Part 14

* Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmelin. Chuck-will's-widow. Locally common summer resident in eastern Kansas, western limit of distribution poorly known.

No subspecies recognized.

* Caprimulgus vociferus. Whip-poor-will. Locally common summer resident in eastern Kansas; two specimens reported from Finney County, but status in west poorly known. Two nests reported, at Geary, Doniphan County, June 16 and June 14 to July 3, 1923, by Linsdale. In recent years, Chuck-will's-widows seem to have increased at the expense of Whip-poor-wills in Kansas.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. v. vociferus Wilson.

* Phalaenoptilus nuttallii. Poor-will. Summer resident, common in west, rare and local in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: P. n. nuttallii (Audubon).

* Chordeiles minor. Nighthawk. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: Nesting; C. m. minor (Forster) in northeast, C. m. chapmani Coues in southeast, and C. m. howelli Oberholser in west, intergrading with one another through fairly broad zones. Migration; C. m. sennetti Coues throughout state.

* Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus). Chimney Swift. Common transient and summer resident in east; status in west poorly known. Schwilling reports this species only in migration in Finney and neighboring counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus). Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Common transient and summer resident in east; much less common in west, status there poorly known.

No subspecies recognized.

Stellula calliope (Gould). Calliope Hummingbird. One record: immature female, 8 miles south of Richfield and 6 miles east of Kansas Highway 27, Morton County, September 3, 1952, Jean W. Graber.

No subspecies recognized.

* Megaceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Common summer resident and uncommon winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: M. a. alcyon (Linnaeus).

* Colaptes auratus. Yellow-shafted Flicker. Common resident throughout state, but partly replaced in west by Red-shafted Flicker and hybrids between the two species.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. a. auratus (Linnaeus) in southeast, C. a. luteus Bangs in remainder of state. C. a. borealis Ridgway has been reported in winter in east.

* Colaptes cafer. Red-shafted Flicker. Common resident in west, hybridizing with, and replaced by, Yellow-shafted Flicker eastward. Uncommon winter resident in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. c. collaris Vigors.

* Dryocopus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. Formerly common resident in eastern Kansas, now much reduced in numbers and distribution. Recent sight records from Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Douglas, Miami, Linn, and Neosho counties may indicate that this species is increasing in its former range. Definite nesting records only from Linn County where Frank Wood and Ivan Sutton found a nest with 4 eggs and a nest with two young and one egg, along Marais des Cygnes River, near Pleasanton, some years ago. Eunice and Wilson Dingus have noted this species at Mound City, Linn County, regularly for several years.

Subspecies in Kansas: D. p. abieticola (Bangs) in northeast, D. p. pileatus (Linnaeus) in southeast.

* Centurus carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. Common resident in eastern part, breeding west at least to Comanche County; additional records in west from Morton, Finney, and Kearny counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. c. zebra (Boddaert).

* Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. Common transient and summer resident throughout state. Occasional winter resident west to Cloud County; not found in winter in southwest by Schwilling.

Subspecies in Kansas: M. e. erythrocephalus (Linnaeus), intergrading in west with M. e. caurinus Brodkorb.

Asyndesmus lewis (Gray). Lewis Woodpecker. Possibly rare resident in southwest but status uncertain. Several specimens and sight records from western third of state; one specimen, female (KU 7890), from Lawrence, Douglas County, November 7, 1908, Bunker and Wetmore.

No subspecies recognized.