Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. Common transient and locally common winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: E. c. carolinus (Müller).

Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler). Brewer Blackbird. Transient and local winter resident. Common in west, uncommon in east. Probably nests in northwest, but no satisfactory evidence of this.

No subspecies recognized.

Quiscalus quiscula. Bronzed Grackle. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; local winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: Q. q. versicolor Vieillot.

* Molothrus ater. Cowbird. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; local winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: M. a. ater (Boddaert) is breeding bird; M. a. artemisiae Grinnell transient, common in west and possibly nesting in northwest.

Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson). Western Tanager. Fairly common transient and perhaps summer resident in extreme west. Two males taken 4½ miles west of Kendall, Hamilton County, May 20 and June 1, 1893, H. W. Menke; many seen and two males and a female (KU 31207) taken 8 miles south of Richfield, Morton County, May 6, 1950 (males) and September 4, 1952, Richard and Jean Graber.