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
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
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