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
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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