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4H1026 Kansas Birds: Species List for Kansas Red Crossbill Brewer’s Blackbird Notes White-winged Crossbill Common Grackle Kansas Birds: Pine Siskin Great-tailed Grackle Lesser Goldfinch Warblers American Goldfinch Species List for Kansas Ovenbird Date Time Longspurs Worm-eating Warbler Lapland Longspur Louisiana Waterthrush Locality Chestnut-collared Northern Waterthrush Sky Wind Temp. Ground Longspur Golden-winged Warbler Smith’s Longspur Blue-winged Warbler Observers McCown’s Longspur Black-and-white Warbler Snow Bunting Prothonotary Warbler Total Species Total Individuals Sparrows Swainson’s Warbler† Tennessee Warbler [ ] Hypothetical species * Fewer than ten records Green-tailed Towhee Orange-crowned Warbler Whistling-Ducks Spotted Towhee Nashville Warbler Ruddy Duck Eastern Towhee Virginia’s Warbler Black-bellied Quail Rufous-crowned Sparrow Whistling-Duck Connecticut Warbler Northern Bobwhite Canyon Towhee Fulvous Whistling-Duck MacGillivray’s Warbler Scaled Quail Cassin’s Sparrow Mourning Warbler The taxonomic sequence and nomenclature used in this list follow the Checklist Geese, Swans Bachman’s Sparrow* of North American Birds, 7th edition, American Ornithologists’ Union, Pheasants Kentucky Warbler Snow Goose American Tree Sparrow 1998, updated through the 59th Supplement, 2018, (The Auk: Ornithological Ring-necked Pheasant Common Yellowthroat Ross’s Goose Chipping Sparrow Hooded Warbler Advances 135:798-813, 2018). Grouse Clay-colored Sparrow Greater White- American Redstart Of the 481 species documented to have occurred in Kansas as of September Brewer’s Sparrow fronted Goose Ruffed Grouse Cape May Warbler 2018, four species are not included in this list because they no longer occur in Field Sparrow Brant Sharp-tailed Grouse Cerulean Warbler the state. The Passenger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet are extinct, the Eskimo Vesper Sparrow Cackling Goose Greater Prairie-Chicken Northern Parula Curlew is probably extinct and the Gunnison Sage-Grouse has been extirpated Lark Sparrow Canada Goose Lesser Prairie-Chicken Magnolia Warbler from the state. Thirteen species on the list, although convincingly documented, Black-throated Sparrow* Trumpeter Swan Bay-breasted Warbler records have yet to be substantiated with physical evidence and are therefore Turkeys Sagebrush Sparrow* Tundra Swan Blackburnian Warbler designated as hypothetical and listed in square brackets ([ ]). Birds so noted, Wild Turkey Lark Bunting Ducks Yellow Warbler or those noted with this symbol (*) indicating less than ten confirmed records, Savannah Sparrow Flamingos Chestnut-sided Warbler or species not on this checklist, should be reported to the Kansas Bird Records Wood Duck Grasshopper Sparrow Blackpoll Warbler Committee (KBRC). Physical evidence, such as recognizable photographs, video Garganey* American Flamingo* Baird’s Sparrow Black-throated Blue or audio recordings, is highly desirable. The procedure for reporting birds to the Blue-winged Teal Grebes Henslow’s Sparrow Warbler KBRC can be found at http://www.ksbirds.org/kos/kos_kbrc.htm. Cinnamon Teal Pied-billed Grebe Le Conte’s Sparrow Northern Shoveler Palm Warbler This checklist is maintained by the Kansas Ornithological Society (KOS). Horned Grebe Nelson’s Sparrow Gadwall Pine Warbler KOS is Kansas’s only statewide organization devoted exclusively to the study, Red-necked Grebe Fox Sparrow [Eurasian Wigeon]* Yellow-rumped Warbler conservation, and enjoyment of birds. KOS is a diverse group ranging from Eared Grebe Song Sparrow American Wigeon Yellow-throated Warbler casual backyard birdwatchers to professional ornithologists. To learn more about Western Grebe Lincoln’s Sparrow Mallard Prairie Warbler KOS, how you can join KOS, or more about birds in Kansas, please visit our Clark’s Grebe Swamp Sparrow American Black Duck Black-throated Gray website http://ksbirds.org/. Pigeons, Doves White-throated Sparrow Warbler Mottled Duck Harris’s Sparrow Townsend’s Warbler Northern Pintail Rock Pigeon White-crowned Sparrow Hermit Warbler* Green-winged Teal Band-tailed Pigeon* Golden-crowned Black-throated Green Canvasback Eurasian Collared-Dove Sparrow Warbler Redhead Inca Dove Dark-eyed Junco Canada Warbler Ring-necked Duck Common Ground-Dove Chats Wilson’s Warbler [Tufted Duck]* White-winged Dove Yellow-breasted Chat Painted Redstart* Greater Scaup Mourning Dove Blackbirds, Orioles Grosbeaks, Buntings Lesser Scaup Cuckoos King Eider* Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-headed Blackbird Hepatic Tanager† Publications from Kansas State University are available at: Common Eider* Black-billed Cuckoo Bobolink Summer Tanager www.bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu. Harlequin Duck* Greater Roadrunner Eastern Meadowlark Scarlet Tanager Date shown is that of publication or last revision. Contents of this publication Surf Scoter Groove-billed