Uncommon Birds in Kansas
Our list for Kansas has 83 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 20 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors and 32 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 83, most common first
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
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