Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

* Dendroica petechia. Yellow Warbler. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: D. p. aestiva (Gmelin) breeding in all except southwestern Kansas; D. p. sonorana Brewster probably breeding in extreme southwest (specimens from Morton County); D. p. rubiginosa (Pallas) transient, probably throughout state.

Dendroica magnolia (Wilson). Magnolia Warbler. Uncommon transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

Dendroica tigrina (Gmelin). Cape May Warbler. Rare transient in east. Several sight records but only one specimen from state: immature male (KU 31644), Lawrence, Douglas County, December 6, 1954 (abnormally late date), Mary Edith Kizer.

No subspecies recognized.

Dendroica caerulescens. Black-throated Blue Warbler. Rare transient, more records from west than from east.

Subspecies in Kansas: D. c. caerulescens (Gmelin).

Dendroica coronata. Myrtle Warbler. Common transient throughout state, rare winter resident. (See also Audubon Warbler.)

Subspecies in Kansas: D. c. coronata (Linnaeus) and D. c. hooveri McGregor.