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Check-list of the Birds of Kansas

Index to Common Names

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Acadian Flycatcher, 334 Alder Flycatcher, 334 American Bittern, 312 American Coot, 322 American Egret, 311 American Knot, 325 American Magpie, 336 American Merganser, 317 American Raven, 336 American Redstart, 346 American Woodcock, 323 Arizona Jay, 336 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 333 Audubon Warbler, 343 Avocet, 326 Baird Sandpiper, 325 Baird Sparrow, 350 Bald Eagle, 319 Baldpate, 315 Baltimore Oriole, 347 Bank Swallow, 335 Barn Owl, 330 Barn Swallow, 335 Barred Owl, 330 Bay-breasted Warbler, 344 Bell Vireo, 341 Belted Kingfisher, 331 Bewick Wren, 338 Black and White Warbler, 342 Black-bellied Plover, 323 Black-billed Cuckoo, 329 blackbirds, 346-348 Blackburnian Warbler, 344 Black-capped Chickadee, 337 Black-capped Vireo, 341 Black-crowned Night Heron, 312 Black Duck, 314 Black-headed Grosbeak, 348 Black-necked Stilt, 326 Black-poll Warbler, 344 Black Rail, 322 Black Tern, 328 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 343 Black-throated Gray Warbler, 344 Black-throated Green Warbler, 344 Black-throated Sparrow, 352 Black Vulture, 318 Blue Goose, 314 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 340 Blue Grosbeak, 348 Blue Jay, 336 Blue-winged Teal, 315 Blue-winged Warbler, 342 Bobolink, 346 Bob-white, 321 Bohemian Waxwing, 340 Bonaparte Gull, 328 Brant, 314 Brewer Blackbird, 347 Brewer Sparrow, 352 Broad-winged Hawk, 319 Bronzed Grackle, 348 Brown Creeper, 337 Brown Pelican, 311 Brown Thrasher, 338 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 326 Buffle-head, 316 Bullock Oriole, 347 buntings, 348-354 Burrowing Owl, 330 California Gull, 327 Calliope Hummingbird, 331 Canada Goose, 313 Canada Warbler, 346 Canvas-back, 316 Cape May Warbler, 343 Cardinal, 348 Carolina Chickadee, 337 Carolina Paroquet, 329 Carolina Wren, 338 Caspian Tern, 328 Cassin Kingbird, 333 Cassin Sparrow, 351 Catbird, 338 Cedar Waxwing, 340 Cerulean Warbler, 344 Chestnut-backed Bluebird, 339 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 354 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 344 chickadees, 337 Chimney Swift, 331 Chipping Sparrow, 352 Chuck-will's-widow, 331 Cinnamon Teal, 315 Clark Nutcracker, 337 Clay-colored Sparrow, 352 Cliff Swallow, 335 Common Loon, 310 Common Scoter, 317 Common Tern, 328 Cooper Hawk, 318 cormorants, 311 corvids, 336-337 Cowbird, 348 cranes, 321 Crested Flycatcher, 333 crossbills, 350 Crow, 336 cuckoos, 329-330 Dickcissel, 349 Double-crested Cormorant, 311 doves, 328-329 Downy Woodpecker, 333 Duck Hawk, 320 ducks, 314-317 eagles, 319 Eared Grebe, 310 Eastern Bluebird, 339 Eastern Goldfinch, 350 Eastern Kingbird, 333 Eastern Meadowlark, 346 Eastern Phoebe, 334 Eastern Wood Pewee, 335 Eider, 316 English Sparrow, 346 Eskimo Curlew, 324 European Widgeon, 315 Evening Grosbeak, 349 falcons, 320 Ferruginous Rough-leg, 319 Field Sparrow, 352 finches, 348-354 Flamingo, 313 Florida Gallinule, 322 flycatchers, 333-335 Forster Tern, 328 Fox Sparrow, 353 Franklin Gull, 327 Fulvous Tree-duck, 314 Gadwall, 315 geese, 313-314 Glaucous Gull, 327 goatsuckers, 331 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 340 Golden Eagle, 319 Golden-eye, 316 Golden Plover, 323 Golden-winged