Kansas City Area Bird List |
This list was compiled from lists of accepted bird sightings for Jackson, Cass, Clay, and Platte counties in Missouri from the Missouri Audubon Society and for Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas from the Kansas Ornithological Society. Seasonal occurrences and habitats were taken from "The Sibley Guide to Birds" (2000), "Birds of Kansas" (2011), and bird lists from the Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center, James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area, Ernie Miller Nature Center, and The Overland Park Arboretum and Nature Center. Locations to see the species were taken from eBird listings and personal observations of the authors of this website.
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Status Abbreviations |
Number of Species |
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c - common - likely to be seen (or heard) in proper habitat or time of day
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119 |
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u - uncommon - likely present but may not be seen because of secretive nature, small numbers; or flyover
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96 |
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r - rare -seen very infrequently in proper habitat and may not be seen every year
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73 |
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i - irregular - numbers variable from year to year; might be common or nearly absent
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7 |
x - very rare - has been seen in area but very infrequently; may be out of normal range or vagrant | 60 |
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TOTAL |
355 |
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SEASON |
Family, Species |
Su |
F |
W | Habitat |
Location you might see |
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Anitidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans) | ||||||
u |
r |
u |
u |
wetlands, ponds, reservoirs, ag fields |
Sh Mission Park; Smithville Lake |
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c |
c |
u |
wetlands, marshes, ag fields |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Lake Jacomo |
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u |
u |
r |
wetlands, marshes, ag fields |
Smithville Lake, Wyandotte Co Lake |
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x |
x |
x |
shallow bays and marshes |
Lake Remembrance, MO, 12/19/2010 |
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u |
u |
r |
ponds, reservoirs, ag fields |
Wyandotte Co Lake, James A Reed |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
ponds, lakes, farmland, marshes |
Near ponds and lakes, abundant |
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x |
ponds and bays near people |
5/2/2011 on pond in Overland Park, KS |
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r |
wooded ponds and rivers |
Wyandotte County Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
marshes, rivers, ponds |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Lake Remembrance |
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x |
x |
marshes, ponds, creeks, parks |
April 2013 Indian Creek 107th Nall/Roe |
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c |
c |
c |
creeks, marshes, small ponds |
Tomahawk Creek Greenway, WyCo Lake |
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c |
c |
u |
ponds, wetlands, reservoirs |
Blue Springs Lake, KCPL Wetlands |
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c |
c |
u |
ponds, wetlands, reservoirs |
Longview Lake, Olathe Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
wetlands, shallow ponds, reservoirs |
Smithville Lake, Wyandotte Co Lake |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
ponds, lakes, creeks |
most lakes, ponds, and streams |
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c |
c |
shallow ponds, wetlands, reservoirs |
James A Reed, Heritage Park |
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r |
r |
shallow ponds, wetlands, reservoirs |
Hillsdale Lake 4/14;Cooley Lake CA 4/06 |
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c |
c |
r |
reservoirs, ponds, wetlands |
Blue Springs Lake , Wyandotte Co Lake |
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u |
u |
u |
ponds, wetlands, reservoirs |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Blue Springs Lake |
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c |
c |
u |
wetlands, shallow ponds |
Heritage Park , Wilderness Wetlands |
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u |
u |
r |
ponds, lakes, reservoirs |
Blue Springs Lake , Wyandotte Co Lake |
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c |
c |
u |
ponds, lakes, reservoirs |
Blue Springs Lake, KCPL Wetlands |
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c |
c |
u |
ponds, wetlands, reservoirs |
Blue Springs Lake , Wyandotte Co Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
large reservoirs, deep ponds |
KCPL Wetlands, Longview Lake |
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x |
fast flowing streams |
Wyandotte County Lake 3/7/2001 |
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c |
c |
u, |
large reservoirs, deep ponds |
Sh Mission Park, Wyandotte Co Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
reservoirs and sewage ponds |
SM Park 2011, Longview Lake 2014 |
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r |
r |
reservoirs |
Smithville Lake, Sh Mission Park |
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r |
reservoirs and sewage ponds |
SM Park 2008, Smithville Lake 2013
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r |
r |
reservoirs, ponds, rivers |
Blue Spring Lake, Wyandotte Co Lake |
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u |
u |
u |
reservoirs and small ponds |
Heritage Park , Wyandotte Co Lake |
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c |
c |
c |
reservoirs, lakes, rivers |
Sh Mission Park, James A Reed |
