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.