Check-list of the Birds of Kansas Part 10

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. p. abieticola_ (Bangs) in northeast, _D.

p. pileatus_ (Linnaeus) in southeast.

* _Centurus carolinus._ Red-bellied Woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Common resident in eastern part, breeding west at least to Comanche County; additional records in west from Morton, Finney, and Kearny counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. c. zebra_ (Boddaert).

* _Melanerpes erythrocephalus._ Red-headed Woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Common transient and summer resident throughout state. Occasional winter resident west to Cloud County; not found in winter in southwest by Schwilling.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. e. erythrocephalus_ (Linnaeus), intergrading in west with _M. e. caurinus_ Brodkorb.

_Asyndesmus lewis_ (Gray). Lewis Woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Possibly rare resident in southwest but status uncertain. Several specimens and sight records from western third of state; one specimen, female (KU 7890), from Lawrence, Douglas County, November 7, 1908, Bunker and Wetmore.

No subspecies recognized.

_Sphyrapicus varius._ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Uncommon transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. v. varius_ (Linnaeus) in eastern Kansas, _S. v. nuchalis_ Baird in western part (three specimens, Wallace and Morton counties).

[_Sphyrapicus thyroideus._ Williamson Sapsucker. An adult male seen at Concordia, Cloud County, April 4, 1935, by Dr. J. M. Porter. Placed in Hypothetical List in absence of a specimen.]

* _Dendrocopos villosus._ Hairy Woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Common resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. v. villosus_ (Linnaeus).

* _Dendrocopos p.u.b.escens._ Downy Woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Common resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. p. p.u.b.escens_ (Linnaeus) in southeast (Labette and Montgomery counties), _D. p. media.n.u.s_ (Swainson) in rest of state, with fairly broad zone of intergradation between the two subspecies.

_Dendrocopos scalaris._ Ladder-backed Woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Common resident in extreme southwestern Kansas (Morton County). Six specimens. No nest found yet in Kansas.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. s. symplectus_ (Oberholser).

* _Tyrannus tyrannus_ (Linnaeus). Eastern Kingbird. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; most numerous in east.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Tyrannus verticalis_ Say. Western Kingbird. Common transient and summer resident east to Flint Hills; uncommon transient and summer resident in east (occurs regularly at Lawrence but rarely at Kansas City).

No subspecies recognized.

_Tyrannus vociferans._ Ca.s.sin Kingbird. Transient and summer resident in extreme western part, east to Finney County. One specimen: male, Kansas Highway 27 at Cimarron River [7-1/2 miles north of Elkhart], Morton County, May 26, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber. No nesting record. Status poorly known.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. v. vociferans_ Swainson.

* _Muscivora forficata_ (Gmelin). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Common summer resident in southern and central Kansas; nesting west to Morton County, north to Cloud County, east to Neosho County. Sporadic records elsewhere in state.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Myiarchus crinitus._ Crested Flycatcher. Common transient and summer resident throughout state, but perhaps less numerous in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. c. boreus_ Bangs.

_Myiarchus cinerascens._ Ash-throated Flycatcher. Known only from Morton County; several seen in May, 1950, and a female with somewhat enlarged ovary taken, 8 miles south of Richfield, May 7, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber. No nesting record.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. c. cinerascens_ (Lawrence).

* _Sayornis phoebe_ (Latham). Eastern Phoebe. Common transient and summer resident in east; occurs, but must less common, in west.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Sayornis saya._ Say Phoebe. Common transient and summer resident in west. Nesting records from Rawlins, Jewell, Logan, and Ness counties. In migration, reported east to Republic and Lyon counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. s. saya_ (Bonaparte) is the breeding bird; _S. s. yukonensis_ Bishop probably occurs in migration.

_Empidonax flaviventris_ (Baird and Baird). Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.

Uncommon transient in east. Specimens from Johnson, Douglas, and Shawnee counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Empidonax virescens_ (Vieillot). Acadian Flycatcher. Summer resident in eastern Kansas. Specimens from Doniphan, Leavenworth, Douglas, Woodson, Montgomery, and Labette counties. Nesting records from Doniphan County (Jean M. Linsdale), Linn County (Wilson J. and Eunice Dingus), and Douglas County (R. F. Miller).

No subspecies recognized.

_Empidonax traillii._ Alder Flycatcher. Transient throughout state; no satisfactory nesting records or specimens taken in breeding season.

Subspecies in Kansas: _E. t. brewsteri_ Oberholser transient, probably more common in west, and _E. t. traillii_ (Audubon) transient and perhaps breeding in east.

_Empidonax minimus_ (Baird and Baird). Least Flycatcher. Common transient throughout state; no satisfactory evidence of nesting.