List of Birds of Kansas

List Of Birds Of Kansas

The List of Kansas birds lists every wild bird species ever seen in the U.S. state of Kansas, based on the list published by the Kansas Birds Records Committee of the Kansas Ornithological Society. The following markings are used.

• (A) = Accidental occurrence based fewer than 10 records, and unlikely to occur regularly.
• (E) = Extinct; a recent member of the avifauna that no longer exists.
• (Ex) = Extirpated; no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations still exist elsewhere.
• (I) = Introduced population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous.
• (H) - Hypothetical: Birds that have had a credible sighting reported, but have not been documented with a specimen or with a suitable photograph.
• (F) - Fictional: Birds that are known to be fictional but associated with Kansas lore.

Birds listed as either accidental or hypothetical should not be expected to be found anywhere in Kansas with regularity. Except for the accidental and hypothetical birds, only birds that are considered to have established, self-sustaining, wild populations in Kansas or, in the case extinct or extirpated species, have had such populations in Kansas in the past are included on this list. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Kansas, are not included on this list.

This list is presented in taxonomic order and follows The Check-list of North American Birds (7th ed., 1998), published by the American Ornithologists' Union. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family accounts. Introduced, casual, accidental, hypothetical, extirpated and extinct species are included in the total species counts for North America and Kansas.