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The
following key defines the relative abundance indicated for
each species (modified and updated from data previously published
from Zimmerman, J.L. 1985. Birds of Konza Prairie Research
Natural Area, Kansas. The Prairie Nauralist 17:185-192.)
1
- RARE: very few records, not to be expected
2
- OCCASIONAL: irregular during the season indicated;
or if regular, irregular in its annual frequency of occurance.
3
- UNCOMMON: present during the season indicated at
low densities. Appropriate habitats must be searched.
4
- COMMON: present in moderate densities during the
seasons indicated and can be expected in appropriate habitats.
5
- FREQUENTLY COMMON: present during the season
indicated, but at a higher frequency.
6
- ABUNDANT: occurs at high densities, a very noticeable
species in appropriate habitats.
|
Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
C |
|
|
X |
|
|
American White
Pelican |
Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos |
FC |
X |
|
|
|
 |
Great Blue Heron |
Aredea herodias |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Green Heron |
Butorides striatus |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Cattle Egret (exotic) |
Bubulcus ibis |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Canada Goose |
Branta canadensis |
C |
X |
|
|
X |
|
Greater White-fronted
Goose |
Anser
albifrons |
U |
X |
|
X |
|
|
Snow Goose/Blue
Goose |
Chen
caerulescens |
C |
X |
|
X |
|
|
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
C |
X |
|
X |
|
 |
Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
C |
X |
|
|
|
| |
Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
FC |
X |
|
|
|
|
Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
C |
X |
|
X |
|
|
American Wigeon |
Anas americana |
FC |
X |
|
|
|
 |
Wood Duck |
Aix sponsa |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Redhead |
Aythya americana |
U |
X |
|
|
|
 |
Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
FC |
X |
|
X |
|
|
Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
U |
X |
|
|
|
 |
Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
C |
X |
|
|
|
|
Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
C |
X |
|
|
X |
 |
Bufflehead |
Bucephala albeola |
C |
X |
|
|
|
|
Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo swainsoni |
U |
X |
|
|
|
|
Rough-legged Hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
U |
|
|
|
X |
|
Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
U |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
R |
X |
|
|
|
 |
American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
C |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
Greater Prairie
Chicken |
Tympanuchus
cupido |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus virginianus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Ring-necked Pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
U |
|
|
|
X |
|
Wild Turkey |
Meleagris gallopavo |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Sandhill Crane |
Grus canadensis |
O |
|
|
X |
|
 |
Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus philadelphia |
R |
|
|
X |
|
|
Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus americanus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Barred Owl |
Strix varia |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Chimney Swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus colubris |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Northern Flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus pileatus |
R |
|
X |
|
|
|
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Melanerpes carolinus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus |
U |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Eastern Kingbird |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Western Kingbird |
Tyrannus verticalis |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher |
Tyrannus forficatus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Great Crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Empidonax flaviventris |
R |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Acadian Flycatcher |
Empidonax virescens |
R |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus |
C |
|
|
X |
|
| |
Eastern Wood-pewee |
Contopus virens |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Bank Swallow |
Riparia riparia |
U |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
O |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Cliff Swallow |
Hirundo pyrrhonota |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius ludovicianus |
FC |
|
X |
X |
|
 |
Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
FC |
|
|
|
|
 |
House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
R |
X |
|
|
X |
| |
Bewick's Wren |
Thryomanes bewickii |
U |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Carolina Wren |
Thryothorus ludovicianus |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus platensis |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Gray Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Brown Thrasher |
Toxostoma rufum |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| |
Tufted Titmouse |
Parus bicolor |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Brown Creeper |
Certhia americana |
U |
X |
|
|
|
| |
Prothonotary warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Tennessee Warbler |
Vermivora peregrina |
C |
|
X |
|
|
|
Northern Parula |
Parula americana |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
| |
Palm Warbler |
Dendroica palmarum |
O |
|
|
X |
|
 |
Mourning Warbler |
Oporornis philadelphia |
R |
|
|
X |
|
 |
Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
R |
|
X |
|
|
 |
American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
FC |
|
|
X |
|
| |
White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo griseus |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
| |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo flavifrons |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
C |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Warbling Vireo |
Vireo gilvus |
C |
X |
|
|
|
| |
Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Western Meadowlark |
Sturnella neglecta |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Orchard Oriole |
Icterus spurius |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Baltimore/Northern Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Oriole Intergrade |
Icterus spp. |
O |
X |
X |
|
|
| |
Brewer's Blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
U |
|
|
X |
|
 |
Common Grackle |
Quiscalus quiscula |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Quiscalus mexicanus |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus ater |
A |
X |
X |
|
|
| |
Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
FC |
X |
|
|
|
 |
Blue Grosbeak |
Guiraca caerulea |
U |
X |
X |
|
|
 |
Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Dickcissel |
Spizza americana |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Purple Finch |
Carpodacus purpureus |
R |
X |
|
X |
|
 |
House Finch |
carpodacus mexicanus |
FC |
X |
X |
|
|
|
American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| |
Eastern/Rufous-sided Towhee |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
R |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
FC |
X |
X |
|
X |
 |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Vesper Sparrow |
Pooecetes gramineus |
R |
X |
|
|
|
|
Lark Sparrow |
Chondestes grammacus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Junco hyemalis |
FC |
X |
|
X |
X |
| |
American Tree Sparrow |
Spizella arborea |
C |
X |
|
X |
X |
 |
Chipping Sparrow |
Spizella passerina |
FC |
X |
X |
X |
|
 |
Field Sparrow |
Spizella pusilla |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Harris' Sparrow |
Zonotrichia querula |
C |
|
|
X |
|
 |
White Crowned Sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
U |
|
|
X |
|
 |
White-throated Sparrow |
Zonotrichia albicollis |
C |
|
|
X |
X |
 |
Fox Sparrow |
Passerella iliaca |
R |
X |
|
X |
X |
 |
Song Sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
C |
X |
|
X |
X |
 |
Lapland Longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
U |
X |
|
X |
X |
| |
Smith's Longspur |
Calcarius pictus |
R |
X |
|
X |
X |
| |
House Sparrow (exotic) |
Passer domesticus |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
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European Starling (exotic) |
Sturnus vulgaris |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
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American Crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
American Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
 |
Swainson's Thrush |
Catharus ustulatus |
C |
X |
|
|
|
 |
Eastern Bluebird |
Sialia sialis |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| |
Townsend's Solitaire |
Myadestes townsendi |
R |
X |
|
|
X |
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila caerulea |
C |
X |
X |
X |
|
| |
Summer Tanager |
Piranga rubra |
U |
X |
X |
X |
|
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Horned Lark |
Eremophila alpestris |
C |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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