New World Warblers in Kansas
Our list for Kansas has 19 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 15 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 19, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Black-throated Green Warbler 11–12 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- Nashville Warbler 11–13 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 cm
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Black-throated Blue Warbler 11–13 cm
- Northern Yellow Warbler 12–13 cm
- Orange-crowned Warbler 11–14 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Mourning Warbler 10–15 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Ovenbird 12–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- Bay-breasted Warbler 14–14 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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