Birds to See in Kansas in April
149 bird species on our list for Kansas are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Barn Swallow, Baltimore Oriole, Franklin's Gull and Great Crested Flycatcher and 49 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Baird's SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Fish CrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
From Kansas’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 149 birds in April
149 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.55% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.83% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.28% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.11% in Apr- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.05% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.64% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Apr- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.62% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.46% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Apr- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made