Subspecies in Kansas: A. b. deserticola Ridgway.
Junco aikeni Ridgway. White-winged Junco. Fairly common transient and winter resident in western Kansas. Specimens from Wallace, Ellis, Hamilton, and Morton counties.
No subspecies recognized.
Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: J. h. hyemalis (Linnaeus), J. h. cismontanus Dwight.
Junco oreganus. Oregon Junco. Common transient and winter resident in west, uncommon in east.
Subspecies in Kansas: J. o. montanus Ridgway, J. o. mearnsi Ridgway.
Spizella arborea. Tree Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. a. arborea (Wilson) common in east; S. a. ochracea Brewster common throughout state.
* Spizella passerina. Chipping Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident in east, less common in west. Only two actual nesting records: occupied nest at Lawrence, Douglas County, May, 1954, James S. Findley; nest with 4 large young, 6 miles south of Atchison, Atchison County, May, 1934 or 1935, Homer A. Stephens (photographs taken of nest and adult).
Subspecies in Kansas: S. p. passerina (Bechstein) in east, S. p. arizonae Coues in west.
Spizella pallida (Swainson). Clay-colored Sparrow. Common transient throughout state. Possibly breeds in northwest: male (KU 31950) with greatly enlarged testes (9 × 6 mm.), 1 mile north of St. Francis, Cheyenne County, June 12, 1954, H. B. Tordoff.
No subspecies recognized.
Spizella breweri. Brewer Sparrow. Common transient in west. Five specimens known: four males, Morton County, April 8 to May 1, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber; one specimen (sex?), Finney County, May 3, 1954, Marvin D. Schwilling.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. b. breweri Cassin.
* Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident and uncommon winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: S. p. arenacea Chadbourne, intergrading in east with S. p. pusilla (Wilson).
Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall). Harris Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident in east, uncommon in west.
No subspecies recognized.
Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: Z. l. leucophrys (Forster) common in east, uncommon in west; Z. l. gambelii (Nuttall) common in west, fairly common in east.
Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin). White-throated Sparrow. Fairly common transient, uncommon winter resident west at least to Cloud and Sedgwick counties. Status in west poorly known; not reported at Garden City by Marvin D. Schwilling.
No subspecies recognized.
Passerella iliaca. Fox Sparrow. Fairly common transient and uncommon winter resident in east; probably occurs in west but status there poorly known.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. i. iliaca (Merrem); other subspecies may be found in west when specimens become available.
Melospiza lincolnii. Lincoln Sparrow. Common transient and uncommon winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: M. l. lincolnii (Audubon) throughout state; M. l. alticola (Miller and McCabe) in extreme west.
Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. Common transient and uncommon winter resident in east. Western limit of range in Kansas not known (rare transient in Cloud and Finney counties—Porter and Schwilling).
Subspecies in Kansas: M. g. georgiana (Latham), M. g. ericrypta Oberholser.
Melospiza melodia. Song Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: M. m. euphonia Wetmore, M. m. juddi Bishop, M. m. montana Henshaw.
Rhynchophanes mccownii (Lawrence). McCown Longspur. Transient, common in west, rare in east, and winter resident, uncommon in west, rare in east.
No subspecies recognized.
Calcarius lapponicus. Lapland Longspur. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. l. lapponicus (Linnaeus) is the common form; C. l. alascensis Ridgway occurs uncommonly (specimens from Douglas and Hamilton counties).
Calcarius pictus (Swainson). Smith Longspur. Fairly common transient and locally common winter resident except in extreme east, where rare.
No subspecies recognized.
* Calcarius ornatus (Townsend). Chestnut-collared Longspur. Common transient and winter resident in west, uncommon in east. Formerly, at least, occurred in summer in High Plains of west; nests found in Ellis County in 1871 by J. A. Allen. No recent records in summer.
No subspecies recognized.
Plectrophenax nivalis. Snow Bunting. Winter visitant at irregular and, sometimes, long intervals. No specimens preserved in state since 1879.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. n. nivalis (Linnaeus).
Transmitted May 19, 1955.
