Preface
Introduction
A Brief History of Ornithology in Kansas
Bird Distribution and Vegetation
Explanation of Species Accounts
Species Accounts:
Loons and Grebes
-Red-throated Loon
-Pacific Loon
-Common Loon
-Pied-billed Grebe
-Horned Grebe
-Red-Necked Grebe
-Eared Grebe
-Western Grebe
-Clark’s Grebe
Pelicans
-American White Pelican
-Brown Pelican
Cormorants and Anhingas
-Double-crested Cormorant
-Olivaceous Cormorant
-Aninga
Frigatebirds
-Magnificent Frigatebird
Herons
-American Bittern
-Least Bittern
-Great Blue Heron
-Great Egret
-Snowy Egret
-Little Blue Heron
-Tricolored Heron
-Cattle Egret
-Green-backed Heron
-Black-crowned Night Heron
-Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Ibis
-White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Wood Stork
Flamingos
-Greater Flamingo
Whistling-Ducks-Fulvous Whistling-Cuck
-Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Swans
-Tundra Swan
-Trumpeter Swan
Geese
-Greater White-fronted Goose
-Snow/Blue Goose
-Ross’ Goose
-Brant
-Canada Goose
Ducks
-Wood Duck
-Green-winged Teal
-American Black Duck
-Mottled Duck
-Mallard
-Northern Pintail
-Gargeney
-Blue-winged Teal
-Cinnamon Teal
-Northern Shoveler
-Gadwall
-Eurasian Wigeon
-American Wigeon
-Canvashack
-Redhead
-Ring-necked Duck
-Greater Scaup
-Lesser Scaup
-Common Eider
-King Eider
-Oldsquaw
-Black Scoter
-Surf Scoter
-White-winged Scoter
-Common Goldeneye
-Barrow’s Goldeneye
-Bufflehead
-Hooded Merganser
-Common Merganser
-Red-breasted Merganser
-Ruddy Duck
Vultures
-Black Fulture
-Turkey Vulture
Ospreys
-Ospreys
Kites
-American Swallow-tailed Kite
-Mississippi Kite
Hawks and Eagles
-Bald Eagle
-Northern Harrier
-Sharp-shinned Hawk
-Cooper’s Hawk
-Northern Goshawk
-Harris’ Hawk
-Red-shouldered Hawk
-Broad-winged Hawk
-Swainson’s Hawk
-Red-tailed Hawk
-Ferruginous Hawk
-Rough-legged Hawk
-Golden Eagle
-American Kestrel
-Merlin
-Peregrine Falcon
-Gyrfalcon
-Prairie Falcon
Pheasants
-Ring-necked Pheasant
Grouse and Prairie-Chickens
-Ruffled Grouse
-Sage Grouse
-Greater Prairie-Chicken
-Lesser Prairie-Chicken
-Sharp-tailed Grouse
Turkeys
-Turkey
Quail
-Northern Bobwhite
-Scaled Quail
Rails
-Yellow Rail
-Black Rail
-King Rail
-Virginia Rail
-Sora
Gallinules
-Purple Gallinule
-Common Moorhen
-American Coot
>Cranes
-Sandhill Crane
-Whooping Crane
Plovers
-Black-bellied Plover
-Lesser Golden Plover
-Snowy Plover
-Semipalmated Plover
-Piping Plover
-Killdeear
-Mountain Plover
Stilts
-Black-necked Stilt
Avocets
-American Avocet
Sandpipers
-Greater Yellowlegs
-Lesser Yellowlegs
-Solitary Sandpiper
-Willet
-Spotted Sandpiper
-Upland Sandpiper
-Eskimo Curlew
-Whimbrel
-Long-billed Curlew
-Whimbrel
-Long-billed Curlew
-Hudsonian Godwit
-Marbled Godwit
-Ruddy Turnstone
-Red Knot
-Sanderling
-Semipalmated Sandpiper
-Western Sandpiper
-Least Sandpiper
-White-rumped Sandpiper
-Baird’’s Sandpiper
-Pectoral Sandpiper
-Dunlin
-Curlew Sandpiper
-Stilt Sandpiper
-Buff-breasted Sandpiper
-Ruff
-Short-billed Dowitcher
-Long-billed Dowitcher
-Common Snipe
-American Woodcock
Phalaropes
-Wilson’s Phalarope
-Red-necked Phalarope
-Red Phalarope
Jaegers
-Pomarine Jaeger
-Parasitic Jaeger
-Long-tailed Jaeger
Gulls
-Laughing Gull
-Franklin’s Gull
-Little Gull
-Common Black-headed Gull
-Bonaparte’s Gull
-Ring-billed Gull
-California Gull
-Herring Gull
-Thayer’ Gull
-Glaucous Gull
-Great Black-backed Gull
-Black-legged Kittiwake
-Sabine’s Gull
Terns
-Caspian Tern
-Common Tern
-Forster’s Tern
-Least Tern
-Black Tern
Skimmers
-Black Skimmer
Pigeons
-Rock Dove
-Band-tailed Pigeon
Doves
-White-winged Dove
-Mourning Dove
-Passenger Pigeon
-Inca Dove
-Common Ground-Dove
Parakeets
-Carolina Parakeet
Cuckoos
-Black-billed Cuckoo
-Yellow-billed Cuckoo
-Greater Roadrunner
-Groove-billed Ani
Owls
-Common Barn-Owl
-Eastern Screech-Owl
-Western Screech-Owl
-Great Horned Owl
-Snowy Owl
-Burrowing Owl
-Barred Owl
-Long-eared Owl
-Short-eared Owl
-Northern Saw-whet Owl
Goatsuckers
-Common Nighthawk
-Common Poorwill
-Chuck-will’s-widow
-Whip-poor-will
Swifts
-Chimney Swift
-White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
-Magnificent Hummingbird
-Ruby-throated Hummingbird
-Black-chinned Hummingbird
-Calliope Hummingbird
-Broad-tailed Hummingbird
-Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
-Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
-Lewis’ Woodpecker
-Red-headed Woodpecker
-Red-bellied Woodpecker
-Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
-Red-naped Sapsucker
-Williamson’s Sapsucker
-Ladder-backed Woodpecker
-Downy Woodpecker
-Hairy Woodpecker
-Northern Flicker
-Pleated Woodpecker
Bibliography
Index