Birds to See in Kansas in July
101 bird species on our list for Kansas are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Blue Jay and Barn Swallow. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 101 birds in July
101 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.44% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.17% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.12% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.67% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.44% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.25% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
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