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 confirmed breeding record for that species in that county. A double circle indicates a probable breeding record during the Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas Project (1992 - 1997). 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, cotte@twinvalley.net . Maps updated as of March, 2024.

New species added to the Kansas Checklist since 2011.
A listing of the species seen in 100 or more counties.
A listing of the species that have been seen in all 105 counties
A table showing the number of counties each species has been seen in and number of counties with confirmed breeding records.

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

Map Legend: Solid black circle indicates sight record, open circle indicates confirmed breeding record, double circle indicates probable breeding record (Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas data, 1992 - 1997). No circle in the county indicates no record at all for that county.

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

Number
of
Counties

Species Name

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

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