Check-list of the Birds of Kansas Part 7

Subspecies in Kansas: _L. g. hendersoni_ Rowan.

_Limnodromus scolopaceus_ (Say). Long-billed Dowitcher. Common transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Micropalama himantopus_ (Bonaparte). Stilt Sandpiper. Common transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Ereunetes pusillus_ (Linnaeus). Semipalmated Sandpiper. Common transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Ereunetes mauri_ Cabanis. Western Sandpiper. Uncommon transient in east; probably common in west but status there unknown.

No subspecies recognized.

_Tryngites subruficollis_ (Vieillot). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Uncommon but regular transient in autumn in eastern Kansas, west to Republic County; few spring records.

No subspecies recognized.

_Limosa fedoa_ (Linnaeus). Marbled G.o.dwit. Rare or uncommon transient throughout state. Status somewhat uncertain because some observers confuse this species with female Hudsonian G.o.dwits. The latter are larger and often much duller than male Hudsonian G.o.dwits. Marbled G.o.dwits, however, show no contrasting tail pattern in flight.

No subspecies recognized.

_Limosa haemastica_ (Linnaeus). Hudsonian G.o.dwit. Uncommon transient in eastern and central Kansas; status in west poorly known (reported from Ness and Kearny counties).

No subspecies recognized.

_Crocethia alba_ (Pallas). Sanderling. Rare transient in eastern and central Kansas; status in west not known. Three specimens have been taken, two from Douglas County (October) and one from Stafford County (July).

No subspecies recognized.

* _Recurvirostra americana_ Gmelin. Avocet. Uncommon transient in east; common transient and uncommon summer resident in west. Breeding records from Kearny, Finney, Haskell, Meade, and Barton counties.

No subspecies recognized.

_Himantopus mexica.n.u.s_ (Muller). Black-necked Stilt. Rare transient.

Records from Crawford, Sedgwick, Cloud, Stafford, Finney, and Kearny counties; few recent records. No satisfactory nesting record.

No subspecies recognized.

_Phalaropus fulicarius_ (Linnaeus). Red Phalarope. Very rare transient.

Two specimens: female (KU 3778), Lake View, Douglas County, November 5, 1905, E. E. Brown; male (Ottawa Univ. 96), near Ottawa, Franklin County, October 25, 1926, Wesley Clanton (identification checked by Tordoff).

No subspecies recognized.

* _Steganopus tricolor_ Vieillot. Wilson Phalarope. Common transient throughout state. One definite nesting record: adult male with downy young, Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, June 26, 1954, Ted F. Andrews and Homer Stephens. Goss mentioned "breeding birds" in Meade County but the record is not convincing.

No subspecies recognized.

_Lobipes lobatus_ (Linnaeus). Northern Phalarope. Rare transient. Goss shot five and preserved one (now in Goss collection) of 17 or 18 seen at Fort Wallace, Wallace County, May 25, 1883. Several sight records.

No subspecies recognized.

_Stercorarius pomarinus_ (Temminck). Pomarine Jaeger. Accidental. One record: immature male (KU 6967), Kansas River near Lawrence, Douglas County, October 10, 1898, Gus Berger and Banks Brown. This specimen erroneously reported as a Parasitic Jaeger, _Stercorarius parasiticus_ (Linnaeus), in previous lists of birds of Kansas.

No subspecies recognized.

_Stercorarius longicaudus_ Vieillot. Long-tailed Jaeger. Accidental. One record: female (KU 32610), Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, June 23, 1955, William M. Lynn and Larry D. Mosby.

No subspecies recognized.

[_Larus hyperboreus._ Glaucous Gull. One bird with crippled leg seen at Lake Shawnee, Shawnee County, January 27, 1951, and several days thereafter, by many observers including the author. Placed on Hypothetical List until specimen is taken in Kansas.]

_Larus argentatus._ Herring Gull. Transient, regular along Missouri River, uncommon to rare elsewhere in state; probably rare winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _L. a. smithsonia.n.u.s_ Coues.

_Larus californicus_ Lawrence. California Gull. Accidental. One record: specimen (location unknown) taken by Goss, Arkansas River, Reno County, October 20, 1880.

No subspecies recognized.

_Larus delawarensis_ Ord. Ring-billed Gull. Transient, locally common; rare winter resident.

No subspecies recognized.

_Larus atricilla_ Linnaeus. Laughing Gull. Accidental. One specimen taken 3 miles east and 2-1/2 miles south of Canton, in Marion County, May 15, 1933, Richard H. Schmidt (specimen in his collection); sight records from Barton and Shawnee counties.