Kansas Bird Species County Maps

Kansas Bird Species County Maps

A solid dot in the county indicates that the species has been reported from that county, an open circle indicates a breeding record for that species in that county. The number preceding the species name indicates in how many counties that species has been recorded. Bracketed [species names] indicate species that are hypothetical in Kansas. These species have been convincingly documented with written information, but yet to be substantiated with physical evidence, i.e. photo, video, specimen, etc. Please report any errors in these maps or problems accessing them to Chuck Otte, otte2@cox.net. Maps updated as of March, 2012.

Species names in this colored type (lavender) have no breeding record for Kansas.
Species in this colored type (green) have breeding records for Kansas.

Map Legend: Solid black circle indicates sight record, open circle indicates breeding record. No circle in the county indicates no record at all for that county.

Whistling-Ducks	Darters	Terns	Flycatchers	Thrushes
Geese, Swans	Pelicans	Skimmers	Shrikes	Thrashers
Ducks	Herons	Jaegers	Vireos	Starlings
Quail	Ibises	Alcids	Jays, Magpies, Crows	Pipits
Pheasants	Vultures	Pigeons, Doves	Larks	Waxwings
Grouse	Osprey, Hawks, Kites & Eagles	Cuckoos	Swallows	Silky-Flycatchers
Turkeys	Falcons	Barn Owls	Chickadees, Titmice	Longspurs
Loons	Rails, Gallinules	Owls	Bushtits	Warblers
Grebes	Cranes	Nightjars	Nuthatches	Sparrows
Flamingos	Plovers	Swifts	Creepers	Grosbeaks, Buntings
Storks	Stilts, Avocets	Hummingbirds	Wrens	Blackbirds, Orioles
Frigatebirds	Sandpipers	Kingfishers	Gnatcatchers	Finches
Cormorants	Gulls	Woodpeckers	Kinglets	Old World Sparrows

