe.= ÆCHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS. Rare migrant; western
species, chiefly interior regions of North America.
2. =Holboell's grebe.= COLYMBUS HOLBOELLII. Rare migrant; breeds far
north; range, all of North America.
3. =Horned grebe.= COLYMBUS AURITUS. Rare migrant; range, almost the
same as the last.
4. =American eared grebe.= COLYMBUS NIGRICOLLIS CALIFORNICUS. Summer
resident; rare in eastern, common in western Colorado; breeds from
plains to 8,000 feet; partial to alkali lakes; western species.
6. =Pied-billed grebe.= PODILYMBUS PODICEPS. Summer resident, rare;
common in migration; breeds in northern part of State; sometimes winters
in southern part.
7. =Loon.= GAVIA IMBER. Migrant; occasionally winter resident; not known
to breed in State.
8. =Yellow-billed loon.= GAVIA ADAMSII. Migrant; rare or accidental.
9. =Black-throated loon.= GAVIA ARCTICA. Rare fall and winter visitant.
37. =Parasitic jaeger.= STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS. Fall and winter
resident; rare.
40. =Kittiwake.= RISSA TRIDACTYLA. Rare or accidental in winter.
49. =Western gull.= LARUS OCCIDENTALIS. Pacific Coast bird; accidental
in Colorado; only one record.
51a. =American herring gull.= LARUS ARGENTATUS SMITHSONIANUS. Rare
migrant; range, the whole of North America.
53. =California gull.= LARUS CALIFORNICUS. Western species; breeds
abundantly in Utah; only three records for Colorado.
54. =Ring-billed gull.= LARUS DELAWARENSIS. Not uncommon summer
resident; common in migration; breeds as high as 7,500 feet; range,
whole of North America.
58. =Laughing gull.= LARUS ATRICILLA. Bird of South Atlantic and Gulf
States; once accidental in Colorado.
59. =Franklin's gull.= LARUS FRANKLINII. Rare migrant; range, interior
of North America.
60. =Bonaparte's gull.= LARUS PHILADELPHIA. Rare migrant; not uncommon
in a few localities; range, whole of North America.
62. =Sabine's gull.= XEMA SABINII. Rare winter visitant; breeds in the
arctic regions.
69. =Forster's tern.= STERNA FORSTERI. Rare summer resident; common
migrant; habitat, temperate North America.
71. =Arctic tern.= STERNA PARADISÆA. Very rare migrant; but two records;
breeding habitat, circumpolar regions.
77. =Black tern.= HYDROCHELIDON NIGRA SURINAMENSIS. Common summer
resident; both sides of range; habitat, temperate North America; in
winter south as far as Brazil and Chili.
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