Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

No subspecies recognized.

* Turdus migratorius. Robin. Common transient and summer resident; locally common winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: T. m. migratorius Linnaeus breeds in most of state but birds in southeast are intermediate toward T. m. achrusterus (Batchelder); T. m. propinquus Ridgway occurs in west, at least in migration, and irregularly in other parts of state in winter.

Ixoreus naevius. Varied Thrush. Accidental. One record: specimen (present location unknown) taken at Garden City, Finney County, October 17, 1891, H. W. Menke.

Subspecies in Kansas: Probably I. n. meruloides (Swainson), on geographical grounds.

* Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin). Wood Thrush. Common transient and summer resident in east, absent in west, western limit of breeding in Kansas not known (nests, but uncommonly, in Cloud County).

No subspecies recognized.

Hylocichla guttata. Hermit Thrush. Transient throughout state, usually uncommon. Rare in winter in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: H. g. faxoni Bangs and Penard in east, H. g. sequoiensis (Belding) in west.

Hylocichla ustulata. Olive-backed Thrush. Common transient throughout state.