Chapter 16
265. =Hudsonian curlew.= NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Rare migrant; all records thus far from the plains; general range, North America.
270. =Black-bellied plover.= SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA. Migrant, not common; bird of plains below 5,000 feet; breeds far north.
272. =American golden plover.= CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. Migrant, not common; same record as preceding.
273. =Killdeer.= ÆGIALITIS VOCIFERA. Abundant summer resident; arrives early in spring; breeds most abundantly on plains and at base of foothills, but is far from rare at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
274. =Semipalmated plover.= ÆGIALITIS SEMIPALMATA. Migrant, not common; breeds near the Arctic Circle.
281. =Mountain plover.= ÆGIALITIS MONTANA. Common summer resident; in spite of its name, a bird of the plains rather than the mountains; yet sometimes found in parks at an altitude of 8,000 and even 9,000 feet. Its numbers may be estimated from the fact that in one day of August a sportsman shot one hundred and twenty-six birds, though why he should indulge in such wholesale slaughter the author does not understand.
283. =Turnstone.= ARENARIA INTERPRES. Rare migrant; breeding grounds in the north; cosmopolitan in range, but chiefly along sea-coasts.
289. =Bob-white.= COLINUS VIRGINIANUS. Resident; somewhat common locally; good reason to believe that all the quails of the foothills are descendants of introduced birds, while those of the eastern border of the plains are native. A few were introduced some years ago into Estes Park, and are still occasionally noticed.
293. =Scaled partridge.= CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA. Resident; common locally; southern species, but more common than the bob-white at Rocky Ford, Col.
294. =California partridge.= LOPHORTYX CALIFORNICUS. Resident, local; introduced at Grand Junction, Col., and have flourished so abundantly as to become troublesome to gardeners.
295. =Gambel's partridge.= LOPHORTYX GAMBELII. Resident, rare; known only in southwestern part of the State; a western species.
297. =Dusky grouse.= DENDRAGAPUS OBSCURUS. Resident; mountain dwellers; breed from 7,000 feet to timber-line; in September wander above timber-line to 12,500 feet, feeding on grasshoppers; remain in thick woods in winter.
300b. =Gray ruffed grouse.= BONASA UMBELLUS UMBELLOIDES. Rare resident; a more northern species, but a few breed in Colorado just below timber-line; winters in higher foothills.
304. =White-tailed ptarmigan.= LAGOPUS LEUCURUS. Common resident; one of the most strictly alpine species; breeds entirely above timber-line from 11,500 to 13,500 feet; thence ranging to the summits of the highest peaks. Only in severest winter weather do they come down to timber-line; rarely to 8,000 feet. In winter they are white; in summer fulvous or dull grayish-buff, barred and spotted with black. This bird is colloquially called the "mountain quail." The brown-capped leucosticte is the only other Colorado species that has so high a range.
305. =Prairie hen.= TYMPANUCHUS AMERICANUS. Resident; uncommon and local.
308b. =Prairie sharp-tailed grouse.= PEDIOECETES PHASIANELLUS CAMPESTRIS. Resident, not common; once common, but killed and driven out by pothunters; some breed in Middle Park; noted in winter at 9,500 feet.
309. =Sage grouse.= CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS. Common resident. "As its name implies, it is an inhabitant of the artemisia or sage-brush plains, and is scarcely found elsewhere." Ranges from plains to 9,500 feet.
310. =Mexican turkey.= MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. Rare local resident; southern part of the State.
310a. =Wild turkey.= MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO FERA. Resident; rare; once abundant, but will probably soon be exterminated; not certain whether Colorado birds are eastern or western forms.
312. =Band-tailed pigeon.= COLUMBA FASCIATA. Summer resident; local; breeds from 5,000 to 7,000 feet and occasionally higher.
316. =Mourning dove.= ZENAIDURA MACROURA. Summer resident; very abundant; breeds everywhere below the pine region up to 10,000 feet, though usually a little lower; in fall ranges up to 12,000 feet.
319. =White-winged dove.= MELOPELIA LEUCOPTERA. Four records of this straggler in Colorado; its usual range is subtropical, though not uncommon as far north as the southern border of the United States.
325. =Turkey vulture.= CATHARTES AURA. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 10,000 and even 12,000 feet.
327. =Swallow-tailed kite.= ELANOIDES FORFICATUS. Summer visitor; rare or accidental; bird of the plains, not regularly west of central Kansas.
