Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

Subspecies in Kansas: T. s. solitaria Wilson is most common in eastern part and T. s. cinnamomea (Brewster) is most common in western part of Kansas, with much overlap of the two.

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus. Willet. Transient throughout state, usually uncommon, but sometimes locally common.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. s. inornatus (Brewster). C. s. semipalmatus (Gmelin) has been reported, probably erroneously; all specimens seen are of the western subspecies, inornatus.

Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin). Greater Yellow-legs. Common transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

Totanus flavipes (Gmelin). Lesser Yellow-legs. Common transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

Calidris canutus. American Knot. Rare transient. Sight records from eastern and western Kansas; only one specimen preserved, Hamilton, Greenwood County, September 19, 1911, G. C. Rinker.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. c. rufa (Wilson).