| Kansas Bird Species List | ||
| Showing number of counties seen in and | ||
| number of counties with confirmed breeding records | ||
| Updated March 15, 2025 | ||
| Number | Species Name | Counties |
| of | with confirmed | |
| Counties | breeding records. | |
| WHISTLING-DUCKS | ||
| 52 | Black-bellied Whistling Duck | 9 |
| 6 | Fulvous Whistling Duck | |
| GEESE, SWANS | ||
| 105 | Snow Goose | |
| 103 | Ross's Goose | |
| 101 | Greater White-fronted Goose | |
| 1 | Taiga/Tundra Bean Goose | |
| 15 | Brant | |
| 105 | Cackling Goose | |
| 105 | Canada Goose | 105 |
| 82 | Trumpeter Swan | |
| 67 | Tundra Swan | |
| DUCKS | ||
| 105 | Wood Duck | 56 |
| 5 | Garganey | |
| 105 | Blue-winged Teal | 36 |
| 90 | Cinnamon Teal | 2 |
| 105 | Northern Shoveler | 10 |
| 105 | Gadwall | 13 |
| 13 | Eurasian Wigeon | |
| 105 | American Wigeon | 3 |
| 105 | Mallard | 78 |
| 2 | Mexican Duck | |
| 58 | American Black Duck | 1 |
| 16 | Mottled Duck | 2 |
| 105 | Northern Pintail | 13 |
| 105 | Green-winged Teal | 5 |
| 105 | Canvasback | 2 |
| 105 | Redhead | 5 |
| 105 | Ring-necked Duck | |
| 1 | [Tufted Duck] | |
| 95 | Greater Scaup | |
| 105 | Lesser Scaup | 1 |
| 1 | King Eider | |
| 1 | Common Eider | |
| 1 | Harlequin Duck | |
| 52 | Surf Scoter | |
| 41 | White-winged Scoter | |
| 38 | Black Scoter | |
| 53 | Long-tailed Duck | |
| 105 | Bufflehead | |
| 102 | Common Goldeneye | |
| 24 | Barrow's Goldeneye | |
| 102 | Hooded Merganser | 8 |
| 98 | Common Merganser | |
| 91 | Red-breasted Merganser | |
| 105 | Ruddy Duck | 7 |
| QUAIL | ||
| 105 | Northern Bobwhite | 76 |
| 13 | Scaled Quail | 7 |
| TURKEY, GROUSE, PHEASANTS | ||
| 105 | Wild Turkey | 71 |
| 2 | Ruffed Grouse | |
| 3 | Sharp-tailed Grouse | |
| 81 | Greater Prairie-Chicken | 47 |
| 38 | Lesser Prairie-Chicken | 29 |
| 105 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 77 |
| FLAMINGOS | ||
| 3 | American Flamingo | |
| GREBES | ||
| 105 | Pied-billed Grebe | 27 |
| 94 | Horned Grebe | |
| 26 | Red-necked Grebe | |
| 103 | Eared Grebe | 4 |
| 84 | Western Grebe | 2 |
| 34 | Clark's Grebe | 1 |
| PIGEONS, DOVES | ||
| 105 | Rock Pigeon | 81 |
| 3 | Band-tailed Pigeon | |
| 105 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | 33 |
| 32 | Inca Dove | 2 |
| 19 | Common Ground-Dove | |
| 98 | White-winged Dove | 10 |
| 105 | Mourning Dove | 105 |
| CUCKOOS | ||
| 14 | Groove-billed Ani | |
| 54 | Greater Roadrunner | 11 |
| 105 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 77 |
| 93 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 22 |
| NIGHTJARS | ||
| 1 | [Lesser Nighthawk] | |
| 105 | Common Nighthawk | 45 |
| 78 | Common Poorwill | 17 |
| 66 | Chuck-will's-widow | 21 |
| 62 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 17 |
| 1 | [Mexican Whip-poor-will] | |
| SWIFTS | ||
| 105 | Chimney Swift | 57 |
| 9 | White-throated Swift | |
| HUMMINGBIRDS | ||
| 2 | Mexican Violetear | |
| 4 | Rivoli's Hummingbird | |
| 97 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 28 |
| 21 | Black-chinned Hummingbird | 1 |
| 17 | Anna's Hummingbird | |
| 5 | Costa's Hummingbird | |
| 29 | Calliope Hummingbird | |
| 55 | Rufous Hummingbird | |
| 1 | Allen's Hummingbird | |
| 34 | Broad-tailed Hummingbird | |
| 5 | Broad-billed Hummingbird | |
| RAILS, GALLINULES | ||
| 45 | King Rail | 15 |
| 83 | Virginia Rail | 9 |
| 90 | Sora | 7 |
| 29 | Common Gallinule | 8 |
| 105 | American Coot | 22 |
