Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

by Harrison Bruce Tordoff

No subspecies recognized.

Passerherbulus caudacutus (Latham). Leconte Sparrow. Common transient and irregular, locally common winter resident west at least to Lane County.

No subspecies recognized.

* Passerherbulus henslowii. Henslow Sparrow. Uncommon transient and uncommon, local summer resident in east, west at least to Cloud County. Breeding records from Morris, Shawnee, Douglas, and Anderson counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: P. h. henslowii (Audubon).

Ammospiza caudacuta. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Rare transient in east. Specimens taken in Shawnee, Douglas, Woodson, and McPherson counties. Supposed nesting reported by Goss probably erroneous.

Subspecies in Kansas: A. c. nelsoni (Allen).

Pooecetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow. Common transient throughout state. May nest in northwest but no evidence available.

Subspecies in Kansas: P. g. gramineus (Gmelin) in east, P. g. confinis Baird in west.

* Chondestes grammacus. Lark Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.