329. =Mississippi kite.= ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS. Accidental; two records; a bird of eastern and southern United States, and southward.
331. =Marsh hawk.= CIRCUS HUDSONIUS. Common resident; most common in migration; a few remain throughout winter; breeds on plains, and in mountains to 10,000 feet; in fall may be seen at 14,000 feet.
332. =Sharp-shinned hawk.= ACCIPITER VELOX. Common resident; much more common in mountains than on plains; breeds up to 10,000 feet.
333. COOPER'S HAWK. ACCIPITER COOPERI. Common resident; breeds from plains to 9,000 feet.
334. =American goshawk.= ACCIPITER ATRICAPILLUS. Resident; not uncommon; breeds from 9,000 to 10,000 feet; more common in winter than summer.
334a. =Western goshawk.= ACCIPITER ATRICAPILLUS STRIATULUS. Winter visitor; rare, if not accidental; Pacific Coast form; comes regularly as far east as Idaho.
337a. =Krider's hawk.= BUTEO BOREALIS KRIDERII. Resident; not uncommon; nests on the plains; no certain record for the mountains.
337b. =Western red-tail.= BUTEO BOREALIS CALURUS. Abundant resident; this is the Rocky Mountain form, of which Krider's hawk is the eastern analogue; the ranges of the two forms overlap on the Colorado plains; _calurus_ breeds from plains to 12,000 feet; not a few winter in the State.
337d. =Harlan's hawk.= BUTEO BOREALIS HARLANI. Rare winter visitor; one specimen; natural habitat, Gulf States and lower Mississippi Valley.
339b. =Red-bellied hawk.= BUTEO LINEATUS ELEGANS. Rare migrant; Pacific coast species.
342. =Swainson's hawk.= BUTEO SWAINSONI. Common resident; breeds everywhere below 11,000 feet.
347a. =American rough-legged hawk.= ARCHIBUTEO LAGOPUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS. Somewhat common winter resident; arrives from the north in November and remains till March.
348. =Ferruginous rough-leg.= ARCHIBUTEO FERRUGINEUS. Rather common resident; breeds on plains and in mountains; winters mostly on plains and along lower streams.
349. =Golden eagle.= AQUILA CHRYSAETOS. Resident; common in favorable localities; breeds from foothills to 12,500 feet; in winter on plains and also in mountains, often at 11,000 feet.
352. =Bald eagle.= HALLÆETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. Fairly common resident; mostly in mountains in summer; on plains in winter.
355. =Prairie falcon.= FALCO MEXICANUS. Not uncommon resident; breeds from plains to 10,000 feet; quite numerous in more open portions of western Colorado.
356. =Duck hawk.= FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM. Resident; not uncommon locally; breeds up to 10,000 feet.
357. =Pigeon hawk.= FALCO COLUMBARIUS. Summer resident; not common; usual breeding grounds 8,000 to 9,000 feet; some breed on the plains.
358. =Richardson's merlin.= FALCO RICHARDSONII. Rare summer resident; not uncommon in migration; naturalists not quite sure that it breeds in the State; has been taken in summer at an altitude of 11,000 feet.
360. =American sparrow hawk.= FALCO SPARVERIUS. Abundant resident; the most common hawk from the plains to 11,000 feet; some winter in State; breeds throughout its range.
360a. =Desert sparrow hawk.= FALCO SPARVERIUS DESERTICOLUS. Resident, though rare; taken in Middle and South Parks.
364. =American osprey.= PANDION HALIAËTUS CAROLINENSIS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally; breeds as high as 9,000 feet; has been taken in fall at an altitude of 10,500 feet.
365. =American barn owl.= STRIX PRATINCOLA. Resident; quite rare; a southern species rarely coming so far north as Colorado.
366. =American long-eared owl.= ASIO WILSONIANUS. Common resident; winters from plains to 10,000 feet; breeds from plains to 11,000 feet; eggs laid early in April.
367. =Short-eared owl.= ASIO ACCIPITRINUS. Resident, but not common; highest record 9,500 feet.
368. =Barred owl.= SYRNIUM NEBULOSUM. Resident; few records; one breeding pair found in the northeastern part of the State.
369. =Spotted owl.= SYRNIUM OCCIDENTALE. Resident; not common; a little doubt as to its identity; but Mr. Aiken vouches for its presence in the State.
371. =Richardson's owl.= NYCTALA TENGMALMI RICHARDSONI. Rare winter visitor; a northern species.
