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قراءة كتاب Check-list of the Birds of Kansas
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known.
No subspecies recognized.
* Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe. Common transient and irregular summer resident, rare winter resident.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. p. podiceps (Linnaeus).
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin. White Pelican. Common transient throughout state. Occasional individuals, probably sick or wounded, remain beyond normal migration periods in spring and fall.
No subspecies recognized.
Pelecanus occidentalis. Brown Pelican. Accidental. One specimen: adult, sex not determined (KU 10468), Parker, Linn County, June, 1916, found dead by G. G. McConnell. One seen at Wichita, Sedgwick County, by R. H. Sullivan, April 25, 1910.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. o. carolinensis Gmelin.
* Phalacrocorax auritus. Double-crested Cormorant. Regular transient, in small to moderate numbers. One nesting record: several nests, eggs, and small young seen, Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, August, 1951, Otto Tiemeier.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. a. auritus (Lesson).
Phalacrocorax olivaceus. Mexican Cormorant. Accidental. One record: specimen taken 4 miles south of Lawrence, Douglas County, April 2, 1872. Present location unknown but specimen identified by S. F. Baird and R. Ridgway.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. o. mexicanus (Brandt).
Anhinga anhinga. Water-turkey. Accidental. Several specimens and sight observations are on record but most are prior to 1900. Several records and one specimen at Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, since 1928 (Frank Robl). In recent years, some reported Water-turkeys have proved to be cormorants.
Subspecies in Kansas: A. a. leucogaster (Vieillot).
Fregata magnificens. Man-o'-war-bird. Accidental. One record: specimen (present location unknown) taken on the North Fork of the Solomon River, Osborne County, August 16, 1880, by Frank Lewis.
Subspecies in Kansas: F. m. rothschildi Mathews.
* Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. Common transient and summer resident nesting in widely scattered colonies.
Subspecies in Kansas: three reported, A. h. herodias Linnaeus in northeast, A. h. wardi Ridgway in southeast, and A. h. treganzai Court in west, but status of these poorly known because of lack of sufficient breeding specimens.
Casmerodius albus. American Egret. Regular postbreeding summer visitant; occasional spring and summer resident. No definite nesting record.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. a. egretta (Gmelin).
* Leucophoyx thula. Snowy Egret. Regular postbreeding summer visitant; rare and local summer resident; occasional in spring. One nesting record: two nests found, summer, 1952, 6 miles north and 4½ miles west of Garden City, Finney County, Marvin D. Schwilling.
Subspecies in Kansas: L. t. thula (Molina).
Hydranassa tricolor. Louisiana Heron. Accidental. Two records: specimen taken at Lake Inman, McPherson County, August 9, 1934, by R. E. Mohler and Richard H. Schmidt; one seen, 1½ miles south of Iatan Marsh, Atchison County (near Iatan, Missouri), September 12, 1948, first reported by R. F. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan L. Boyd, seen by several other observers.
Subspecies in Kansas: H. t. ruficollis (Gosse).
* Florida caerulea. Little Blue Heron. Regular postbreeding summer visitant; rare and local summer resident; occasional in spring. Usually more common than Snowy Egret. One nesting