Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

Subspecies in Kansas: C. p. stellaris (Naumann).

* Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren. Common transient and summer resident in west, rare transient in east; eastern limit of breeding range not known. Nests found in Hamilton, Scott, and Logan counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: S. o. obsoletus (Say).

* Mimus polyglottos. Mockingbird. Resident throughout state, less common in north, especially in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: M. p. polyglottos (Linnaeus) in east, M. p. leucopterus (Vigors) in west (most specimens from Kansas are intermediate between the two subspecies).

* Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus). Catbird. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

* Toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; occasional winter resident at least in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: T. r. rufum (Linnaeus) in east, T. r. longicauda Baird in west.

Oreoscoptes montanus (Townsend). Sage Thrasher. Rare transient in west. Two unsexed specimens (KU 31941, 31942), 1 mile south of Holcomb, Finney County, September 20 and October 2, 1954, Marvin D. Schwilling. A third individual seen in Morton County, September 27, 1954, and a fourth in Kearny County, March 23, 1955, by Schwilling.