| 12 | Purple Gallinule | |
| 15 | Yellow Rail | |
| 19 | Black Rail | 7 |
| LIMPKINS | ||
| 15 | Limpkin | |
| CRANES | ||
| 100 | Sandhill Crane | |
| 1 | Common Crane | |
| 62 | Whooping Crane | |
| STILTS, AVOCETS | ||
| 81 | Black-Necked Stilt | 9 |
| 105 | American Avocet | 16 |
| PLOVERS | ||
| 88 | Black-bellied Plover | |
| 87 | American Golden-Plover | |
| 105 | Killdeer | 100 |
| 98 | Semipalmated Plover | |
| 56 | Piping Plover | 6 |
| 3 | [Wilson's Plover] | |
| 23 | Mountain Plover | 6 |
| 54 | Snowy Plover | 9 |
| SANDPIPERS | ||
| 105 | Upland Sandpiper | 49 |
| 52 | Whimbrel | |
| 9 | Eskimo Curlew | |
| 65 | Long-billed Curlew | 5 |
| 85 | Hudsonian Godwit | |
| 88 | Marbled Godwit | |
| 52 | Ruddy Turnstone | |
| 18 | Red Knot | |
| 7 | Ruff | |
| 1 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | |
| 102 | Stilt Sandpiper | |
| 3 | Curlew Sandpiper | |
| 1 | Red-necked Stint | |
| 87 | Sanderling | |
| 68 | Dunlin | |
| 1 | Purple Sandpiper | |
| 105 | Baird's Sandpiper | |
| 2 | Little Stint | |
| 105 | Least Sandpiper | |
| 104 | White-rumped Sandpiper | |
| 83 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | |
| 105 | Pectoral Sandpiper | |
| 105 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | |
| 88 | Western Sandpiper | |
| 62 | Short-billed Dowitcher | |
| 104 | Long-billed Dowitcher | |
| 69 | American Woodcock | 18 |
| 105 | Wilson's Snipe | |
| 105 | Spotted Sandpiper | 30 |
| 105 | Solitary Sandpiper | |
| 105 | Lesser Yellowlegs | |
| 103 | Willet | |
| 1 | Spotted Redshank | |
| 105 | Greater Yellowlegs | |
| 105 | Wilson's Phalarope | 3 |
| 63 | Red-necked Phalarope | |
| 15 | Red Phalarope | |
| JAEGERS | ||
| 12 | Pomarine Jaeger | |
| 11 | Parasitic Jaeger | |
| 5 | Long-tailed Jaeger | |
| ALCIDS | ||
| 2 | Long-billed Murrelet | |
| GULLS | ||
| 20 | Black-legged Kittiwake | |
| 35 | Sabine's Gull | |
| 94 | Bonaparte's Gull | |
| 8 | Black-headed Gull | |
| 20 | Little Gull | |
| 1 | Ross's Gull | |
| 30 | Laughing Gull | |
| 105 | Franklin's Gull | 1 |
| 17 | Short-billed Gull | |
| 105 | Ring-billed Gull | |
| 32 | California Gull | |
| 85 | Herring Gull | |
| 32 | Iceland Gull | |
| 38 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | |
| 2 | [Glaucous-winged Gull] | |
| 33 | Glaucous Gull | |
| 18 | Great Black-backed Gull | |
| TERNS | ||
| 69 | Least Tern | 16 |
| 2 | Gull-billed Tern | |
| 57 | Caspian Tern | |
| 105 | Black Tern | 2 |
| 58 | Common Tern | |
| 5 | [Arctic Tern] | |
| 103 | Forster's Tern | 2 |
| 1 | Royal Tern | |
| SKIMMERS | ||
| 3 | Black Skimmer | |
| LOONS | ||
| 31 | Red-throated Loon | |
| 26 | Pacific Loon | |
| 87 | Common Loon | |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Loon | |
| STORKS | ||
| 11 | Wood Stork | |
| FRIGATEBIRDS | ||
| 8 | Magnificent Frigatebird | |
| BOOBIES | ||
| 1 | Brown Booby | |
| DARTERS | ||
| 11 | Anhinga | |
| CORMORANTS | ||
| 105 | Double-crested Cormorant | 11 |
| 42 | Neotropic Cormorant | 1 |
| PELICANS | ||
| 103 | American White Pelican | |
| 21 | Brown Pelican | |
| HERONS | ||
| 56 | Least Bittern | 10 |
| 89 | American Bittern | 5 |
| 85 | Little Blue Heron | 10 |
| 19 | Tricolored Heron | 2 |
| 2 | Reddish Egret | |
| 95 | Snowy Egret | 6 |
| 79 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | 19 |
| 102 | Black-crowned Night Heron | 17 |
| 103 | Green Heron | 37 |
| 100 | Great Egret | 7 |
| 104 | Western Cattle-Egret | 8 |
