Birds of Kansas
The 83 most-observed birds in Kansas, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 181 observationsOpen the map →
- 1
DickcisselSpiza americana10 obstiming → - 2Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula7 obstiming →
- 3
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis6 obstiming → - 4
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea5 obstiming → - 5
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe5 obstiming → - 6
American RobinTurdus migratorius5 obstiming → - 7
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis5 obstiming → - 8Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna4 obstiming →
- 9
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens4 obstiming → - 10
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto4 obstiming → - 11
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris4 obstiming → - 12
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius4 obstiming → - 13
House SparrowPasser domesticus4 obstiming → - 14
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus4 obstiming → - 15
Turkey VultureCathartes aura3 obstiming → - 16
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura3 obstiming → - 17
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus3 obstiming → - 18
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo3 obstiming → - 19Wood DuckAix sponsa3 obstiming →
- 20
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus3 obstiming → - 21
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias2 obstiming → - 22
Great EgretArdea alba2 obstiming → - 23
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica2 obstiming → - 24
Barred OwlStrix varia2 obstiming → - 25
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus2 obstiming → - 26
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus2 obstiming → - 27
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2 obstiming → - 28
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2 obstiming → - 29
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis2 obstiming → - 30
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis2 obstiming → - 31Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus2 obstiming →
- 32
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus2 obstiming → - 33
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana2 obstiming → - 34
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina2 obstiming → - 35
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon2 obstiming → - 36Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus2 obstiming →
- 37
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor2 obstiming → - 38
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis2 obstiming → - 39
Rock DoveColumba livia2 obstiming → - 40
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos2 obstiming → - 41Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus2 obstiming →
- 42
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra2 obstiming → - 43
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis2 obstiming → - 44
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor2 obstiming → - 45Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus2 obstiming →
- 46Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus2 obstiming →
- 47
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus2 obstiming → - 48
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus2 obstiming → - 49
American KestrelFalco sparverius2 obstiming → - 50Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus1 obstiming →
- 51American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus1 obstiming →
- 52
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula1 obstiming → - 53
Bell's VireoVireo bellii1 obstiming → - 54
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia1 obstiming → - 55
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus1 obstiming → - 56
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens1 obstiming → - 57
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea1 obstiming → - 58
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea1 obstiming → - 59
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum1 obstiming → - 60
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera1 obstiming → - 61
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas1 obstiming → - 62
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens1 obstiming → - 63Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus1 obstiming →
- 64
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus1 obstiming → - 65
Green HeronButorides virescens1 obstiming → - 66
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla1 obstiming → - 67
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata1 obstiming → - 68Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis1 obstiming →
- 69
OspreyPandion haliaetus1 obstiming → - 70
Purple MartinProgne subis1 obstiming → - 71Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus1 obstiming →
- 72Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena1 obstiming →
- 73
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus1 obstiming → - 74
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus1 obstiming → - 75Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni1 obstiming →
- 76Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator1 obstiming →
- 77
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis1 obstiming → - 78
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi1 obstiming → - 79
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica1 obstiming → - 80Wood StorkMycteria americana1 obstiming →
- 81
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina1 obstiming → - 82
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea1 obstiming → - 83Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.