375a. =Western horned owl.= BUBO VIRGINIANUS PALLESCENS. Common resident; breeds on the plains and in the mountains.
375b. =Arctic horned owl.= BUBO VIRGINIANUS ARCTICUS. Winter visitor; not uncommon; breeds in arctic America.
376. =Snowy owl.= NYCTEA NYCTEA. Rare winter visitor; occurs on the plains and in the lower foothills; range in summer, extreme northern portions of northern hemisphere.
378. =Burrowing owl.= SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOGÆA. Resident; abundant locally; breeds on plains and up to 9,000 feet.
379. =Pygmy owl.= GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA. Resident; rare; favorite home in the mountains; breeds as high as 10,000 feet.
382. =Carolina paroquet.= CONURUS CAROLINENSIS. Formerly resident; few records; general range, east and south; now almost exterminated.
385. =Road-runner.= GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS. Resident; not common; restricted to southern portion of the State; breeds throughout its range; rare above 5,000 feet, though one was found in the Wet Mountains at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
387. =Yellow-billed cuckoo.= COCCYZUS AMERICANUS. Rare summer visitor, on the authority of Major Bendire.
387a. =California cuckoo.= COCCYZUS AMERICANUS OCCIDENTALIS. Summer resident; not uncommon locally; mostly found on the edge of the plains, but occasionally up to 8,000 feet in mountains.
388. =Black-billed cuckoo.= COCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Rare migrant; only two records.
390. =Belted kingfisher.= CERYLE ALCYON. Common resident; breeds from plains to 10,000 feet; a few remain in winter.
393e. =Rocky Mountain hairy woodpecker.= DRYOBATES VILLOSUS MONTICOLA. Common resident; breeds from plains to 11,000 feet; winter range almost the same.
394c. =Downy woodpecker.= DRYOBATES PUBESCENS MEDIANUS. Visitor; rare, if not accidental.
394b. =Batchelder's woodpecker.= DRYOBATES PUBESCENS HOMORUS. Common resident; breeding range from plains to 11,500 feet; winter range from plains to 10,000 feet.
396. =Texan woodpecker.= DRYOBATES SCALARIS BAIRDI. Resident; rare and local; southern range generally.
401b. =Alpine three-toed woodpecker.= PICOIDES AMERICANUS DORSALIS. Resident; not common; a mountain bird; range, 8,000 to 12,000 feet; even in winter remains in the pine belt at about 10,000 feet.
402. =Yellow-bellied sapsucker.= SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS. Rare migrant; eastern form, scarcely reaching the base of the Rockies.