Anthus spragueii (Audubon). Sprague Pipit. Transient throughout state, perhaps more common in central or western parts; status poorly known. Specimens known from Trego, Cloud, Greenwood, Woodson, and Anderson counties.
No subspecies recognized.
Bombycilla garrulus. Bohemian Waxwing. Rare winter visitant throughout state. Few specimens on record, from Riley, Shawnee, Jefferson, Greenwood, and Sedgwick counties.
Subspecies in Kansas: B. g. pallidiceps Reichenow.
* Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot. Cedar Waxwing. Common transient and irregular winter resident throughout state; rare summer resident in northeast. Breeding records: four nests found at Lake Quivira, Wyandotte County, July 22, 1947 (nestling collected, KU 32374), July 3, 1949 (young in nest), July 4, 1950, July 10, 1952 (young in nest), Harold C. Hedges; nest found in Topeka, Shawnee County, June 16, 1953, Cliff Olander and T. W. Nelson.
No subspecies recognized.
Lanius excubitor. Northern Shrike. Winter resident, rare in east, uncommon in west.
Subspecies in Kansas: L. e. borealis Vieillot in east, L. e. invictus Grinnell in west (most specimens from Kansas are intermediate between the two).
* Lanius ludovicianus. Loggerhead Shrike. Common resident and transient throughout state, but may leave north-central and northwestern parts in winter.