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
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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