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قراءة كتاب Check-list of the Birds of Kansas
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A. c. canadensis (Linnaeus).
Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. Rare transient and winter resident in east; fairly common winter resident in west, where large numbers may gather to roost.
Subspecies in Kansas: H. l. alascanus Townsend. Previous students refer all Bald Eagles from the state to H. l. leucocephalus (Linnaeus) but specimens in the K. U. collection, all taken in winter, are large (three females, wing, 645, 655, 680 mm.) and are clearly of the northern subspecies.
Circus cyaneus. Marsh Hawk. Resident, common in winter, less common and local in summer.
Subspecies in Kansas: C. c. hudsonius (Linnaeus).
Pandion haliaetus. Osprey. Occurs irregularly throughout state but less frequently in west. Most records in spring and autumn but a few at other seasons. No definite nesting record.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. h. carolinensis (Gmelin).
Falco rusticolus. Gyrfalcon. Accidental. One specimen: Manhattan, Riley County, December 1, 1880, A. L. Runyan (specimen at Kansas State College).
Subspecies in Kansas: F. r. obsoletus Gmelin.
Falco mexicanus Schlegel. Prairie Falcon. Rare summer and fairly common winter resident in west; occasional transient and winter resident in east. No satisfactory breeding records.
No subspecies recognized.
* Falco peregrinus. Duck Hawk. Rare transient and winter resident, probably more common in west. Formerly nested but no nesting record since before 1900.
Subspecies in Kansas: F. p. anatum Bonaparte.
Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. Uncommon transient and rare winter resident in east; more common in migration in west but status there in winter not known.
Subspecies in Kansas: F. c. columbarius Linnaeus is most frequent in eastern part, west to Reno County; F. c. richardsonii Ridgway is the common subspecies in west, occasional in east; F. c. bendirei Swann is known in Kansas from one specimen (KU 4425) from Ellis County, October, 1875, taken by Dr. L. Watson (identified by James L. Peters).
* Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. Common resident and transient throughout state (but status in winter in northwest not known).
Subspecies in Kansas: F. s. sparverius Linnaeus.
Bonasa umbellus. Ruffed Grouse. Formerly common resident in eastern part; now probably extirpated in state but observers in extreme east should watch for it. One authentic specimen (KU 31944), southeastern Kansas, between 1885 and 1910, Alexander J. C. Roese. No definite nesting record.
Subspecies in Kansas: B. u. umbellus (Linnaeus).
* Tympanuchus cupido. Greater Prairie Chicken. Resident, but highly local; absent in southwestern quarter of state.
Subspecies in Kansas: T. c. pinnatus (Brewster).
* Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway). Lesser Prairie Chicken. Resident, but local, in southwestern quarter of state, north to Hamilton and Finney counties and east to Pawnee and Barber counties. A few old records east to Anderson and Neosho counties in winter.
No subspecies recognized.
Pedioecetes phasianellus. Sharp-tailed Grouse. Formerly resident in western part of state; scattered old records from eastern localities. Now extirpated, or nearly so, in Kansas; observers in northwestern counties should watch for it. No definite nesting record.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. p. jamesi Lincoln.