Acadian Flycatcher, 334
Alder Flycatcher, 334
American Bittern, 312
American Coot, 322
American Egret, 311
American Knot, 325
American Magpie, 336
American Merganser, 317
American Raven, 336
American Redstart, 346
American Woodcock, 323
Arizona Jay, 336
Ash-throated Flycatcher, 333
Audubon Warbler, 343
Avocet, 326
Baird Sandpiper, 325
Baird Sparrow, 350
Bald Eagle, 319
Baldpate, 315
Baltimore Oriole, 347
Bank Swallow, 335
Barn Owl, 330
Barn Swallow, 335
Barred Owl, 330
Bay-breasted Warbler, 344
Bell Vireo, 341
Belted Kingfisher, 331
Bewick Wren, 338
Black and White Warbler, 342
Black-bellied Plover, 323
Black-billed Cuckoo, 329
blackbirds, 346-348
Blackburnian Warbler, 344
Black-capped Chickadee, 337
Black-capped Vireo, 341
Black-crowned Night Heron, 312
Black Duck, 314
Black-headed Grosbeak, 348
Black-necked Stilt, 326
Black-poll Warbler, 344
Black Rail, 322
Black Tern, 328
Black-throated Blue Warbler, 343
Black-throated Gray Warbler, 344
Black-throated Green Warbler, 344
Black-throated Sparrow, 352
Black Vulture, 318
Blue Goose, 314
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 340
Blue Grosbeak, 348
Blue Jay, 336
Blue-winged Teal, 315
Blue-winged Warbler, 342
Bobolink, 346
Bob-white, 321
Bohemian Waxwing, 340
Bonaparte Gull, 328
Brant, 314
Brewer Blackbird, 347
Brewer Sparrow, 352
Broad-winged Hawk, 319
Bronzed Grackle, 348
Brown Creeper, 337
Brown Pelican, 311
Brown Thrasher, 338
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 326
Buffle-head, 316
Bullock Oriole, 347
buntings, 348-354
Burrowing Owl, 330
California Gull, 327
Calliope Hummingbird, 331
Canada Goose, 313
Canada Warbler, 346
Canvas-back, 316
Cape May Warbler, 343
Cardinal, 348
Carolina Chickadee, 337
Carolina Paroquet, 329
Carolina Wren, 338
Caspian Tern, 328
Cassin Kingbird, 333
Cassin Sparrow, 351
Catbird, 338
Cedar Waxwing, 340
Cerulean Warbler, 344
Chestnut-backed Bluebird, 339
Chestnut-collared Longspur, 354
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 344
chickadees, 337
Chimney Swift, 331
Chipping Sparrow, 352
Chuck-will's-widow, 331
Cinnamon Teal, 315
Clark Nutcracker, 337
Clay-colored Sparrow, 352
Cliff Swallow, 335
Common Loon, 310
Common Scoter, 317
Common Tern, 328
Cooper Hawk, 318
cormorants, 311
corvids, 336-337
Cowbird, 348
cranes, 321
Crested Flycatcher, 333
crossbills, 350
Crow, 336
cuckoos, 329-330
Dickcissel, 349
Double-crested Cormorant, 311
doves, 328-329
Downy Woodpecker, 333
Duck Hawk, 320
ducks, 314-317
eagles, 319
Eared Grebe, 310
Eastern Bluebird, 339
Eastern Goldfinch, 350
Eastern Kingbird, 333
Eastern Meadowlark, 346
Eastern Phoebe, 334
Eastern Wood Pewee, 335
Eider, 316
English Sparrow, 346
Eskimo Curlew, 324
European Widgeon, 315
Evening Grosbeak, 349
falcons, 320
Ferruginous Rough-leg, 319
Field Sparrow, 352
finches, 348-354
Flamingo, 313
Florida Gallinule, 322
flycatchers, 333-335
Forster Tern, 328
Fox Sparrow, 353
Franklin Gull, 327
Fulvous Tree-duck, 314
Gadwall, 315
geese, 313-314
Glaucous Gull, 327
goatsuckers, 331
Golden-crowned Kinglet, 340
Golden Eagle, 319
Golden-eye, 316
Golden Plover, 323
Golden-winged Warbler, 342
Goshawk, 318
Grasshopper Sparrow, 350
Gray-cheeked Thrush, 339
Great Blue Heron, 311
Greater Prairie Chicken, 320
