This review list is intended to be a guide for all potential contributors to the Kansas Bird Records Committee, as it indicates the species of birds which are in need of documentation in Kansas. Additionally, any species NOT on the current checklist should always be documented. Instructions for documentation, and links for getting the checklist, report forms, or submission of an electronic report can be found at the bottom of this page.
The species listed below need to be documented for various reasons.
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| Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
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| Brant | ||
| [Eurasian Wigeon] |
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| Garganey |
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| [Tufted Duck] |
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| King Eider |
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| Common Eider |
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| Harlequin Duck |
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| Barrow’s Goldeneye |
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| Ruffed Grouse | no recent record | |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | no recent record | |
| Yellow-billed Loon |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Anhinga | ||
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
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| Reddish Egret |
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| White Ibis |
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| Roseate Spoonbill |
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| Wood Stork |
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| Black Vulture |
SE Kansas |
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| Greater Flamingo |
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| Swallow-tailed Kite |
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| White-tailed Kite |
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| Gray Hawk |
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| Harris’s Hawk |
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| Gyrfalcon |
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| Purple Gallinule | ||
| [Wilson’s Plover] |
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| Mountain Plover |
extreme western counties |
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| Spotted Redshank |
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| Eskimo Curlew |
no recent record |
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| Hudsonian Godwit (fall) |
no recent record |
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| White-rumped Sandpiper (fall) | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Ruff |
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| Pomarine Jaeger |
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| Parasitic Jaeger |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger |
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| Little Gull |
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| Black-headed Gull |
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| Mew Gull |
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| Iceland Gull |
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| [Glaucous-winged Gull] |
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake |
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| Gull-billed Tern |
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| [Arctic Tern] |
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| Black Skimmer |
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| [Long-billed Murrelet] |
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| Band-tailed Pigeon |
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| Common Ground-Dove | ||
| Groove-billed Ani |
no recent records |
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| [Flammulated Owl] |
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| Western Screech-Owl |
Morton County |
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| [Lesser Nighthawk] |
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| White-throated Swift |
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| Broad-billed Hummingbird |
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| Magnificent Hummingbird |
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| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
SW Kansas |
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| Anna’s Hummingbird |
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| Costa’s Hummingbird |
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| Calliope Hummingbird |
west of I135/US81 |
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| Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
west of I135/US81 |
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| Allen’s Hummingbird |
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| Williamson’s Sapsucker |
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| Red-naped Sapsucker |
extreme western counties |
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| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
SW Kansas |
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| American Three-toed Woodpecker |
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| Hammond's Flycatcher |
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| Gray Flycatcher |
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| Cordilleran Flycatcher |
Morton County |
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| [Black Phoebe] |
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| Vermilion Flycatcher |
Morton County |
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| Great Kiskadee |
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| Cassin's Kingbird |
SW Kansas |
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| [Fork-tailed Flycatcher] |
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| Black-capped Vireo |
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| Gray Vireo |
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| Plumbeous Vireo | ||
| Cassin's Vireo | ||
| Steller’s Jay |
SW Kansas |
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| Western Scrub-Jay |
SW Kansas |
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| Mexican Jay |
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| Pinyon Jay |
SW Kansas |
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| Fish Crow |
SE Kansas |
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| Chihuahuan Raven |
SW Kansas |
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| Common Raven |
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| Violet-green Swallow |
extreme western counties |
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| Cave Swallow |
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| Mountain Chickadee |
SW Kansas |
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| [Juniper Titmouse] |
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| Bushtit |
SW Kansas |
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| Pygmy Nuthatch | ||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch |
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| Canyon Wren |
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| [Northern Wheatear] |
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| [Western Bluebird] |
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| Varied Thrush | ||
| Curve-billed Thrasher |
SW Kansas |
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| Phainopepla |
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| Blue-winged Warbler |
Eastern Kansas |
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| Virginia’s Warbler |
SW Kansas |
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| Hermit Warbler |
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| Blackpoll Warbler (fall) | ||
| Cerulean Warbler |
extreme eastern counties |
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| Swainson’s Warbler |
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| Connecticut Warbler |
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| Painted Redstart |
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| [Hepatic Tanager] |
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| Canyon Towhee |
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| Bachman’s Sparrow |
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| Brewer’s Sparrow |
SW Kansas |
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| Black-throated Sparrow |
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| Sage Sparrow |
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| Pyrrhuloxia |
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| Scott’s Oriole |
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| Brambling |
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| [Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch] |
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| Pine Grosbeak | ||
| Cassin’s Finch |
SW Kansas |
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| Lesser Goldfinch |
SW Kansas |
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A downloadable and printable Rare Bird Report form (12 kb), and a downloadable and printable KOS Checklist (Tenth Edition (09/03), 45 KB) are available for your use; you will need Adobe's free Acrobat reader software to view and print these files. The KBRC report form is also available in Microsoft Word, Rich Text (RTF), Web page (HTML), and ascii text format. If you are using a Windows version of Netscape or Internet Explorer, just right-click on those links and you will be able to save the file to your computer's hard drive for future use.
You can also submit your report electronically (temporarily off line), if your web browser is capable of reading forms. If not, or if you just like to submit records the old-fashioned way (paper and pencil), then download and print out one of the forms mentioned above.
An excellent HTML document, "How to write convincing details," including instructions on taking field notes and making sketches, is available from Mike Patterson. If you have had a report "rejected" and are feeling "dejected" about it, you NEED to read this article.