Rare Birds in Kansas
Our list for Kansas has 42 rare birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 6 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
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 42, most common first
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceRare25–30 cm
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesScarceRare81–94 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly May–Jun
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