Greater Scaup Duck, 316
Greater Yellow-legs, 325
grebes, 310
Green Heron, 312
Green-tailed Towhee, 350
Green-winged Teal, 315
Groove-billed Ani, 330
grosbeaks, 348-349
Ground Dove, 329
grouse, 320-321
gulls, 327-328
Gyrfalcon, 320
Hairy Woodpecker, 333
Harris Hawk, 319
Harris Sparrow, 353
Hawk Owl, 330
hawks, 318-320
Henslow Sparrow, 351
Hermit Thrush, 339
herons, 311-312
Herring Gull, 327
Hooded Merganser, 317
Hooded Oriole, 347
Hooded Warbler, 346
Horned Grebe, 310
Horned Lark, 335
Horned Owl, 330
House Finch, 349
House Wren, 337
Hudsonian Curlew, 324
Hudsonian Godwit, 326
hummingbirds, 331
ibises, 312-313
Inca Dove, 329
Indigo Bunting, 349
jaegers, 327
jays, 336-337
juncos, 352
Kentucky Warbler, 345
Killdeer, 323
King Eider, 316
kingfisher, 331
kinglets, 340
King Rail, 321
kites, 318
Kittiwake, 328
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 333
Lapland Longspur, 353
lark, 335
Lark Bunting, 350
Lark Sparrow, 351
Laughing Gull, 327
Lazuli Bunting, 349
Least Bittern, 312
Least Flycatcher, 334
Least Sandpiper, 325
Least Tern, 328
Leconte Sparrow, 351
Lesser Prairie Chicken, 320
Lesser Scaup Duck, 316
Lesser Yellow-legs, 325
Lewis Woodpecker, 332
Lincoln Sparrow, 353
Little Blue Heron, 312
Loggerhead Shrike, 341
Long-billed Curlew, 324
Long-billed Dowitcher, 325
Long-billed Marsh Wren, 338
Long-eared Owl, 330
longspurs, 353-354
Long-tailed Jaeger, 327
loons, 310
Louisiana Heron, 312
Louisiana Water-thrush, 345
Macgillivray Warbler, 345
Magnolia Warbler, 343
magpie, 336
Mallard, 314
Man-o'-war-bird, 311
Marbled Godwit, 326
Marsh Hawk, 320
McCown Longspur, 353
meadowlarks, 346-347
Mexican Cormorant, 311
Mississippi Kite, 318
Mockingbird, 338
Mottled Duck, 314
Mountain Bluebird, 340
Mountain Plover, 323
Mourning Dove, 329
Mourning Warbler, 345
Myrtle Warbler, 343
Nashville Warbler, 343
Nighthawk, 331
Northern Phalarope, 327
Northern Shrike, 341
Northern Water-thrush, 345
nuthatches, 337
Old-squaw, 316
Olive-backed Thrush, 339
Olive-sided Flycatcher, 335
Orange-crowned Warbler, 343
Orchard Oriole, 347
Oregon Junco, 352
orioles, 347
Osprey, 320
Oven-bird, 345
owls, 330-331
Painted Bunting, 349
Palm Warbler, 345
Parula Warbler, 343
Passenger Pigeon, 329
Pectoral Sandpiper, 325
pelicans, 311
phalaropes, 326-327
Philadelphia Vireo, 342
Pied-billed Grebe, 310
Pigeon Hawk, 320
pigeons, 328-329
Pileated Woodpecker, 332
Pine Grosbeak, 349
Pine Siskin, 349
Pine Warbler, 344
Pine-woods Sparrow, 351
Piñon Jay, 337
Pintail, 315
Piping Plover, 323
pipits, 340
plovers, 323
Pomarine Jaeger, 327
Poor-will, 331
Prairie Falcon, 320
Prairie Warbler, 344
Prothonotary Warbler, 342
Purple Finch, 349
Purple Gallinule, 322
Purple Martin, 336
quail, 321
rails, 321-322
ravens, 336
Red-backed Sandpiper, 325
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 332
Red-breasted Merganser, 317
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 337
Red Crossbill, 350
Red-eyed Towhee, 350
Red-eyed Vireo, 342
Redhead, 315
Red-headed Woodpecker, 332
Red-necked Grebe, 310
Red Phalarope, 326
Redpoll, 349
Red-shafted Flicker, 332
Red-shouldered Hawk, 318
Red-tailed Hawk, 318
Red-throated Loon, 310
Red-wing, 347
Ring-billed Gull, 327
Ring-necked Duck, 316
Ring-necked Pheasant, 321
Road-runner, 329