372. =Saw-whet owl.= NYCTALA ACADICA. Resident; not uncommon; occurs throughout the State below 8,000 feet.
373. =Screech owl.= MAGASCOPS ASIO. Rare resident; the eastern analogue of the next.
373e. =Rocky Mountain screech owl.= MAGASCOPS ASIO MAXWELLIÆ. Common resident; found from plains and foothills to about 6,000 feet; rare visitant at nearly 9,000 feet.
373g. =Aiken's screech owl.= MEGASCOPS ASIO AIKENI. Resident; limited to from 5,000 to 9,000 feet.
374. =Flammulated screech owl.= MEGASCOPS FLAMMEOLA. Rare resident; rarest owl in Colorado, if not in the United States; ten instances of breeding, all in Colorado; twenty-three records in all for the State.
375a. =Western horned owl.= BUBO VIRGINIANUS PALLESCENS. Common resident; breeds on the plains and in the mountains.
375b. =Arctic horned owl.= BUBO VIRGINIANUS ARCTICUS. Winter visitor; not uncommon; breeds in arctic America.
376. =Snowy owl.= NYCTEA NYCTEA. Rare winter visitor; occurs on the plains and in the lower foothills; range in summer, extreme northern portions of northern hemisphere.
378. =Burrowing owl.= SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOGÆA. Resident; abundant locally; breeds on plains and up to 9,000 feet.
379. =Pygmy owl.= GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA. Resident; rare; favorite home in the mountains; breeds as high as 10,000 feet.
382. =Carolina paroquet.= CONURUS CAROLINENSIS. Formerly resident; few records; general range, east and south; now almost exterminated.
385. =Road-runner.= GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS. Resident; not common; restricted to southern portion of the State; breeds throughout its range; rare above 5,000 feet, though one was found in the Wet Mountains at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
387. =Yellow-billed cuckoo.= COCCYZUS AMERICANUS. Rare summer visitor, on the authority of Major Bendire.
387a. =California cuckoo.= COCCYZUS AMERICANUS OCCIDENTALIS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally; mostly found on the edge of the plains, but occasionally up to 8,000 feet in mountains.
388. =Black-billed cuckoo.= COCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Rare migrant; only two records.
390. =Belted kingfisher.= CERYLE ALCYON. Common resident; breeds from plains to 10,000 feet; a few remain in winter.
393e. =Rocky Mountain hairy woodpecker.= DRYOBATES VILLOSUS MONTICOLA. Common resident; breeds from plains to 11,000 feet; winter range almost the same.
394c. =Downy woodpecker.= DRYOBATES PUBESCENS MEDIANUS. Visitor; rare, if not accidental.
394b. =Batchelder's woodpecker.= DRYOBATES PUBESCENS HOMORUS. Common resident; breeding range from plains to 11,500 feet; winter range from plains to 10,000 feet.
396. =Texan woodpecker.= DRYOBATES SCALARIS BAIRDI. Resident; rare and local; southern range generally.
401b. =Alpine three-toed woodpecker.= PICOIDES AMERICANUS DORSALIS. Resident; not common; a mountain bird; range, 8,000 to 12,000 feet; even in winter remains in the pine belt at about 10,000 feet.
402. =Yellow-bellied sapsucker.= SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS. Rare migrant; eastern form, scarcely reaching the base of the Rockies.
402a. =Red-naped sapsucker.= SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS NUCHALIS. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 12,000 feet, but partial to the mountains. Author saw one at Green Lake.
404. =Williamson's sapsucker.= SPHYRAPICUS THYROIDEUS. Common summer resident; breeds from 5,000 feet to upper limits of the pines; range higher in the southern part of the State than in the northern.
405a. =Northern pileated woodpecker.= CEOPHLOEUS PILEATUS ABIETICOLA. Resident; very rare; only probably identified.
406. =Red-headed woodpecker.= MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 10,000 feet; late spring arrival; same form in the East and West.
408. =Lewis's woodpecker.= MELANERPES TORQUATUS. Common resident; characteristic bird of the foothills; sometimes seen as high as 10,000 feet in southern Colorado; probably does not breed above 9,000 feet.
409. =Red-bellied woodpecker.= MELANERPES CAROLINUS. Summer visitor; rare, if not accidental; eastern and southern species, not occurring regularly west of central Kansas.
