Birds to See in Kansas in January
99 bird species on our list for Kansas are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose, American Crow, Red-tailed Hawk and Blue Jay. New this month: Common Grackle, Glaucous Gull, Kittiwake and Great Black-backed Gull and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 99 birds in January
99 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.81% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.77% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.51% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.36% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.14% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.00% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.85% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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