| 105 | Great Blue Heron | 90 |
| IBISES | ||
| 15 | White Ibis | |
| 28 | Glossy Ibis | |
| 103 | White-faced Ibis | 4 |
| 13 | Roseate Spoonbill | |
| VULTURES | ||
| 38 | Black Vulture | 1 |
| 105 | Turkey Vulture | 58 |
| OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES, & EAGLES | ||
| 102 | Osprey | 1 |
| 7 | White-tailed Kite | 1 |
| 28 | Swallow-tailed Kite | 2 |
| 100 | Golden Eagle | 9 |
| 105 | Northern Harrier | 36 |
| 105 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 |
| 105 | Cooper's Hawk | 43 |
| 73 | American Goshawk | |
| 104 | Bald Eagle | 57 |
| 102 | Mississippi Kite | 61 |
| 9 | Harris's Hawk | 1 |
| 2 | Gray Hawk | |
| 73 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 25 |
| 103 | Broad-winged Hawk | 6 |
| 105 | Swainson's Hawk | 61 |
| 105 | Red-tailed Hawk | 100 |
| 105 | Rough-legged Hawk | |
| 84 | Ferruginous Hawk | 18 |
| BARN OWLS | ||
| 102 | American Barn Owl | 57 |
| OWLS | ||
| 1 | [Flammulated Owl] | |
| 1 | Western Screech-Owl | 1 |
| 103 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 46 |
| 105 | Great Horned Owl | 105 |
| 92 | Snowy Owl | |
| 83 | Burrowing Owl | 48 |
| 80 | Barred Owl | 33 |
| 83 | Long-eared Owl | 22 |
| 104 | Short-eared Owl | 17 |
| 45 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 1 |
| KINGFISHERS | ||
| 105 | Belted Kingfisher | 38 |
| WOODPECKERS | ||
| 18 | Lewis's Woodpecker | |
| 105 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 95 |
| 105 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 70 |
| 5 | Williamson's Sapsucker | |
| 101 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
| 12 | Red-naped Sapsucker | |
| 1 | American Three-toed Woodpecker | |
| 105 | Downy Woodpecker | 87 |
| 12 | Ladder-backed Woodpecker | 1 |
| 105 | Hairy Woodpecker | 52 |
| 105 | Northern Flicker | 81 |
| 68 | Pileated Woodpecker | 16 |
| FALCONS | ||
| 3 | Crested Caracara | |
| 105 | American Kestrel | 77 |
| 105 | Merlin | |
| 9 | Gyrfalcon | |
| 97 | Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
| 104 | Prairie Falcon | |
| FLYCATCHERS | ||
| 22 | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 2 |
| 105 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 66 |
| 2 | Great Kiskadee | |
| 1 | Piratic Flycatcher | |
| 23 | Cassin's Kingbird | |
| 105 | Western Kingbird | 96 |
| 105 | Eastern Kingbird | 95 |
| 105 | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | 74 |
| 2 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | |
| 101 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | |
| 35 | Western Wood-Pewee | 1 |
| 100 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 39 |
| 50 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | |
| 47 | Acadian Flycatcher | 11 |
| 81 | Alder Flycatcher | |
| 100 | Willow Flycatcher | 5 |
| 105 | Least Flycatcher | |
| 11 | Hammond's Flycatcher | |
| 3 | Gray Flycatcher | |
| 21 | Dusky Flycatcher | |
| 13 | Western Flycatcher | |
| 2 | Black Phoebe | |
| 105 | Eastern Phoebe | 85 |
| 79 | Say's Phoebe | 46 |
| 24 | Vermilion Flycatcher | 1 |
| VIREOS | ||
| 1 | Black-capped Vireo | 1 |
| 67 | White-eyed Vireo | 9 |
| 105 | Bell's Vireo | 56 |
| 1 | Gray Vireo | |
| 71 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 14 |
| 11 | Cassin's Vireo | |
| 96 | Blue-headed Vireo | |
| 6 | Plumbeous Vireo | |
| 81 | Philadelphia Vireo | |
| 105 | Warbling Vireo | 61 |
| 102 | Red-eyed Vireo | 23 |
| SHRIKES | ||
| 105 | Loggerhead Shrike | 96 |