412a. =Northern flicker.= COLAPTES AURATUS LUTEUS. Rare migrant; range extends only to foothills; no record of its breeding.
413. =Red-shafted flicker.= COLAPTES CAFER. Abundant summer resident; breeds from plains to 12,000 feet; almost as plentiful at its highest range as on the plains; early spring arrival; a few winter in the State.
418. =Poor-will.= PHALÆNOPTILUS NUTTALLII. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to 8,000 feet; has been noted up to 10,000 feet.
418a. =Frosted poor-will.= PHALÆNOPTILUS NUTTALLII NITIDUS. Rare summer resident; few typical _nitidus_ taken; a more southern variety.
420a. =Western nighthawk.= CHORDEILES VIRGINIANUS HENRYI. Abundant summer resident; breeds on the plains and up to about 11,000 feet; in fall ranges up to 12,000 feet; most common on plains and in foothills.
422. =Black swift.= CYPSELOIDES NIGER BOREALIS. Summer resident; abundant locally; southwestern part of the State; breeds from 10,000 to 12,000 feet, and ranges up to 13,000 feet.
425. =White-throated swift.= AERONAUTES MELANOLEUCUS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally; breeds in inaccessible rocks from 6,000 to 12,000 feet, if not higher; most common in southern part of the State.
429. =Black-chinned humming-bird.= TROCHILUS ALEXANDRI. Summer resident; local; only in southwestern part of the State, and below 6,000 feet.
432. =Broad-tailed humming-bird.= SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS. Common summer resident; Colorado's most common hummer; breeds from foothills to 11,000 feet; ranges 2,000 feet above timber-line in summer.
433. =Rufous humming-bird.= SELASPHORUS RUFUS. Summer resident; local; a western species, coming into southwestern Colorado, where it breeds from 7,000 to 10,000 feet, and ranges in summer several thousand feet higher; a few records east of the range.
436. =Calliope humming-bird.= STELLULA CALLIOPE. Summer visitor; rare or accidental; but two records, one near Breckenridge at an altitude of 9,500 feet; western species.
443. =Scissor-tailed flycatcher.= MILVULUS FORFICATUS. Summer visitor; rare or accidental; but one record; southern range, and more eastern.
444. =Kingbird.= TYRANNUS TYRANNUS. Common summer resident; occurs only on plains and in foothills up to 6,000 feet; same form as the eastern kingbird.
447. =Arkansas kingbird.= TYRANNUS VERTICALIS. Common summer resident; more common in eastern than western part of the State; fond of the plains and foothills, yet breeds as high as 8,000 feet.
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.
486. =American raven.= CORVUS CORAX SINUATUS. Resident; common locally; breeds; rather of western Colorado, but visitant among eastern mountains.
487. =White-necked raven.= CORVUS CRYPTOLEUCUS. Rare resident now; formerly abundant along eastern base of the front range and a hundred miles out on the plains; now driven out by advent of white man.
488. =American crow.= CORVUS AMERICANUS. Resident; common in northeastern Colorado; rare in the rest of the State.
491. =Clark's nutcracker.= NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA. Abundant resident; a mountain bird; breeds from 7,000 to 12,000 feet; sometimes in fall gathers in "enormous flocks"; at that season wanders up to at least 13,000 feet; most remain in the mountains through the winter, though a few descend to the plains.
492. =Pinon jay.= CYANOCEPHALUS CYANOCEPHALUS. Resident; abundant locally; breeds almost exclusively among the pinon pines; keeps in small parties during breeding season; then gathers in large flocks; wandering up to 10,000 feet.
494. =Bobolink.= DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS. Rare summer visitor.
495. =Cowbird.= MOLOTHRUS ATER. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to about 8,000 feet; author saw several in South Park.
497. =Yellow-headed blackbird.= XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS. Common summer resident; breeds in suitable places on the plains and in mountain parks.
498. =Red-winged blackbird.= AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS. Common summer resident; breeds mostly below 7,500 feet, though occasionally ascends to 9,000.
501b. =Western meadow-lark.= STURNELLA MAGNA NEGLECTA. Abundant summer resident.
506. =Orchard oriole.= ICTERUS SPURIUS. Summer visitor; rare, if not accidental.
507. =Baltimore oriole.= ICTERUS GALBULA. Marked as a rare summer resident, though no record of nesting.
508. =Bullock's oriole.= ICTERUS BULLOCKI. Abundant summer resident; breeds on plains and in mountain regions below 10,000 feet.