Ani Western Meadowlark Western Tanager may be freely reproduced for educational purposes. All other rights reserved. White-winged Scoter Orchard Oriole Northern Cardinal Black Scoter Nightjars Hooded Oriole* Pyrrhuloxia* Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station Long-tailed Duck [Lesser Nighthawk]* and Cooperative Extension Service Bullock’s Oriole Rose-breasted Grosbeak Bufflehead Common Nighthawk Baltimore Oriole Black-headed Grosbeak 4H1026 rev. March 2019 Common Goldeneye Common Poorwill Scott’s Oriole* Blue Grosbeak K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Barrow’s Goldeneye Chuck-will’s-widow Red-winged Blackbird Lazuli Bunting Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June Hooded Merganser Eastern Whip-poor-will Bronzed Cowbird* Indigo Bunting 30, 1914, as amended. Kansas State University, County Extension Councils, Common Merganser Brown-headed Cowbird Painted Bunting Extension Districts, and United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Red-breasted Merganser Rusty Blackbird Dickcissel J. Ernest Minton, Interim Director. Swifts Little Stint* Storks Ferruginous Hawk [Black Phoebe]* Wrens Chimney Swift Least Sandpiper Wood Stork Barn Owls Eastern Phoebe Rock Wren White-throated Swift* White-rumped Say’s Phoebe Canyon Wren* Frigatebirds Barn Owl Hummingbirds Sandpiper Vermilion Flycatcher House Wren Buff-breasted Sandpiper Magnificent Frigatebird* Owls Shrikes Pacific Wren* Mexican Violetear* Pectoral Sandpiper Boobies [Flammulated Owl]* Winter Wren Rivoli’s Hummingbird* Loggerhead Shrike Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Screech-Owl* Sedge Wren Ruby-throated Brown Booby* Northern Shrike Western Sandpiper Eastern Screech-Owl Marsh Wren Hummingbird Cormorants Short-billed Dowitcher Great Horned Owl Vireos Carolina Wren Black-chinned Long-billed Dowitcher Neotropic Cormorant Snowy Owl Black-capped Vireo* Bewick’s Wren Hummingbird American Woodcock Double-crested Burrowing Owl White-eyed Vireo Anna’s Hummingbird* Gnatcatchers Wilson’s Snipe Cormorant Barred Owl Bell’s Vireo Costa’s Hummingbird* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Spotted Sandpiper Darters Long-eared Owl Gray Vireo* Broad-tailed Solitary Sandpiper Short-eared Owl Yellow-throated Vireo Kinglets Hummingbird Anhinga Lesser Yellowlegs Northern Saw-whet Owl Cassin’s Vireo* Rufous Hummingbird Pelicans Golden-crowned Kinglet Willet Blue-headed Vireo Allen’s Hummingbird* Kingfishers Ruby-crowned Kinglet Spotted Redshank* American White Pelican Plumbeous Vireo* Calliope Hummingbird Old World Flycatchers Greater Yellowlegs Brown Pelican Belted Kingfisher Philadelphia Vireo Broad-billed Wilson’s Phalarope Woodpeckers Warbling Vireo [Northern Wheatear]* Hummingbird* Herons Red-necked Phalarope Lewis’s Woodpecker Red-eyed Vireo Thrushes Rails, Gallinules Red Phalarope American Bittern Least Bittern Red-headed Woodpecker Jays, Magpies, Crows Eastern Bluebird Yellow Rail Jaegers Great Blue Heron Red-bellied Woodpecker Pinyon Jay Western Bluebird* Black Rail Pomarine Jaeger* Great Egret Williamson’s Sapsucker* Steller’s Jay Mountain Bluebird King Rail Parasitic Jaeger Snowy Egret Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Blue Jay Townsend’s Solitaire Virginia Rail Long-tailed Jaeger* Little Blue Heron Red-naped Sapsucker Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Veery Sora Alcids Tricolored Heron Amer. Three-toed Mexican Jay* Gray-cheeked Thrush Purple Gallinule Reddish Egret* Woodpecker* Clark’s Nutcracker Swainson’s Thrush Common Gallinule Long-billed Murrelet* Cattle Egret Downy Woodpecker Black-billed Magpie Hermit Thrush American Coot Gulls Green Heron Ladder-backed American Crow Wood Thrush Cranes Black-legged Kittiwake Black-crowned Night- Woodpecker Fish Crow American Robin Hairy Woodpecker Sandhill Crane Sabine’s Gull Heron Chihuahuan Raven Varied Thrush Northern Flicker Common Crane* Bonaparte’s Gull Yellow-crowned Night- Common Raven Thrashers Pileated Woodpecker Whooping Crane Black-headed Gull Heron Larks Falcons Gray Catbird Stilts, Avocets Little Gull Ibises Curve-billed Thrasher Ross’s Gull* Horned Lark White Ibis Crested Caracara* Brown Thrasher Black-necked Stilt Laughing Gull Swallows Glossy Ibis American Kestrel Sage Thrasher American Avocet Franklin’s Gull White-faced Ibis Merlin Purple Martin Northern Mockingbird Plovers Mew Gull Roseate Gyrfalcon* Tree Swallow Starlings Ring-billed Gull Black-bellied Plover Spoonbill Peregrine Falcon Violet-green Swallow California Gull European Starling American Golden-Plover Vultures Prairie Falcon N. Rough-winged Snowy Plover Herring Gull Flycatchers Swallow Waxwings [Wilson’s Plover]* Iceland Gull Black Vulture Bank Swallow Ash-throated Flycatcher Bohemian Waxwing Semipalmated Plover Lesser Black-backed Gull Turkey Vulture Cliff Swallow Great Crested Flycatcher Cedar Waxwing Piping Plover
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