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Check-List of the Birds of Kansas · Harrison Bruce Tordoff — chapter 19 of 32 · ~383 words · public domain

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* Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin). Wood Thrush. Common transient and summer resident in east, absent in west, western limit of breeding in Kansas not known (nests, but uncommonly, in Cloud County).

No subspecies recognized.

Hylocichla guttata. Hermit Thrush. Transient throughout state, usually uncommon. Rare in winter in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: H. g. faxoni Bangs and Penard in east, H. g. sequoiensis (Belding) in west.

Hylocichla ustulata. Olive-backed Thrush. Common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: H. u. swainsoni (Tschudi).

Hylocichla minima. Gray-cheeked Thrush. Fairly common transient in east; probably does not occur in west but western limit in migration in Kansas unknown (rare in Cloud County, three records by J. M. Porter).

Subspecies in Kansas: H. m. minima (Lafresnaye).

Hylocichla fuscescens. Veery. Transient, rare in east, fairly common in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: H. f. salicicola Ridgway.

* Sialia sialis. Eastern Bluebird. Common resident and transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: S. s. sialis (Linnaeus).

Sialia currucoides (Bechstein). Mountain Bluebird. Common winter resident in west; occurs regularly east to Cloud and Barber counties and irregularly farther east (to Douglas and Anderson counties). Bunker and Rocklund took a full-grown juvenal female (KU 5900) on June 20, 1911, near the Colorado line northwest of Coolidge, Hamilton County.

No subspecies recognized.

Myadestes townsendi. Townsend Solitaire. Winter resident in small numbers in west; irregular in winter in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: M. t. townsendi (Audubon).

* Polioptila caerulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Common transient and summer resident in east, probably transient only in west but status there poorly known. Nesting records from Doniphan, Douglas, and Barber counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: P. c. caerulea (Linnaeus).

Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Common transient throughout state; uncommon winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: R. s. satrapa Lichtenstein.

Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Common transient throughout state; rare winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: R. c. calendula (Linnaeus).

Anthus spinoletta. Water Pipit. Common transient throughout state, more numerous in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: A. s. rubescens (Tunstall).

Anthus spragueii (Audubon). Sprague Pipit. Transient throughout state, perhaps more common in central or western parts; status poorly known. Specimens known from Trego, Cloud, Greenwood, Woodson, and Anderson counties.

No subspecies recognized.

Bombycilla garrulus. Bohemian Waxwing. Rare winter visitant throughout state. Few specimens on record, from Riley, Shawnee, Jefferson, Greenwood, and Sedgwick counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: B. g. pallidiceps Reichenow.

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