Species on the Kansas List With Fewer Than 10 Records
(73 species)
Number following species names indicates number of accepted records.

DUCKS
Garganey (6)
Mexican Duck (1)
[Tufted Duck] (1)
King Eider (1)
Common Eider (1)
Harlequin Duck (1)

FLAMINGOS
American Flamingo (3)

PIGEONS, DOVES
Band-tailed Pigeon (3)

NIGHTJARS
[Lesser Nighthawk] (2)
[Mexican Whip-poor-will] (1)

SWIFTS
White-throated Swift (7)

HUMMINGBIRDS
Mexican Violetear (2)
Rivoli's Hummingbird (2)
Costa's Hummingbird (3)
Allen's Hummingbird (1)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (5)

CRANES
Common Crane (1)

PLOVERS
[Wilson's Plover] (3)

SANDPIPERS
Curlew Sandpiper (7)
Red-necked Stint (1)
Purple Sandpiper (1)
Little Stint (2)
Spotted Redshank (1)

JAEGERS
Pomarine Jaeger (6)
Long-tailed Jaeger (9)

ALCIDS
Long-billed Murrelet (2)

GULLS
Ross’s Gull (1)
[Glaucous-winged Gull] (2)

TERNS
Gull-billed Tern (2)
[Arctic Tern] (3)
Royal Tern (1)

SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer (3)

LOONS
Yellow-billed Loon (7)

FRIGATEBIRDS
Magnificent Frigatebird (7)

BOOBIES
Brown Booby (1)

HERONS
Reddish Egret (4)

OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES
White-tailed Kite (8)
Harris's Hawk (8)
Gray Hawk (2)

OWLS
[Flammulated Owl] (1)
Western Screech-Owl (5)

WOODPECKERS
Williamson's Sapsucker (5)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (1)

FALCONS
Crested Caracara (3)
Gyrfalcon (7)

FLYCATCHERS
Great Kiskadee (2)
Piratic Flycatcher (1)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (2)
Black Phoebe (4)

VIREOS
Black-capped Vireo (no recent records, last confirmed 1885)
Gray Vireo (2)

JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS
Mexican Jay (1)

CHICKADEES, TITMICE
[Juniper Titmouse] (2)

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla (4)

NUTHATCHES
Brown-headed Nuthatch (2)

WRENS
Canyon Wren (6)
Pacific Wren (2)

THRUSHES
Western Bluebird (6)

OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
[Northern Wheatear] (1)

FINCHES
Brambling (2)
[Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch] (1)

SPARROWS
Bachman's Sparrow (2)
Yellow-eyed Junco (1)
Sagebrush Sparrow (3)
Canyon Towhee (5)

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
Hooded Oriole (2)
Scott's Oriole (3)
Bronzed Cowbird (3)

WARBLERS
Swainson's Warbler (9)
Hermit Warbler (1)
Painted Redstart (8)

GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS
Hepatic Tanager (3)
Pyrrhuloxia (8)

[ ] Hypothetical species
 

Species on the Kansas List That Are Hypothetical
10 Species
Accepted sightings with no physical documentation - specimen, photo, video or audio recording.

DUCKS
Tufted Duck (1)

NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk (2)
Mexican Whip-poor-will (1)

PLOVERS
Wilson's Plover (3)

GULLS
Glaucous-winged Gull (2)

TERNS
Arctic Tern (3)

OWLS
Flammulated Owl (1)

CHICKADEES, TITMICE
Juniper Titmouse (2)

OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
Northern Wheatear (1)

FINCHES
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (1)

Updated March 15, 2024 - CEO