Number
of
Counties

Species Name

	WHISTLING-DUCKS
13	Black-bellied Whistling Duck
6	Fulvous Whistling Duck
	GEESE, SWANS
92	Greater White-fronted Goose
100	Snow Goose
85	Ross's Goose
13	Brant
91	Cackling Goose
105	Canada Goose
60	Trumpeter Swan
51	Tundra Swan
	DUCKS
103	Wood Duck
105	Gadwall
10	[Eurasian Wigeon]
105	American Wigeon
49	American Black Duck
105	Mallard
10	Mottled Duck
105	Blue-winged Teal
72	Cinnamon Teal
105	Northern Shoveler
104	Northern Pintail
5	Garganey
105	Green-winged Teal
102	Canvasback
103	Redhead
103	Ring-necked Duck
1	[Tufted Duck]
65	Greater Scaup
104	Lesser Scaup
1	King Eider
1	Common Eider
1	Harlequin Duck
35	Surf Scoter
32	White-winged Scoter
28	Black Scoter
42	Long-tailed Duck
105	Bufflehead
95	Common Goldeneye
17	Barrow's Goldeneye
92	Hooded Merganser
88	Common Merganser
67	Red-breasted Merganser
104	Ruddy Duck
	QUAIL
14	Scaled Quail
105	Northern Bobwhite
	PHEASANTS
104	Ring-necked Pheasant
	GROUSE
2	Ruffed Grouse
3	Sharp-tailed Grouse
80	Greater Prairie-Chicken
36	Lesser Prairie-Chicken
	TURKEYS
105	Wild Turkey
	LOONS
22	Red-throated Loon
23	Pacific Loon
67	Common Loon
5	Yellow-billed Loon
	GREBES
105	Pied-billed Grebe
74	Horned Grebe
20	Red-necked Grebe
97	Eared Grebe
64	Western Grebe
27	Clark's Grebe
	FLAMINGOS
2	American Flamingo
	STORKS
10	Wood Stork
	FRIGATEBIRDS
6	Magnificent Frigatebird
	CORMORANTS
19	Neotropic Cormorant
101	Double-crested Cormorant
	DARTERS
8	Anhinga
	PELICANS
92	American White Pelican
18	Brown Pelican
	HERONS
75	American Bittern
45	Least Bittern
105	Great Blue Heron
91	Great Egret
80	Snowy Egret
76	Little Blue Heron
16	Tricolored Heron
2	Reddish Egret
91	Cattle Egret
103	Green Heron
94	Black-crowned Night-Heron
61	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
	IBISES
8	White Ibis
8	Glossy Ibis
81	White-faced Ibis
8	Roseate Spoonbill
	VULTURES
11	Black Vulture
105	Turkey Vulture
	OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES, & EAGLES
94	Osprey
10	Swallow-tailed Kite
5	White-tailed Kite
87	Mississippi Kite
102	Bald Eagle
105	Northern Harrier
105	Sharp-shinned Hawk
105	Cooper's Hawk
66	Northern Goshawk
6	Harris's Hawk
55	Red-shouldered Hawk
84	Broad-winged Hawk
2	Gray Hawk
105	Swainson's Hawk
105	Red-tailed Hawk
78	Ferruginous Hawk
105	Rough-legged Hawk
94	Golden Eagle
	FALCONS
105	American Kestrel
98	Merlin
9	Gyrfalcon
70	Peregrine Falcon
101	Prairie Falcon
	RAILS, GALLINULES
12	Yellow Rail
14	Black Rail
43	King Rail
69	Virginia Rail
76	Sora
11	Purple Gallinule
22	Common Gallinule
105	American Coot
	CRANES
92	Sandhill Crane
1	Common Crane
51	Whooping Crane
	PLOVERS
67	Black-bellied Plover
64	American Golden-Plover
43	Snowy Plover
3	[Wilson's Plover]
72	Semipalmated Plover
37	Piping Plover
105	Killdeer
21	Mountain Plover
	STILTS, AVOCETS
41	Black-Necked Stilt
93	American Avocet
	SANDPIPERS
105	Spotted Sandpiper
101	Solitary Sandpiper
1	Spotted Redshank
104	Greater Yellowlegs
91	Willet
105	Lesser Yellowlegs
102	Upland Sandpiper
8	Eskimo Curlew
23	Whimbrel
56	Long-billed Curlew
54	Hudsonian Godwit
59	Marbled Godwit
34	Ruddy Turnstone
17	Red Knot
57	Sanderling
96	Semipalmated Sandpiper
74	Western Sandpiper
103	Least Sandpiper
81	White-rumped Sandpiper
97	Baird's Sandpiper
97	Pectoral Sandpiper
47	Dunlin
3	Curlew Sandpiper
88	Stilt Sandpiper
55	Buff-breasted Sandpiper
7	Ruff
35	Short-billed Dowitcher
96	Long-billed Dowitcher
98	Wilson's Snipe
57	American Woodcock
96	Wilson's Phalarope
33	Red-necked Phalarope
13	Red Phalarope
	GULLS
16	Black-legged Kittiwake
25	Sabine's Gull
75	Bonaparte's Gull
8	Black-headed Gull
15	Little Gull
