Common Birds in Kansas
Our list for Kansas has 75 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 19 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
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