A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho

by M. Dale Arvey

Hylatomus pileatus picinus (Bangs). Western Pileated Woodpecker. Fairly common resident in the Transition Life-zone. (D. A. 1498, 10 mi. NE Moscow, Latah County, November 18, 1939.)

Asyndesmus lewis Gray. Lewis Woodpecker. Common resident. Merrill (1897:354) records this bird as common "around Fort Sherman."

Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. Red-naped Sapsucker. Fairly common resident. (D. A. 1485, 10 mi. SW Riggins, Idaho County, September 15, 1939.)

Sphyrapicus thyroideus thyroideus (Cassin). Williamson Sapsucker. Uncommon resident. The Museum of Vertebrate Zoölogy has one specimen taken on the W rim Copenhagen Basin, 8400 ft., Wasatch Mountains, Bear Lake County.

Dendrocopos villosus monticola Anthony. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. Common resident. (D. A. 1662, 4 mi. NW Pollock, Idaho County, July 1, 1940.)

Dendrocopos pubescens leucurus (Hartlaub). Batchelder Woodpecker. Common resident. (D. A. 1495, Potlatch, Latah County, November 3, 1939.)

Dendrocopos albolarvatus albolarvatus (Cassin). Northern White-headed Woodpecker. Uncommon resident. (D. A. 1434, 10 mi. SW Riggins, Idaho County, May 14, 1939.)

Picoïdes arcticus (Swainson). Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. Uncommon resident in northern Idaho. Merrill (1897:354) reports these birds as resident at Fort Sherman.

Picoïdes tridactylus (Linnaeus). Uncommon resident.

a. dorsalis Baird. Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. Resident in southern Idaho; the Museum of Vertebrate Zoölogy has specimens taken at W rim Copenhagen Basin, 8400 ft., Wasatch Mountains, Bear Lake County.