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r |
reservoirs, ponds |
Shawnee Mission Park Feb 2014 |
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c |
c |
u |
small ponds, marshy areas |
James A Reed, Wyandotte Co Lake |
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u |
u |
r |
reservoirs |
J A Reed, Clinton Lake Lawrence |
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u |
u |
large reservoirs |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Blue Springs Lake |
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u |
u |
u |
lakes, reservoirs, ponds |
Heritage Park, Smithville Lake |
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Odontophoridae (Quail) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
u |
u |
brushy woods and fields |
Jerry Smith Park, KCPL Wetlands |
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Phasianidae (Grouse, Turkeys) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
r |
r |
open fields and brushy hedgerows |
Wyandotte County Lake Park Dec 2014 |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
native prairies |
JoCo KS record; see near Emporia, KS |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
open woods with fields |
Burr Oak Wds, Parkville Nature Sanctuary |
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Gavidae(Loons) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
lakes and ponds |
Sh Miss Park 2013, Heritage Park 2006 |
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r |
r |
r |
reservoirs, lakes |
Smithville Lk 4/2015, Longview Lk 4/2014 | ||
u |
u |
r |
lakes and ponds |
Shawnee Mission Park, WyCo Lake |
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Podicipedidae (Grebes) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
r |
wetlands, ponds |
Wyandotte County Lake, Heritage Park |
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u |
u |
r |
marshes, ponds, reservoirs |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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x |
x |
reservoirs, large ponds |
Blue Springs Lake Dec 2014 |
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u |
u |
r |
wetlands, marshlands |
Olathe Lake, Longview Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
larger reservoirs, lakes |
Wyandotte County Lake, Longview Lake |
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x |
large reservoirs and wetlands |
Smithville Lake Oct 1999 & Nov 2009 |
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Ciconidae (Storks) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
wetlands, marshes |
Seen in Olathe in Aug 1985 |
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Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) | Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
x |
x |
open seas, large reservoirs |
Longview Lake 9/28/1988 |
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Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
marshes, ponds, reservoirs |
Smithville Lake |
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c |
c |
reservoirs, lakes, ponds |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
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x |
swamps, reservoirs, lakes |
May 3, 2003 Platte County |
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Pelicanidae (Pelicans) | Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
reservoirs, lakes, ponds |
Lake Jacomo , Smithville Lake |
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x |
x |
x |
marshes, ponds reservoirs |
Blue Springs Lake July 2010 |
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Ardeidae (Bitterns & Herons) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
marshland, damp grasslands |
KCPL Wetlands |
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r |
r |
r |
dense marsh grass |
KCPL Wetlands, Kill Creek Park |
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c |
c |
c |
u |
ponds, streams, wetlands |
Heritage Park, Shawnee Mission Park |
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c |
c |
wetlands, ponds, reservoirs |
Heritage Park, Wilderness Wetlands |
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u |
u |
wetlands, ponds, reservoirs |
Heritage Park, Wilderness Wetlands |
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u |
u |
marshes, wetlands, ponds |
Wilderness Wetlands, Burr Oak Woods |
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r |
r |
r |
pastures, marshes, wetlands |
Heritage Park, Blue Springs Lake |
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c |
c |
c |
wetlands, edges of ponds & streams |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
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u |
u |
u |
r |
marshes, edges of ponds |
KCPL Wetlands, Longview Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
wetlands |
Minor Park, Shawnee Mission Park |
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Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) | Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
x |
x |
marshy areas |
Cooley Lake 5/2005; Bean Lake 4/2006 |
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u |
u |
wetlands, marshes, shallow lakes |
Heritage Park, KCPL Wetlands |
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Cathartidae (Vultures) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
soaring overhead |
Shawnee Mission Park May 2006 |
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c |
c |
c |
r |
soaring overhead |
Overhead in open areas |
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Pandionidae (Osprey) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
r |
reservoirs, large rivers, lakes |
Olathe Lake, Blue Springs Lake |
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Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
woodland edges, residential areas |
Overhead in Prairie Village 8/28/2012 |
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r |
residential areas, woodland edges |
Olathe Lake, Jerry Smith Park |
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c |