| 98 | Northern Shrike | |
| JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS | ||
| 28 | Pinyon Jay | |
| 18 | Steller's Jay | |
| 105 | Blue Jay | 93 |
| 17 | Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay | |
| 1 | Mexican Jay | |
| 26 | Clark's Nutcracker | |
| 83 | Black-billed Magpie | 54 |
| 105 | American Crow | 90 |
| 46 | Fish Crow | 6 |
| 32 | Chihuahuan Raven | 24 |
| 12 | Common Raven | 1 |
| CHICKADEES, TITMICE | ||
| 29 | Carolina Chickadee | 17 |
| 104 | Black-capped Chickadee | 76 |
| 12 | Mountain Chickadee | |
| 1 | [Juniper Titmouse] | |
| 73 | Tufted Titmouse | 47 |
| LARKS | ||
| 105 | Horned Lark | 73 |
| SWALLOWS | ||
| 104 | Bank Swallow | 29 |
| 104 | Tree Swallow | 49 |
| 9 | Violet-green Swallow | 1 |
| 105 | N. Rough-winged Swallow | 74 |
| 103 | Purple Martin | 80 |
| 105 | Barn Swallow | 105 |
| 105 | Cliff Swallow | 96 |
| 15 | Cave Swallow | |
| BUSHTITS | ||
| 9 | Bushtit | |
| KINGLETS | ||
| 105 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| 103 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| WAXWlNGS | ||
| 41 | Bohemian Waxwing | |
| 105 | Cedar Waxwing | 30 |
| SILKY-FLYCATCHERS | ||
| 2 | Phainopepla | |
| NUTHATCHES | ||
| 105 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4 |
| 105 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 60 |
| 12 | Pygmy Nuthatch | |
| 2 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | |
| CREEPERS | ||
| 101 | Brown Creeper | |
| GNATCATCHERS | ||
| 105 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 43 |
| WRENS | ||
| 74 | Rock Wren | 20 |
| 4 | Canyon Wren | |
| 90 | Bewick's Wren | 38 |
| 100 | Carolina Wren | 47 |
| 105 | Northern House Wren | 93 |
| 2 | Pacific Wren | |
| 94 | Winter Wren | |
| 78 | Sedge Wren | 7 |
| 95 | Marsh Wren | 4 |
| THRASHERS | ||
| 105 | Gray Catbird | 66 |
| 31 | Curve-billed Thrasher | 6 |
| 105 | Brown Thrasher | 102 |
| 24 | Sage Thrasher | |
| 105 | Northern Mockingbird | 81 |
| STARLINGS | ||
| 105 | European Starling | 104 |
| THRUSHES | ||
| 105 | Eastern Bluebird | 86 |
| 5 | Western Bluebird | |
| 84 | Mountain Bluebird | 4 |
| 89 | Townsend's Solitaire | |
| 67 | Veery | |
| 84 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | |
| 105 | Swainson's Thrush | |
| 101 | Hermit Thrush | |
| 78 | Wood Thrush | 22 |
| 105 | American Robin | 104 |
| 24 | Varied Thrush | |
| OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS | ||
| 1 | [Northern Wheatear] | |
| OLD WORLD SPARROWS | ||
| 105 | House Sparrow | 105 |
| 1 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | |
| PIPITS | ||
| 105 | American Pipit | |
| 74 | Sprague's Pipit | |
| FINCHES | ||
| 3 | Brambling | |
| 74 | Evening Grosbeak | |
| 26 | Pine Grosbeak | |
| 2 | Gray-crowned Rosy-finch | |
| 105 | House Finch | 78 |
| 84 | Purple Finch | |
| 13 | Cassin's Finch | |
| 59 | Redpoll | |
| 89 | Red Crossbill | 3 |
| 34 | White-winged Crossbill | |
| 105 | Pine Siskin | 26 |
| 35 | Lesser Goldfinch | 1 |
| 105 | American Goldfinch | 49 |
| LONGSPURS | ||
| 104 | Lapland Longspur | |
| 71 | Chestnut-collared Longspur | 1 |
| 60 | Smith's Longspur | |
| 46 | Thick-billed Longspur | |
| 49 | Snow Bunting | |
| SPARROWS | ||
| 48 | Cassin's Sparrow | 15 |
| 2 | Bachman's Sparrow | |
| 105 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 91 |
| 8 | Black-throated Sparrow | |
| 105 | Lark Sparrow | 95 |
| 85 | Lark Bunting | 34 |
