This list of the 253 species of birds which have been observed in Barber County, Kansas, was compiled from records of the Kansas Ornithological Society,
Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas Project, and the Kansas Biological Survey,
and annual Christmas Bird Counts. August 18, 2007
The taxonomic sequence and nomenclature used in this list follow the Checklist of North American Birds, 7th edition, American Ornithologists Union, 1998, updated through the 48th Supplement, 2007, (Auk 124(3):1109-1115).
While, of course, there is no guarantee that visitors to the Oak Creek Ranch will see any or all of these birds, this list includes the species of birds which are known to be present in Barber County and which visitors to the ranch MAY observe.
GEESE, SWANS
____ Greater White-fronted Goose
____ Snow Goose
____ Ross's Goose
____ Canada Goose*
____ Trumpeter Swan
DUCKS
____ Wood Duck*
____ Gadwall
____ American Wigeon
____ Mallard*
____ Mottled Duck
____ Blue-winged Teal*
____ Cinnamon Teal
____ Northern Shoveler
____ Northern Pintail
____ Green-winged Teal
____ Canvasback
____ Redhead
____ Ring-necked Duck
____ Greater Scaup
____ Lesser Scaup
____ Bufflehead
____ Common Goldeneye
____ Hooded Merganser
____ Common Merganser
____ Red-breasted Merganser
____ Ruddy Duck
PHEASANTS
____ Ring-necked Pheasant*
GROUSE
____ Lesser Prairie-Chicken
TURKEYS
____ Wild Turkey*
QUAIL
____ Northern Bobwhite*
LOONS
____ Common Loon
GREBES
____ Pied-billed Grebe
____ Horned Grebe
____ Eared Grebe
CORMORANTS
____ Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS
____ American Bittern
____ Great Blue Heron*
____ Great Egret
____ Snowy Egret
____ Little Blue Heron
____ Cattle Egret*
____ Green Heron*
____ Black-crowned Night-Heron
____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron*
IBISES
____ White-faced Ibis
____ Roseate Spoonbill†
VULTURES
____ Turkey Vulture*
HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES
____ Osprey
____ Mississippi Kite*
____ Bald Eagle
____ Northern Harrier
____ Sharp-shinned Hawk*
____ Cooper's Hawk*
____ Northern Goshawk
____ Red-shouldered Hawk
____ Broad-winged Hawk
____ Swainson's Hawk*
____ Red-tailed Hawk*
____ Ferruginous Hawk
____ Rough-legged Hawk
____ Golden Eagle
FALCONS
____ American Kestrel*
____ Merlin
____ Peregrine Falcon
____ Prairie Falcon
RAILS, GALLINULES
____ Black Rail*
____ King Rail
____ Virginia Rail
____ Sora
____ Common Moorhen
____ American Coot*
CRANES
____ Sandhill Crane
____ Whooping Crane
PLOVERS
____ American Golden-Plover
____ Semipalmated Plover
____ Piping Plover
____ Killdeer*
STILTS, AVOCETS
____ Black-necked Stilt*
____ American Avocet
SANDPIPERS
____ Spotted Sandpiper*
____ Solitary Sandpiper
____ Greater Yellowlegs
____ Lesser Yellowlegs
____ Upland Sandpiper
____ Whimbrel
____ Hudsonian Godwit
____ Marbled Godwit
____ Semipalmated Sandpiper
____ Western Sandpiper
____ Least Sandpiper
____ White-rumped Sandpiper
____ Baird's Sandpiper
____ Pectoral Sandpiper
____ Stilt Sandpiper
____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
____ Short-billed Dowitcher
____ Long-billed Dowitcher
____ Wilson's Snipe
____ American Woodcock
____ Wilson's Phalarope
GULLS
____ Franklin's Gull
____ Ring-billed Gull
____ Herring Gull
TERNS
____ Black Tern
____ Common Tern
PIGEONS, DOVES
____ Rock Pigeon*
____ Eurasian Collared-Dove
____ Mourning Dove*
CUCKOOS
____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo*
____ Black-billed Cuckoo
____ Greater Roadrunner
BARN OWLS
____ Barn Owl*
OWLS
____ Eastern Screech-Owl*
____ Great Horned Owl*
____ Barred Owl*
____ Burrowing Owl
____ Long-eared Owl
____ Short-eared Owl
GOATSUCKERS
____ Common Nighthawk*
____ Common Poorwill*
____ Chuck-will's-widow*
SWIFTS
____ Chimney Swift*
HUMMINGBIRDS
____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird*
KINGFISHERS
____ Belted Kingfisher*
WOODPECKERS
____ Lewis's Woodpecker
____ Red-headed Woodpecker*
____ Red-bellied Woodpecker*
____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
____ Downy Woodpecker*
____ Hairy Woodpecker*
____ Northern Flicker*
FLYCATCHERS
____ Eastern Wood-Pewee*
____ Willow Flycatcher
____ Least Flycatcher
____ Eastern Phoebe*
____ Say's Phoebe*
____ Vermilion Flycatcher
____ Ash-throated Flycatcher
____ Great Crested Flycatcher*
____ Cassin's Kingbird
____ Western Kingbird*
____ Eastern Kingbird*
____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher*
SHRIKES
