Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Buntings, and Allies
Seasons in KC area based on information from "The Sibley Guide to Birds" (2000) and "Birds of Kansas" (2011)
Summer Tanager male Wyandotte Lake 5_29_2014 Summer Tanager female Weston Bend 5_25_2015
male
Summer Tanager
- KC area April to September
female
Summer Tanager first spring Blue Springs 5_18_2014 Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager (male, first spring)
Scarlet Tanager - KC area May to September
Hepatic Tanager male Madera Canyon 1_9_2015 Hepatic Tanager female Madera Canyon 1_6_2015
male
Hepatic Tanager - not in KC area
(southwest & east coast)
female
Blue-gray Tanager Dickcissel
Blue-gray Tanager (Costa Rica) - not in KC area
Dickcissel - KC area May to September
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male Rose-breasted Grosbeak female
male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- KC area in spring & fall migration
female
Cardinal male 10_2011 Cardinal female 11_6_2011
male
Northern Cardinal
- KC area year-round
female
Pyrrhuloxia male 1_11_2012 Pyrrhuloxia female 1_8_2012
male
Pyrrhuloxia (southwest)
- not in KC area
female
Indigo Bunting male Indigo Bunting female
male
Indigo Bunting
- KC area May to October
female
Indigo Bunting Courtship Lazuli Bunting Cienega Creek 1_21_2015
Indigo Bunting courtship
Lazuli Bunting - rare in KC area (western bird)
Painted Bunting 151st west Olathe 6_11_2015 Painted Bunting Clinton Lake 5_28_2014
west Olathe 6/11/2015
Painted Bunting - KC area
Sp & Su (uncommon)
Clinton Lake, Lawrence 5/28/2014
Blue Grosbeak Jerry Smith 8_10_2016 Bkue Grosbeak immature Sweetwater Wetands 1_11_2015
Blue Grosbeak - KC area May - September (uncommon)
Blue Grosbeak (immature)
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Page added 6/10/2011 (Latest Rev 8/10/2016 better Blue Grosbeak)