| 105 | Chipping Sparrow | 32 |
| 105 | Clay-colored Sparrow | |
| 105 | Field Sparrow | 57 |
| 27 | Brewer's Sparrow | 2 |
| 96 | Fox Sparrow | |
| 105 | American Tree Sparrow | |
| 105 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| 1 | Yellow-eyed Junco | |
| 105 | White-crowned Sparrow | |
| 20 | Golden-crowned Sparrow | |
| 105 | Harris's Sparrow | |
| 104 | White-throated Sparrow | |
| 2 | Sagebrush Sparrow | |
| 105 | Vesper Sparrow | 4 |
| 78 | LeConte's Sparrow | |
| 41 | Nelson's Sparrow | |
| 32 | Baird's Sparrow | |
| 55 | Henslow's Sparrow | 14 |
| 105 | Savannah Sparrow | |
| 105 | Song Sparrow | 10 |
| 105 | Lincoln's Sparrow | |
| 96 | Swamp Sparrow | |
| 1 | Canyon Towhee | |
| 13 | Rufous-crowned Sparrow | 1 |
| 22 | Green-tailed Towhee | |
| 105 | Spotted Towhee | 14 |
| 82 | Eastern Towhee | 20 |
| CHATS | ||
| 105 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 19 |
| BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES | ||
| 105 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | 16 |
| 89 | Bobolink | 9 |
| 102 | Eastern Meadowlark | 63 |
| 105 | Western Meadowlark | 69 |
| 105 | Orchard Oriole | 91 |
| 2 | Hooded Oriole | |
| 58 | Bullock's Oriole | 22 |
| 105 | Baltimore Oriole | 91 |
| 3 | Scott's Oriole | |
| 105 | Red-winged Blackbird | 104 |
| 3 | Bronzed Cowbird | |
| 105 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 95 |
| 97 | Rusty Blackbird | |
| 105 | Brewer's Blackbird | |
| 105 | Common Grackle | 105 |
| 105 | Great-tailed Grackle | 61 |
| WARBLERS | ||
| 93 | Ovenbird | 5 |
| 37 | Worm-eating Warbler | 2 |
| 67 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 24 |
| 97 | Northern Waterthrush | |
| 46 | Golden-winged Warbler | |
| 40 | Blue-winged Warbler | 1 |
| 100 | Black-and-White Warbler | 13 |
| 64 | Prothonotary Warbler | 23 |
| 6 | Swainson's Warbler | |
| 93 | Tennessee Warbler | |
| 105 | Orange-crowned Warbler | |
| 105 | Nashville Warbler | |
| 6 | Virginia's Warbler | |
| 16 | Connecticut Warbler | |
| 32 | MacGillivray's Warbler | |
| 76 | Mourning Warbler | |
| 58 | Kentucky Warbler | 18 |
| 105 | Common Yellowthroat | 36 |
| 50 | Hooded Warbler | 2 |
| 104 | American Redstart | 3 |
| 34 | Cape May Warbler | |
| 29 | Cerulean Warbler | 2 |
| 92 | Northern Parula | 24 |
| 81 | Magnolia Warbler | |
| 50 | Bay-breasted Warbler | |
| 67 | Blackburnian Warbler | |
| 105 | Yellow Warbler | 27 |
| 76 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | |
| 100 | Blackpoll Warbler | |
| 36 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | |
| 80 | Palm Warbler | |
| 51 | Pine Warbler | |
| 105 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
| 50 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 4 |
| 26 | Prairie Warbler | 3 |
| 14 | Black-throated Gray Warbler | |
| 25 | Townsend's Warbler | |
| 1 | Hermit Warbler | |
| 86 | Black-throated Green Warbler | |
| 53 | Canada Warbler | |
| 105 | Wilson's Warbler | |
| 7 | Painted Redstart | |
| GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS | ||
| 2 | Hepatic Tanager | |
| 91 | Summer Tanager | 27 |
| 71 | Scarlet Tanager | 11 |
| 44 | Western Tanager | |
| 105 | Northern Cardinal | 78 |
| 8 | Pyrrhuloxia | |
| 103 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 32 |
| 84 | Black-headed Grosbeak | 16 |
| 105 | Blue Grosbeak | 57 |
| 97 | Lazuli Bunting | 1 |
| 105 | Indigo Bunting | 51 |
| 73 | Painted Bunting | 19 |
| 105 | Dickcissel | 96 |