Robin, 339
Rock Dove, 328
Rock Wren, 338
Roseate Spoonbill, 313
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 348
Ross Goose, 314
Rough-legged Hawk, 319
Rough-winged Swallow, 335
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 340
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 331
Ruddy Duck, 317
Ruddy Turnstone, 323
Ruffed Grouse, 320
Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 351
Rusty Blackbird, 347
Sabine Gull, 328
Sage Thrasher, 338
Sanderling, 326
Sandhill Crane, 321
sandpipers, 323-326
Savannah Sparrow, 350
Saw-whet Owl, 330
Say Phoebe, 334
Scaled Quail, 321
Scarlet Tanager, 348
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 333
Screech Owl, 330
Scrub Jay, 336
Semipalmated Plover, 323
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 325
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 318
Sharp-tailed Grouse, 321
Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 351
Short-billed Dowitcher, 325
Short-billed Marsh Wren, 338
Short-eared Owl, 330
shrikes, 341
Shoveller, 315
Slate-colored Junco, 352
Smith Longspur, 353
Snow Bunting, 354
Snow Goose, 314
Snowy Egret, 311
Snowy Owl, 330
Snowy Plover, 323
Solitary Sandpiper, 324
Solitary Vireo, 341
Song Sparrow, 353
Sora, 322
Sparrow Hawk, 320
sparrows, 348-354
Spotted Sandpiper, 324
Sprague Pipit, 340
Starling, 341
Steller Jay, 336
Stilt Sandpiper, 325
Summer Tanager, 348
Surf Scoter, 317
Swainson Hawk, 319
swallows, 335-336
Swallow-tailed Kite, 318
Swamp Sparrow, 353
swans, 313
swift, 331
Sycamore Warbler, 344
tanagers, 348
Tennessee Warbler, 342
terns, 328
thrashers, 338
thrushes, 339-340
towhees, 350
Townsend Solitaire, 340
Townsend Warbler, 344
Tree Sparrow, 352
Tree Swallow, 335
Trumpeter Swan, 313
Tufted Titmouse, 337
Turkey, 321
Turkey Vulture, 317
Upland Plover, 324
Varied Thrush, 339
Veery, 339
Vesper Sparrow, 351
Violet-green Swallow, 335
vireos, 341-342
Virginia Rail, 322
Virginia Warbler, 343
vultures, 317-318
warblers, 342-346
Warbling Vireo, 342
Water Pipit, 340
Water-turkey, 311
waxwings, 340
Western Flycatcher, 334
Western Grebe, 310
Western Kingbird, 333
Western Meadowlark, 347
Western Sandpiper, 326
Western Tanager, 348
Western Wood Pewee, 335
Whip-poor-will, 331
Whistling Swan, 313
White-breasted Nuthatch, 337
White-crowned Sparrow, 353
White-eyed Vireo, 341
White-faced Glossy Ibis, 313
White-fronted Goose, 314
White-necked Raven, 336
White Pelican, 311
White-rumped Sandpiper, 325
White-throated Sparrow, 353
White-winged Crossbill, 350
White-winged Junco, 352
White-winged Scoter, 317
Whooping Crane, 321
Willet, 324
Williamson Sapsucker, 333
Wilson Phalarope, 326
Wilson Snipe, 324
Wilson Warbler, 346
Winter Wren, 337
Wood Duck, 315
Wood Ibis, 312
woodpeckers, 331-333
Wood Thrush, 339
Worm-eating Warbler, 342
wrens, 337-338
Wright Flycatcher, 334
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 334
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 332
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 329
Yellow-breasted Chat, 346
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 312
Yellow-headed Blackbird, 347
Yellow Rail, 322
Yellow-shafted Flicker, 331
Yellow-throat, 345
Yellow-throated Vireo, 341
Yellow Warbler, 343