Birds of the RockiesKeyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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Birds of the Rockies
Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
Birds; Birds -- Colorado
448. =Cassin's kingbird.= TYRANNUS VOCIFERANS. Common summer resident;
breeds on plains and up to 9,000 feet in mountains; occurs throughout
the State.
454. =Ash-throated flycatcher.= MYIARCHUS CINERASCENS. Rare summer
resident; western species, coming east to western edge of plains.
455a. =Olivaceous flycatcher.= MYIARCHUS LAWRENCEI OLIVASCENS. Summer
visitor, rare, if not accidental; a southern species; taken once in
Colorado.
456. =Phoebe.= SAYORNIS PHOEBE. Rare summer visitor; comes west to
eastern border of the State.
457. =Say's phoebe.= SAYORNIS SAYA. Common summer resident; most
common on the plains; occurs on both sides of the range; the author
found it a little above Malta, at Glenwood, and in South Park.
459. =Olive-sided flycatcher.= CONTOPUS BOREALIS. Common summer
resident; breeds only in the mountains, from 7,000 to 12,000 feet.
462. =Western wood pewee.= CONTOPUS RICHARDSONII. Common summer
resident; most common in breeding season from 7,000 to 11,000 feet.
464. =Western flycatcher.= EMPIDONAX DIFFICILIS. Common summer resident;
breeds from plains to 10,000 feet, but most common in upper part of its
range.
466. =Traill's flycatcher.= EMPIDONAX TRAILLII. Fairly common summer
resident; most common on the plains, but occurs in mountains up to 8,000
feet; breeds throughout its Colorado range.
467. =Least flycatcher.= EMPIDONAX MINIMUS. Rare migrant; west to
eastern foothills; probably breeds, but no nests have been found.
468. =Hammond's flycatcher.= EMPIDONAX HAMMONDI. Common summer resident;
comes east only to the western edge of the plains; breeds as high as
9,000 feet.
469. =Wright's flycatcher.= EMPIDONAX WRIGHTII. Abundant summer
resident; breeds from 7,500 feet to 10,000.
474a. =Pallid horned lark.= OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS LEUCOLÆMA. Abundant
winter resident; literature on this bird somewhat confused on account,
no doubt, of its close resemblance to the next; winters on the plains
abundantly, and sparsely in the mountains.
474c. =Desert horned lark.= OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS ARENICOLA. Abundant
resident; winters on plains and in mountains up to 9,000 feet; breeds
from plains to 13,000 feet; raises two broods.
475. =American magpie.= PICA PICA HUDSONICA. Common resident; breeds
commonly on the plains and in the foothills and lower mountains; a few
breed as high as 11,000 feet.
478b. =Long-crested jay.= CYANOCITTA STELLERI DIADEMATA. Common
resident; seldom strays far east of the foothills; breeds from base of
foothills to timber-line; winter range from edge of plains almost to
10,000 feet.
480. =Woodhouse's jay.= APHELOCOMA WOODHOUSEI. Common resident; most
common along the base of foothills and lower wooded mountains; sometimes
breeds as high as 8,000 feet; in fall roams up to 9,500 in special
instances.
484a. =Rocky Mountain jay.= PERISOREUS CANADENSIS CAPITALIS. Common
resident; remains near timber-line throughout the year.
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