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. Please note that individual files for each species range from 150 KB to 220 KB in size. 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, otte at nqks dot com. Range maps updated as of December, 2007.

NOTE: June 2007 - breeding data is now being added but is not yet complete. It is anticipated that breeding data should be added by mid 2008. Species names in this colored type have no breeding record for Kansas. Species in this colored type show that county breeding records have been added to the maps. Species names in this colored type have breeding records in Kansas, but the maps have not been completed yet.

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

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

Number
of
Counties

Species Name

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