509. =Rusty blackbird.= SCOLECOPHAGUS CAROLINUS. Migrant; rare, if not accidental; two records.
510. =Brewer's blackbird.= SCOLECOPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS. Abundant summer resident.
511b. =Bronzed grackle.= QUISCALUS QUISCULA ÆNEUS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally; comes only to eastern base of mountains.
514a. =Western evening grosbeak.= COCCOTHRAUSTES VESPERTINUS MONTANUS. Resident; found every month of the year; no nests found, but evidently breeds.
515a. =Rocky Mountain pine grosbeak.= PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR MONTANA. Resident; not uncommon; most common in late summer and fall when most of them are just below timber-line; stragglers descend to foothills and plains.
517. =Purple finch.= CARPODACUS PURPUREUS. Migrant; rare, if not accidental; only one specimen, and that a female.
518. =Cassin's purple finch.= CARPODACUS CASSINI. Common resident; winters from plains to 7,000 feet; breeds from that altitude to 10,000 feet.
519. =House finch.= CARPODACUS MEXICANUS FRONTALIS. Abundant resident.
521a. =Mexican crossbill.= LOXIA CURVIROSTRA STRICKLANDI. Resident; not uncommon; has been seen in summer at 11,000 feet; breeds in mountains, perhaps in winter like its eastern antitype.
522. =White-winged crossbill.= LOXIA LEUCOPTERA. Rare winter visitor; one record.
524. =Gray-crowned leucosticte.= LEUCOSTICTE TEPHROCOTIS. Rare winter visitor; western species.
524a. =Hepburn's leucosticte.= LEUCOSTICTE TEPHROCOTIS LITTORALIS. Rare winter visitor; summers in the North.
525. =Black leucosticte.= LEUCOSTICTE ATRATA. Rare winter visitor; summer range unknown; winters in the Rockies.
526. =Brown-capped leucosticte.= LEUCOSTICTE AUSTRALIS. This little bird and the white-tailed ptarmigan have the highest summer range of any Colorado birds.
528. =Redpoll.= ACANTHIS LINARIA. Common winter resident; lives from plains to 10,000 feet.
528b. =Greater redpoll.= ACANTHIS LINARIA ROSTRATA. Rare or accidental winter visitor; one record.
529. =American goldfinch.= ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS. Resident; quite common in summer; sometimes reaches 10,000 feet.
529a. =Western goldfinch.= ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS PALLIDUS. Migrant; probably common; added by Mr. Aiken.
530. =Arkansas goldfinch.= ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA. Common summer resident; breeds from plains to over 9,000 feet.
530a. =Arizona goldfinch.= ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA ARIZONÆ. Summer resident; not common.
530b. =Mexican goldfinch.= ASTRAGALINUS PSALTRIA MEXICANUS. Rare, but believed to be a summer resident at Trinidad.
533. =Pine siskin.= SPINUS PINUS. Common resident; breeding range from plains to timber-line.
000. =English sparrow.= PASSER DOMESTICUS. Rapidly increasing in numbers; has settled at points west of the range.
534. =Snowflake.= PASSERINA NIVALIS. Rare winter visitor; one record west of the range; several east.
536a. =Alaskan longspur.= CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS ALASCENSIS. Common winter resident; breeds far north.
538. =Chestnut-collared longspur.= CALCARIUS ORNATUS. Rare summer resident; winter resident, not common; common in migration.
539. =McCown's longspur.= RHYNCOPHANES MCCOWNII. Common winter resident, dwelling on the plains.
540a. =Western vesper sparrow.= POOCÆTES GRAMINEUS CONFINIS. Abundant summer resident; breeds from plains to 12,000 feet.
542b. =Western savanna sparrow.= AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS ALAUDINUS. Common summer resident; breeds from base of foothills to almost 12,000 feet.
545. =Baird's sparrow.= AMMODRAMUS BAIRDII. Migrant; not common; a number taken east of the range, and one west.
546a. =Western grasshopper sparrow.= AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM PERPALLIDUS. Not uncommon summer resident; breeds on plains and in lower foothills.
552a. =Western lark sparrow.= CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS STRIGATUS. Common summer resident; breeds on plains and in mountain parks to 10,000 feet.
553. =Harris's sparrow.= ZONOTRICHIA QUERULA. Rare migrant; abundant migrant in Kansas.
554. =White-crowned sparrow.= ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS. Abundant summer resident.