Warbler, 342 Goshawk, 318 Grasshopper Sparrow, 350 Gray-cheeked Thrush, 339 Great Blue Heron, 311 Greater Prairie Chicken, 320 Greater Scaup Duck, 316 Greater Yellow-legs, 325 grebes, 310 Green Heron, 312 Green-tailed Towhee, 350 Green-winged Teal, 315 Groove-billed Ani, 330 grosbeaks, 348-349 Ground Dove, 329 grouse, 320-321 gulls, 327-328 Gyrfalcon, 320 Hairy Woodpecker, 333 Harris Hawk, 319 Harris Sparrow, 353 Hawk Owl, 330 hawks, 318-320 Henslow Sparrow, 351 Hermit Thrush, 339 herons, 311-312 Herring Gull, 327 Hooded Merganser, 317 Hooded Oriole, 347 Hooded Warbler, 346 Horned Grebe, 310 Horned Lark, 335 Horned Owl, 330 House Finch, 349 House Wren, 337 Hudsonian Curlew, 324 Hudsonian Godwit, 326 hummingbirds, 331 ibises, 312-313 Inca Dove, 329 Indigo Bunting, 349 jaegers, 327 jays, 336-337 juncos, 352 Kentucky Warbler, 345 Killdeer, 323 King Eider, 316 kingfisher, 331 kinglets, 340 King Rail, 321 kites, 318 Kittiwake, 328 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 333 Lapland Longspur, 353 lark, 335 Lark Bunting, 350 Lark Sparrow, 351 Laughing Gull, 327 Lazuli Bunting, 349 Least Bittern, 312 Least Flycatcher, 334 Least Sandpiper, 325 Least Tern, 328 Leconte Sparrow, 351 Lesser Prairie Chicken, 320 Lesser Scaup Duck, 316 Lesser Yellow-legs, 325 Lewis Woodpecker, 332 Lincoln Sparrow, 353 Little Blue Heron, 312 Loggerhead Shrike, 341 Long-billed Curlew, 324 Long-billed Dowitcher, 325 Long-billed Marsh Wren, 338 Long-eared Owl, 330 longspurs, 353-354 Long-tailed Jaeger, 327 loons, 310 Louisiana Heron, 312 Louisiana Water-thrush, 345 Macgillivray Warbler, 345 Magnolia Warbler, 343 magpie, 336 Mallard, 314 Man-o'-war-bird, 311 Marbled Godwit, 326 Marsh Hawk, 320 McCown Longspur, 353 meadowlarks, 346-347 Mexican Cormorant, 311 Mississippi Kite, 318 Mockingbird, 338 Mottled Duck, 314 Mountain Bluebird, 340 Mountain Plover, 323 Mourning Dove, 329 Mourning Warbler, 345 Myrtle Warbler, 343 Nashville Warbler, 343 Nighthawk, 331 Northern Phalarope, 327 Northern Shrike, 341 Northern Water-thrush, 345 nuthatches, 337 Old-squaw, 316 Olive-backed Thrush, 339 Olive-sided Flycatcher, 335 Orange-crowned Warbler, 343 Orchard Oriole, 347 Oregon Junco, 352 orioles, 347 Osprey, 320 Oven-bird, 345 owls, 330-331 Painted Bunting, 349 Palm Warbler, 345 Parula Warbler, 343 Passenger Pigeon, 329 Pectoral Sandpiper, 325 pelicans, 311 phalaropes, 326-327 Philadelphia Vireo, 342 Pied-billed Grebe, 310 Pigeon Hawk, 320 pigeons, 328-329 Pileated Woodpecker, 332 Pine Grosbeak, 349 Pine Siskin, 349 Pine Warbler, 344 Pine-woods Sparrow, 351 Piñon Jay, 337 Pintail, 315 Piping Plover, 323 pipits, 340 plovers, 323 Pomarine Jaeger, 327 Poor-will, 331 Prairie Falcon, 320 Prairie Warbler, 344 Prothonotary Warbler, 342 Purple Finch, 349 Purple Gallinule, 322 Purple Martin, 336 quail, 321 rails, 321-322 ravens, 336 Red-backed Sandpiper, 325 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 332 Red-breasted Merganser, 317 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 337 Red Crossbill, 350 Red-eyed Towhee, 350 Red-eyed Vireo, 342 Redhead, 315 Red-headed Woodpecker, 332 Red-necked Grebe, 310 Red Phalarope, 326 Redpoll, 349 Red-shafted Flicker, 332 Red-shouldered Hawk, 318 Red-tailed Hawk, 318 Red-throated Loon, 310 Red-wing, 347 Ring-billed Gull, 327 Ring-necked Duck, 316 Ring-necked Pheasant, 321 Road-runner, 329 Robin, 339 Rock