1	Ross's Gull
24	Laughing Gull
105	Franklin's Gull
11	Mew Gull
104	Ring-billed Gull
24	California Gull
67	Herring Gull
24	Thayer's Gull
5	Iceland Gull
15	Lesser Black-backed Gull
2	[Glaucous-winged Gull]
29	Glaucous Gull
7	Great Black-backed Gull
	TERNS
57	Least Tern
2	Gull-billed Tern
47	Caspian Tern
101	Black Tern
44	Common Tern
4	[Arctic Tern]
90	Forster's Tern
	SKIMMERS
3	Black Skimmer
	JAEGERS
10	Pomarine Jaeger
9	Parasitic Jaeger
3	Long-tailed Jaeger
	ALCIDS
1	[Long-billed Murrelet]
	PIGEONS, DOVES
105	Rock Pigeon
3	Band-tailed Pigeon
105	Eurasian Collared-Dove
59	White-winged Dove
105	Mourning Dove
28	Inca Dove
17	Common Ground-Dove
	CUCKOOS
105	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
87	Black-billed Cuckoo
42	Greater Roadrunner
14	Groove-billed Ani
	BARN OWLS
92	Barn Owl
	OWLS
1	[Flammulated Owl]
1	Western Screech-Owl
103	Eastern Screech-Owl
105	Great Horned Owl
66	Snowy Owl
80	Burrowing Owl
71	Barred Owl
74	Long-eared Owl
95	Short-eared Owl
37	Northern Saw-whet Owl
	NIGHTJARS
1	[Lesser Nighthawk]
105	Common Nighthawk
66	Common Poorwill
64	Chuck-will's-widow
56	Eastern Whip-poor-will
	SWIFTS
105	Chimney Swift
8	White-throated Swift
	HUMMINGBIRDS
3	Broad-billed Hummingbird
3	Magnificent Hummingbird
85	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
13	Black-chinned Hummingbird
12	Anna's Hummingbird
4	Costa's Hummingbird
16	Calliope Hummingbird
20	Broad-tailed Hummingbird
39	Rufous Hummingbird
1	Allen's Hummingbird
	KINGFISHERS
103	Belted Kingfisher
	WOODPECKERS
16	Lewis's Woodpecker
105	Red-headed Woodpecker
102	Red-bellied Woodpecker
4	Williamson's Sapsucker
85	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
7	Red-naped Sapsucker
8	Ladder-backed Woodpecker
105	Downy Woodpecker
105	Hairy Woodpecker
1	American Three-toed Woodpecker
105	Northern Flicker
46	Pileated Woodpecker
	FLYCATCHERS
79	Olive-sided Flycatcher
27	Western Wood-Pewee
94	Eastern Wood-Pewee
30	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
40	Acadian Flycatcher
55	Alder Flycatcher
76	Willow Flycatcher
102	Least Flycatcher
9	Hammond's Flycatcher
2	Gray Flycatcher
14	Dusky Flycatcher
9	Cordilleran Flycatcher
1	[Black Phoebe]
101	Eastern Phoebe
67	Say's Phoebe
15	Vermilion Flycatcher
15	Ash-throated Flycatcher
103	Great Crested Flycatcher
1	Great Kiskadee
13	Cassin's Kingbird
105	Western Kingbird
105	Eastern Kingbird
104	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
1	[Fork-tailed Flycatcher]
	SHRIKES
105	Loggerhead Shrike
77	Northern Shrike
	VIREOS
48	White-eyed Vireo
102	Bell's Vireo
1	Black-capped Vireo
1	Gray Vireo
56	Yellow-throated Vireo
3	Plumbeous Vireo
8	Cassin's Vireo
72	Blue-headed Vireo
105	Warbling Vireo
52	Philadelphia Vireo
99	Red-eyed Vireo
	JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS
28	Pinyon Jay
15	Steller's Jay
105	Blue Jay
13	Western Scrub-Jay
1	Mexican Jay
24	Clark's Nutcracker
82	Black-billed Magpie
105	American Crow
22	Fish Crow
32	Chihuahuan Raven
8	Common Raven
	LARKS
105	Horned Lark
	SWALLOWS
102	Purple Martin
99	Tree Swallow
6	Violet-green Swallow
105	N. Rough-winged Swallow
100	Bank Swallow
105	Cliff Swallow
5	Cave Swallow
105	Barn Swallow
	CHICKADEES, TITMICE
26	Carolina Chickadee
104	Black-capped Chickadee
11	Mountain Chickadee
1	[Juniper Titmouse]
70	Tufted Titmouse
	BUSHTITS
8	Bushtit
	NUTHATCHES
96	Red-breasted Nuthatch
105	White-breasted Nuthatch
9	Pygmy Nuthatch
1	Brown-headed Nuthatch
	CREEPERS
99	Brown Creeper
	WRENS
61	Rock Wren
3	Canyon Wren
96	Carolina Wren
84	Bewick's Wren
105	House Wren
88	Winter Wren
58	Sedge Wren
76	Marsh Wren
