A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho

by M. Dale Arvey

Nuttallornis borealis (Swainson). Olive-sided Flycatcher. Uncommon resident. (D. A. 1786, Idaho City, Boise County, May 23, 1941.)

Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus). Horned Lark. Common resident. See Behle (1942) for ranges of the following races.

a. lamprochroma Oberholser. Oregon Horned Lark. Southwestern Idaho, and intergrading with the next two races.

b. utahensis Behle. Great Salt Lake Horned Lark. Resident in central and southeastern Idaho.

c. merrilli Dwight. Dusky Horned Lark. Northern Idaho.

Tachycineta thalassina lepida Mearns. Violet-green Swallow. Common resident. (D. A. 1654, 4 mi. NW Pollock, Idaho County, June 27, 1940.)

Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieillot). Tree Swallow. Fairly common resident. Burleigh (1923:655) records the birds at Clark's Fork, Bonner County.

Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus). Bank Swallow. Fairly common resident in suitable localities. (D. A. 1453, 4-1/2 mi. SW Moscow, Latah County, May 26, 1939.)

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis serripennis (Audubon). Rough-winged Swallow. Low (1945:132) records a colony of these birds and Bank Swallows nesting together at Gray's Lake, in Caribou County.

Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert. Barn Swallow. Common resident. (D. A. 1420, Troy, Latah County, May 6, 1939.)