Birds to See in Kansas in August
119 bird species on our list for Kansas are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Barn Swallow and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal and Least Flycatcher and 15 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 119 birds in August
119 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.77% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.83% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.55% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.65% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.26% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.12% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.95% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.69% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.66% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.64% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Aug
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