Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

* Eremophila alpestris. Horned Lark. Common transient and resident throughout state. Numbers augmented by northern birds in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: E. a. praticola (Henshaw) resident in east; E. a. enthymia (Oberholser) resident west of Flint Hills; E. a. hoyti (Bishop), E. a. alpestris (Linnaeus), and E. a. leucolaema (Coues) in winter.

[Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow. Five birds seen at Lake Shawnee, Shawnee County, April 14, 1947, by L. B. Carson. Placed in Hypothetical List in absence of a specimen.]

* Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieillot). Tree Swallow. Summer resident in extreme northeastern Kansas; common transient throughout eastern half of state, status in west not known. Nesting records only from Doniphan County, along Missouri River, four nests located by Linsdale, in 1922, 1923, and 1924, and Leavenworth County, nests found by Brumwell along Missouri River.

No subspecies recognized.

* Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. Common transient and summer resident, probably throughout state but status in northwest not known.

Subspecies in Kansas: R. r. riparia (Linnaeus).

* Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Rough-winged Swallow. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: S. r. serripennis (Audubon).

* Hirundo rustica. Barn Swallow. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.