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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–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