____ Loggerhead Shrike*
____ Northern Shrike
VIREOS
____ Bell's Vireo*
____ Warbling Vireo*
____ Philadelphia Vireo
____ Red-eyed Vireo*
JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS
____ Steller's Jay
____ Blue Jay*
____ Black-billed Magpie
____ American Crow*
LARKS
____ Horned Lark*
SWALLOWS
____ Purple Martin
____ Tree Swallow
____ North. Rough-winged Swallow*
____ Bank Swallow
____ Cliff Swallow*
____ Barn Swallow*
CHICKADEES, TITMICE
____ Carolina Chickadee*
____ Black-capped Chickadee*
____ Tufted Titmouse*
NUTHATCHES
____ Red-breasted Nuthatch
____ White-breasted Nuthatch*
CREEPERS
____ Brown Creeper
WRENS
____ Rock Wren*
____ Carolina Wren*
____ Bewick's Wren*
____ House Wren*
____ Winter Wren
____ Sedge Wren
____ Marsh Wren
KINGLETS
____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
GNATCATCHERS
____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
THRUSHES
____ Eastern Bluebird*
____ Mountain Bluebird
____ Townsend's Solitaire
____ Gray-cheeked Thrush
____ Swainson's Thrush
____ Hermit Thrush
____ Wood Thrush
____ American Robin*
THRASHERS
____ Gray Catbird*
____ Northern Mockingbird*
____ Brown Thrasher*
STARLINGS
____ European Starling*
PIPITS
____ American Pipit
WAXWINGS
____ Cedar Waxwing
WARBLERS
____ Tennessee Warbler
____ Orange-crowned Warbler
____ Nashville Warbler
____ Northern Parula
____ Yellow Warbler*
____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
____ Blackpoll Warbler
____ Black-and-White Warbler
____ American Redstart
____ Northern Waterthrush
____ Common Yellowthroat*
____ Wilson's Warbler
____ Yellow-breasted Chat
SPARROWS
____ Spotted Towhee*
____ Cassin's Sparrow*
____ Rufous-crowned Sparrow
____ American Tree Sparrow
____ Chipping Sparrow*
____ Clay-colored Sparrow
____ Field Sparrow*
____ Vesper Sparrow
____ Lark Sparrow*
____ Lark Bunting*
____ Savannah Sparrow
____ Grasshopper Sparrow*
____ Le Conte's Sparrow
____ Fox Sparrow
____ Song Sparrow
____ Lincoln's Sparrow
____ Swamp Sparrow
____ White-throated Sparrow
____ Harris's Sparrow
____ White-crowned Sparrow
____ Dark-eyed Junco
____ Lapland Longspur
____ Smith's Longspur
GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS
____ Northern Cardinal*
____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
____ Black-headed Grosbeak
____ Blue Grosbeak*
____ Lazuli Bunting
____ Indigo Bunting*
____ Painted Bunting*
____ Dickcissel*
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
____ Red-winged Blackbird*
____ Eastern Meadowlark*
____ Western Meadowlark*
____ Yellow-headed Blackbird
____ Rusty Blackbird
____ Brewer's Blackbird
____ Common Grackle*
____ Great-tailed Grackle*
____ Brown-headed Cowbird*
____ Orchard Oriole*
____ Bullock's Oriole*
____ Baltimore Oriole*
NORTHERN FINCHES
____ Purple Finch
____ House Finch*
____ Pine Siskin*
____ Lesser Goldfinch
____ American Goldfinch*
____ Evening Grosbeak
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
____ House Sparrow*
† Fewer than ten Kansas records
[ ] Hypothetical species
* Documented breeding species,
meeting the requirements for a
Probable or Confirmed Breeder as
defined by the Kansas Breeding Bird
Atlas Project.
This list was compiled from records
of the Kansas Ornithological Society,
Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas Project,
and the Kansas Biological Survey,
and annual Christmas Bird Counts.
August 18, 2007
Please report any birds not on this list
to Max Thompson, Southwestern
College, Dept of Biology, 100
College St., Winfield, KS 67156,
maxt at cox dot net
Rare birds noted with † should be
reported to the Kansas Bird Records
Committee (KBRC) care of Chuck
Otte, 613 Tamerisk, Junction City, KS
66441. otte at nqks dot com
More information on reporting rare
birds can be found at the KBRC home
page on the Kansas Ornithological
Society’s Web site at:
http://ksbirds.org
Please report additions or errors on
this list to Chuck Otte, 613 Tamerisk,
Junction City, KS 66441
otte at nqks dot com
253 Species
The taxonomic sequence and
nomenclature used in this list follow
the Checklist of North American
Birds, 7th edition, American
Ornithologists Union, 1998, updated
through the 48th Supplement, 2007,
(Auk 124(3):1109-1115).
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