r |
c |
c |
large reservoirs, rivers, wetlands |
Wyandotte County Lake, Longview Lake |
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u |
r |
u |
u |
large open fields or marshes |
Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
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u |
u |
u |
woodlands and forest edges |
Shawnee Mission Park, Jerry Smith Park |
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c |
c |
c |
u |
woodlands and forest edges |
most trail sites |
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r |
r |
r |
woodlands and forest edges |
downtown Kansas City MO Oct 2013 |
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u |
u |
u |
riparian woodlands |
Wyandotte County Lake, Burr Oak Woods |
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r |
r |
r |
woodlands and parks |
Wyandotte Co Lake,Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
r |
u |
grasslands with scattered trees |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake CA |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
open woodlands and forest edges |
Roadsides and all trail sites |
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x |
x |
large tracts of open, arid grasslands |
SM Park 10/1998, Clinton Lake 11/ 2012 |
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r |
r |
r |
open fields and marshes |
Smithville Lake, Clinton Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
vast open grasslands |
S M Park, Smithville Lake, Lake Jacomo |
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Falconidae (Falcons) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
open areas with scattered trees |
roadsides, telephone wires |
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r |
r |
r |
wide open areas, open woods, parks |
Shawnee Mission Park , James A Reed |
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r |
r |
r |
open wetlands, tall buildings |
Shawnee Mission Park,downtown KC |
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r |
r |
r |
large tracts of open grasslands |
scattered spots and years in JoCo KS |
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Rallidae (Rails, Coots, Gallinules) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
marshes, wet meadows |
KCPL W'tl'ds 5/2012, Smithviile L 10/2011 | |||
x |
marshy wetlands |
JoCo KS record |
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u |
r |
marshy wetlands |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake CA |
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u |
r |
u |
r |
marshy wetlands |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake CA |
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x |
marshy wetlands |
Beverly Lake Platte County 5/9/1963 |
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c |
c |
c |
u |
marshy wetlands |
Lake Lenexa, Longview Lake |
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Gruidae (Cranes) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
wetlands/marshes/open fields |
Wyand'te Co Lake, Johnson Co MO Wetl'd |
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Charadriidae (Plovers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
marshy areas, sandbars, mudflats |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake CA |
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u |
r |
native prairies, grasslands, marshes |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake CA |
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u |
r |
u |
marshes, river banks, mudflats |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake CA |
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r |
r |
mudflats, salt marshes, sandbars |
Smithville Lake 5/2015 |
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c |
c |
c |
r |
barren fields, ball fields, gravel roads |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
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Recurvirostridae (Stilts & Avocets) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
x |
marshes, mudflats, shorelines |
KCPL Wetlands April-May/2011 |
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r |
x |
r |
marshes, mudflats, shorelines |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
r |
c |
marshes, reservoirs, streams |
KCPL Wetlands, Longview Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
marshes, vegetated ponds/creeks |
KCPL Wetlands, Blue Springs Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
r |
marshes, wetlands, shorelines |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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u |
r |
u |
marshes, lake shores |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
wetlands, shorelines |
James A Reed, Heritage Park |
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u |
u |
u |
dry, open grassland |
Smithville Lake, south JoCo sod farms |
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x |
wetlands, marshes, shorelines |
S M Park 5/13/06, Wyandotte Co 5/18/88 |
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r |
r |
wetlands, marshes, mudflats |
KCPL Wetlands |
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r |
r |
wetlands, marshes, mudflats |
Wilderness Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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r |
r |
shorelines of marshes & lakes |
Smithville Lake, KCPL Wetlands |
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u |
u |
muddy pools, flooded fields |
KCPL Wetlands |
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u |
u |
mudflats in marshes |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
mudflats in marshes, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
mudflats in marshes, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
mudflats in marshes, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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u |
r |
mudflats in marshes, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake |
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u |
u |
sod farms, upland prairies |