	GNATCATCHERS
100	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
	KINGLETS
100	Golden-crowned Kinglet
104	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
	OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
1	[Northern Wheatear]
	THRUSHES
105	Eastern Bluebird
5	Western Bluebird
78	Mountain Bluebird
76	Townsend's Solitaire
45	Veery
71	Gray-cheeked Thrush
102	Swainson's Thrush
78	Hermit Thrush
74	Wood Thrush
105	American Robin
20	Varied Thrush
	THRASHERS
103	Gray Catbird
105	Northern Mockingbird
14	Sage Thrasher
105	Brown Thrasher
24	Curve-billed Thrasher
	STARLINGS
105	European Starling
	PIPITS
99	American Pipit
52	Sprague's Pipit
	WAXWlNGS
40	Bohemian Waxwing
105	Cedar Waxwing
	SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
2	Phainopepla
	LONGSPURS
102	Lapland Longspur
62	Chestnut-collared Longspur
44	Smith's Longspur
37	McCown's Longspur
38	Snow Bunting
	WARBLERS
81	Ovenbird
30	Worm-eating Warbler
60	Louisiana Waterthrush
73	Northern Waterthrush
27	Golden-winged Warbler
22	Blue-winged Warbler
91	Black-and-White Warbler
56	Prothonotary Warbler
6	Swainson's Warbler
82	Tennessee Warbler
104	Orange-crowned Warbler
91	Nashville Warbler
6	Virginia's Warbler
13	Connecticut Warbler
24	MacGillivray's Warbler
56	Mourning Warbler
51	Kentucky Warbler
103	Common Yellowthroat
40	Hooded Warbler
96	American Redstart
22	Cape May Warbler
26	Cerulean Warbler
74	Northern Parula
63	Magnolia Warbler
36	Bay-breasted Warbler
47	Blackburnian Warbler
105	Yellow Warbler
59	Chestnut-sided Warbler
84	Blackpoll Warbler
32	Black-throated Blue Warbler
46	Palm Warbler
26	Pine Warbler
105	Yellow-rumped Warbler
41	Yellow-throated Warbler
19	Prairie Warbler
13	Black-throated Gray Warbler
18	Townsend's Warbler
1	Hermit Warbler
64	Black-throated Green Warbler
44	Canada Warbler
95	Wilson's Warbler
3	Painted Redstart
93	Yellow-breasted Chat
	SPARROWS
17	Green-tailed Towhee
104	Spotted Towhee
68	Eastern Towhee
8	Rufous-crowned Sparrow
1	Canyon Towhee
43	Cassin's Sparrow
2	Bachman's Sparrow
105	American Tree Sparrow
105	Chipping Sparrow
105	Clay-colored Sparrow
16	Brewer's Sparrow
102	Field Sparrow
105	Vesper Sparrow
105	Lark Sparrow
6	Black-throated Sparrow
2	Sage Sparrow
79	Lark Bunting
105	Savannah Sparrow
105	Grasshopper Sparrow
29	Baird's Sparrow
47	Henslow's Sparrow
67	Le Conte's Sparrow
27	Nelson's Sparrow
85	Fox Sparrow
105	Song Sparrow
103	Lincoln's Sparrow
84	Swamp Sparrow
97	White-throated Sparrow
105	Harris's Sparrow
105	White-crowned Sparrow
17	Golden-crowned Sparrow
105	Dark-eyed Junco
	GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS
1	[Hepatic Tanager]
79	Summer Tanager
62	Scarlet Tanager
30	Western Tanager
105	Northern Cardinal
7	Pyrrhuloxia
94	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
71	Black-headed Grosbeak
105	Blue Grosbeak
73	Lazuli Bunting
103	Indigo Bunting
62	Painted Bunting
105	Dickcissel
	BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
77	Bobolink
105	Red-winged Blackbird
94	Eastern Meadowlark
105	Western Meadowlark
102	Yellow-headed Blackbird
90	Rusty Blackbird
101	Brewer's Blackbird
105	Common Grackle
105	Great-tailed Grackle
105	Brown-headed Cowbird
105	Orchard Oriole
48	Bullock's Oriole
105	Baltimore Oriole
1	Scott's Oriole
	FINCHES
1	Brambling
1	[Gray-crowned Rosy-finch]
21	Pine Grosbeak
76	Purple Finch
9	Cassin's Finch
105	House Finch
71	Red Crossbill
28	White-winged Crossbill
45	Common Redpoll
103	Pine Siskin
14	Lesser Goldfinch
105	American Goldfinch
71	Evening Grosbeak
	OLD WORLD SPARROWS
105	House Sparrow

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