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Species list compiled from records of the Kansas Ornithological Society, Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas Project, and the Kansas Biological Survey. * Breeding species documented + Fewer than 10 records in Kansas American Wigeon Anas americana Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Canada Goose* Branta canadensis Canvasback Aythya valisineria Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Common Merganser Mergus merganser Gadwall Anas strepera Greater Scaup Aythya marila Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Snow Goose/Blue Goose Chen caerulescens Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Wood Duck Aix sponsa Greater Prairie Chicken* Tympanuchus cupido Ring-necked Pheasant* Phasianus colchicus Wild Turkey* Meleagris gallopavo Northern Bobwhite* Colinus virginianus Common Loon Gavia immer Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricolis Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Pied-billed Grebe* Podilymbus podiceps Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelicanus occidentalis Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (exotic) Great Blue Heron* Aredea herodias Great Egret Ardeu alba Green Heron Butorides striatus Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Roseate Spoonbill+ Platalea ajaja Snowy Egret Egretta thula White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Cooper’s Hawk* Accipiter cooperii Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippientis Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Osprey Pandion haliaetus Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Red-tailed Hawk* Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni American Kestrel* Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus American Coot Fulica americana Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Sora Porzana carolina Virginia Rail Rallus limicola American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Whooping Crane Grus americana American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Killdeer* Charadrius vociferus Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus American Woodcock* Scolopax minor Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Dunlin Calidris alpina Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Upland Sandpiper* Bartramia longicauda Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Willet Tringa semipalmata Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata Black Tern Chlidonias niger Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Herring Gull Larus argentatus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mourning Dove* Zenaida macroura Rock Pigeon* Columba livia Black-billed Cuckoo* Coccyzus erythropthalmus Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Yellow-billed Cuckoo* Coccyzus americanus Barn Owl* Tyto alba Barred Owl* Strix varia Burrowing Owl* Athene cunicularia Eastern Screech-Owl* Megascops asio Great Horned Owl* Bubo virginianus Long-eared Owl Asio otus Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Common Nighthawk* Chordeiles minor Chuck-will’s-widow* Antrostomus carolinensis Eastern Whip-poor-will* Antrostomus vociferus Chimney Swift* Chaetura pelagica Ruby-throated Hummingbird* Archilochus colubris Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Belted Kingfisher* Ceryle alcyon Downy Woodpecker* Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker* Picoides villosus Northern Flicker* Colaptes auratus Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Red-bellied Woodpecker* Melanerpes carolinus Red-headed Woodpecker* Melanerpes erythrocephalus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Eastern Kingbird* Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Phoebe* Sayornis phoebe Eastern Wood-Pewee* Contopus virens Great Crested Flycatcher* Myiarchus crinitus Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Olive-sided Flycatcher* Contopus cooperi Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* Tyrannus forficatus Western Kingbird* Tyrannus verticalis Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Bell’s Vireo* Vireo bellii Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Red-eyed Vireo* Vireo olivaceus Warbling Vireo* Vireo gilvus White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons American Crow* Corvus brachyrhynchos Black-billed Magpie* Pica hudsonia Blue Jay* Cyanocitta cristata Fish Crow* Corvus ossifragus Horned Lark* Eremophila alpestris Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Barn Swallow* Hirundo rustica Cliff Swallow* Hirundo pyrrhonota Northern Rough-winged Swallow* Stelgidopteryx serripennis Purple Martin* Progne subis Tree Swallow* Tachycineta bicolor Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Brown Creeper Certhia americana Bewick's Wren* Thryomanes bewickii Carolina Wren* Thryothorus ludovicianus House Wren* Troglodytes aedon Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis Winter Wren* Troglodytes troglodytes Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* Polioptila caerulea Golden-crowned Kinglet Regalus satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regalus calendula American Robin* Turdus migratorius Eastern Bluebird* Sialia sialis Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos European Starling* Sturnus vulgaris (exotic) American Pipit Anthus rubescens Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii Cedar Waxwing* Bombycilla cedrorum Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Black-and-White Warbler* Mniotilta varia Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Louisiana Waterthrush* Parkesia motacilla Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla Northern Parula* Parula americana Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Prothonotary Warbler* Protonotaria citrea Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yellow Warbler* Dendroica petechia American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Chipping Sparrow* Spizella passerina Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Field Sparrow* Spizella pusilla Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Grasshopper Sparrow* Ammodramus savannarum Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula Henslow’s Sparrow* Centronyx henslowii Lark Bunting* Calamospiza melanocorys Lark Sparrow* Chondestes grammacus LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Nelson’s Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Vesper Sparrow* Pooecetes gramineus White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis White Crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Blue Grosbeak* Guiraca caerulea Dickcissel* Spizza americana Indigo Bunting* Passerina cyanea Northern Cardinal* Cardinalis cardinalis Painted Bunting* Passerina ciris Rose-breasted Grosbeak* Pheucticus ludovicianus Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Baltimore Oriole* Icterus galbula Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Brown-headed Cowbird* Molothrus ater Common Grackle* Quiscalus quiscula Eastern Meadowlark* Sturnella magna Great-tailed Grackle* Quiscalus mexicanus Orchard Oriole* Icterus spurius Oriole Intergrade Icterus spp. Red-winged Blackbird* Agelaius phoeniceus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus American Goldfinch* Carduelis tristis Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus House Finch* Carpodacus mexicanus Pine Siskin Spinus pinus Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus House Sparrow* Passer domesticus (exotic)
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Last updated: November 13, 2021