Dove, 328 Rock Wren, 338 Roseate Spoonbill, 313 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 348 Ross Goose, 314 Rough-legged Hawk, 319 Rough-winged Swallow, 335 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 340 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 331 Ruddy Duck, 317 Ruddy Turnstone, 323 Ruffed Grouse, 320 Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 351 Rusty Blackbird, 347 Sabine Gull, 328 Sage Thrasher, 338 Sanderling, 326 Sandhill Crane, 321 sandpipers, 323-326 Savannah Sparrow, 350 Saw-whet Owl, 330 Say Phoebe, 334 Scaled Quail, 321 Scarlet Tanager, 348 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 333 Screech Owl, 330 Scrub Jay, 336 Semipalmated Plover, 323 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 325 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 318 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 321 Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 351 Short-billed Dowitcher, 325 Short-billed Marsh Wren, 338 Short-eared Owl, 330 shrikes, 341 Shoveller, 315 Slate-colored Junco, 352 Smith Longspur, 353 Snow Bunting, 354 Snow Goose, 314 Snowy Egret, 311 Snowy Owl, 330 Snowy Plover, 323 Solitary Sandpiper, 324 Solitary Vireo, 341 Song Sparrow, 353 Sora, 322 Sparrow Hawk, 320 sparrows, 348-354 Spotted Sandpiper, 324 Sprague Pipit, 340 Starling, 341 Steller Jay, 336 Stilt Sandpiper, 325 Summer Tanager, 348 Surf Scoter, 317 Swainson Hawk, 319 swallows, 335-336 Swallow-tailed Kite, 318 Swamp Sparrow, 353 swans, 313 swift, 331 Sycamore Warbler, 344 tanagers, 348 Tennessee Warbler, 342 terns, 328 thrashers, 338 thrushes, 339-340 towhees, 350 Townsend Solitaire, 340 Townsend Warbler, 344 Tree Sparrow, 352 Tree Swallow, 335 Trumpeter Swan, 313 Tufted Titmouse, 337 Turkey, 321 Turkey Vulture, 317 Upland Plover, 324 Varied Thrush, 339 Veery, 339 Vesper Sparrow, 351 Violet-green Swallow, 335 vireos, 341-342 Virginia Rail, 322 Virginia Warbler, 343 vultures, 317-318 warblers, 342-346 Warbling Vireo, 342 Water Pipit, 340 Water-turkey, 311 waxwings, 340 Western Flycatcher, 334 Western Grebe, 310 Western Kingbird, 333 Western Meadowlark, 347 Western Sandpiper, 326 Western Tanager, 348 Western Wood Pewee, 335 Whip-poor-will, 331 Whistling Swan, 313 White-breasted Nuthatch, 337 White-crowned Sparrow, 353 White-eyed Vireo, 341 White-faced Glossy Ibis, 313 White-fronted Goose, 314 White-necked Raven, 336 White Pelican, 311 White-rumped Sandpiper, 325 White-throated Sparrow, 353 White-winged Crossbill, 350 White-winged Junco, 352 White-winged Scoter, 317 Whooping Crane, 321 Willet, 324 Williamson Sapsucker, 333 Wilson Phalarope, 326 Wilson Snipe, 324 Wilson Warbler, 346 Winter Wren, 337 Wood Duck, 315 Wood Ibis, 312 woodpeckers, 331-333 Wood Thrush, 339 Worm-eating Warbler, 342 wrens, 337-338 Wright Flycatcher, 334 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 334 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 332 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 329 Yellow-breasted Chat, 346 Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 312 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 347 Yellow Rail, 322 Yellow-shafted Flicker, 331 Yellow-throat, 345 Yellow-throated Vireo, 341 Yellow Warbler, 343

Fig. 1. Map of Kansas showing names of counties.

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