County Count Table

Kansas Bird Species List
Showing number of counties a species has been seen in and number of counties with confirmed breeding records
Updated November 1, 2025
Number	Species Name	Counties
of		with  confirmed
Counties		breeding records.
	WHISTLING-DUCKS
57	Black-bellied Whistling Duck	11
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
93	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
39	Black Scoter
53	Long-tailed Duck
105	Bufflehead
102	Common Goldeneye
24	Barrow's Goldeneye
103	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
32	Inca Dove	2
19	Common Ground-Dove
98	White-winged Dove	13
105	Mourning Dove	105
3	Band-tailed Pigeon
105	Eurasian Collared-Dove	34
105	Rock Pigeon	81
	CUCKOOS
14	Groove-billed Ani
56	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
68	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	30
21	Black-chinned Hummingbird	1
17	Anna's Hummingbird
5	Costa's Hummingbird
29	Calliope Hummingbird
55	Rufous Hummingbird
1	Allen's Hummingbird
36	Broad-tailed Hummingbird
5	Broad-billed Hummingbird
	LIMPKINS
15	Limpkin
	CRANES
100	Sandhill Crane
1	Common Crane
62	Whooping Crane
	RAILS, GALLINULES
45	King Rail	15
83	Virginia Rail	9
90	Sora	9
29	Common Gallinule	8
105	American Coot	23
12	Purple Gallinule
15	Yellow Rail
19	Black Rail	7
	STILTS, AVOCETS
84	Black-Necked Stilt	10
105	American Avocet	16
	PLOVERS
89	Black-bellied Plover
87	American Golden-Plover
105	Killdeer	100
98	Semipalmated Plover
58	Piping Plover	6
3	[Wilson's Plover]
23	Mountain Plover	6
58	Snowy Plover	9
	SANDPIPERS
105	Upland Sandpiper	49
53	Whimbrel
9	Eskimo Curlew
67	Long-billed Curlew	5
87	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
63	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
104	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
	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
	GULLS
21	Black-legged Kittiwake
35	Sabine's Gull
94	Bonaparte's Gull
8	Black-headed Gull
20	Little Gull
2	Ross's Gull
31	Laughing Gull
105	Franklin's Gull	1
17	Short-billed Gull
105	Ring-billed Gull
32	California Gull
85	American Herring Gull
32	Iceland Gull
38	Lesser Black-backed Gull
1	Slaty-backed Gull
2	[Glaucous-winged Gull]
33	Glaucous Gull
18	Great Black-backed Gull
	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
47	Neotropic Cormorant	1
	IBISES
15	White Ibis
28	Glossy Ibis
103	White-faced Ibis	4
13	Roseate Spoonbill
	PELICANS
104	American White Pelican
22	Brown Pelican
	HERONS
56	Least Bittern	10
89	American Bittern	5
85	Little Blue Heron	10
19	Tricolored Heron	2
3	Reddish Egret
95	Snowy Egret	6
80	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
	VULTURES
41	Black Vulture	1
105	Turkey Vulture	58
	OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES, & EAGLES
102	Osprey	1
7	White-tailed Kite	1
29	Swallow-tailed Kite	2
100	Golden Eagle	9
105	Sharp-shinned Hawk	3
105	Cooper's Hawk	43
73	American Goshawk
105	Northern Harrier	36
104	Bald Eagle	58
102	Mississippi Kite	61
9	Harris's Hawk	1
2	Gray Hawk
74	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
103	American Barn Owl	58
	OWLS
1	[Flammulated Owl]
1	Western Screech-Owl	1
104	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
102	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
69	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	3
105	Great Crested Flycatcher	66
2	Great Kiskadee
1	Piratic Flycatcher
24	Cassin's Kingbird
105	Western Kingbird	97
105	Eastern Kingbird	95
105	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	74
2	Fork-tailed Flycatcher
101	Olive-sided Flycatcher
36	Western Wood-Pewee	1
100	Eastern Wood-Pewee	39
52	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
47	Acadian Flycatcher	11
82	Alder Flycatcher
100	Willow Flycatcher	5
105	Least Flycatcher
11	Hammond's Flycatcher
3	Gray Flycatcher
21	Dusky Flycatcher
14	Western Flycatcher
2	Black Phoebe
105	Eastern Phoebe	89
79	Say's Phoebe	47
25	Vermilion Flycatcher	1
	VIREOS
1	Black-capped Vireo	1
68	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
7	Plumbeous Vireo
81	Philadelphia Vireo
105	Eastern 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
49	Fish Crow	9
32	Chihuahuan Raven	24
13	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
105	Bank Swallow	29
104	Tree Swallow	52
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
91	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
68	Veery
86	Gray-cheeked Thrush
105	Swainson's Thrush
101	Hermit Thrush
80	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
36	Lesser Goldfinch	1
1	Lawrence's Goldfinch
105	American Goldfinch	49
	LONGSPURS
104	Lapland Longspur
72	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
9	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
21	Golden-crowned Sparrow
105	Harris's Sparrow
104	White-throated Sparrow
2	Sagebrush Sparrow
105	Vesper Sparrow	4
80	LeConte's Sparrow
42	Nelson's Sparrow
32	Baird's Sparrow
55	Henslow's Sparrow	14
105	Savannah Sparrow
105	Song Sparrow	10
105	Lincoln's Sparrow
97	Swamp Sparrow
1	Canyon Towhee
14	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
90	Bobolink	9
103	Eastern Meadowlark	63
105	Western Meadowlark	69
105	Orchard Oriole	91
2	Hooded Oriole
59	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
95	Ovenbird	5
37	Worm-eating Warbler	2
67	Louisiana Waterthrush	24
97	Northern Waterthrush
46	Golden-winged Warbler
41	Blue-winged Warbler	1
100	Black-and-White Warbler	13
66	Prothonotary Warbler	23
6	Swainson's Warbler
93	Tennessee Warbler
105	Orange-crowned Warbler
105	Nashville Warbler
6	Virginia's Warbler
16	Connecticut Warbler
33	MacGillivray's Warbler
77	Mourning Warbler
58	Kentucky Warbler	18
105	Common Yellowthroat	36
51	Hooded Warbler	2
105	American Redstart	3
34	Cape May Warbler
29	Cerulean Warbler	2
94	Northern Parula	24
1	Tropical Parula
82	Magnolia Warbler
52	Bay-breasted Warbler
68	Blackburnian Warbler
105	Yellow Warbler	27
77	Chestnut-sided Warbler
100	Blackpoll Warbler
36	Black-throated Blue Warbler
80	Palm Warbler
51	Pine Warbler
105	Yellow-rumped Warbler
51	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
92	Summer Tanager	27
72	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
98	Lazuli Bunting	1
105	Indigo Bunting	51
74	Painted Bunting	19
105	Dickcissel	96