south JoCo KS sod farms |
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c |
r |
c |
short, wetland grasses, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands, Blue Springs Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
marshes, mudflats, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake |
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r |
r |
marshes, mudflats, sandbars |
KCPL Wetlands |
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r |
r |
r |
wetlands and marshes |
KCPL Wetlands,Smithville Lake |
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u |
r |
u |
wetlands, marshes, shorelines |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake |
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c |
r |
c |
r |
wetlands and marshes |
Wilderness Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
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u |
u |
u |
damp, brushy, woodland edge |
The Prairie Center, Longview Lake |
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u |
u |
shallow, muddy pools and mudflats |
KCPL Wetlands, Cooley Lake |
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r |
r |
marshy areas, mudflats |
KCPL Wetlands |
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Laridae (Gulls & Terns) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Lake Jacomo |
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u |
u |
r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
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r |
r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake |
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c |
x |
c |
r |
reservoirs, fields, large pools |
KCPL Wetlands, Longview Lake |
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x |
large reservoirs, rivers, wetlands |
Smithville Lake 4/20/2008 |
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c |
r |
c |
u |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Heritage Park, Blue Springs Lake |
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x |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake 1/ 15, Lake Quivira 1/14 | ||||
u |
u |
u |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Sh'nee Mission Park |
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u |
u |
u |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
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x |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Hillsdale Lake |
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r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
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x |
x |
x |
r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
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r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Hillsdale Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
shorelines, beaches |
Smithville Lake, Heritage Park
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u |
u |
x |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
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c |
c |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake
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r |
r |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake, Longview Lake |
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u |
u |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Shawnee Mission Park, Smithville Lake |
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x |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake 11/10/2011 |
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x |
reservoirs, large pools in wetlands |
Smithville Lake 9/16-20/2010 |
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Columbidae (Doves) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
near human habitation |
Urban areas |
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u |
u |
u |
u |
suburbs |
KCPL Wetlands, Buckner Educ Wetlands |
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x |
lawns and gardens |
sight record in Wyandotte Co KS |
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x |
x |
dry, brushy areas |
10/2007 Kearney MO;1/2002 Olathe KS |
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x |
urban areas, feeders |
5/10/05 OP Arboretum, 5/99 Liberty MO |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
brushy, open areas and urban areas |
Backyards, parks |
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Cuculidae (Cuckoos, Roadrunners) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
woods with dense undergrowth |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
u |
u |
woods with dense undergrowth |
Olathe Lake, Wyandotte County Lake |
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Tytonidae (Barn Owl) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
u |
u |
vacant buildings, hunts open lands |
166th & Warwick Olathe KS |
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Strigidae (Owls) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
u |
u |
woodlands, parks |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woods, parks |
Shawnee Mission Park, Blue Sp Lake |
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i |
open areas |
Smithville Lake |
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x |
grassland in vacant burrows |
sighted 10/17/1995 in Kansas City MO |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
wooded areas |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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r |
r |
r |
shelterbelts with cedar trees |
sighted1988, 1996, 2006 in KC area |
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r |
r |
r |
grasslands or shelterbelts |
Smithville Lake |
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r |
r |
dense conifers |
Smithville Lake |
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Caprimulgidae(Goatsuckers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
flys over fields/towns to catch insects |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Powell Gardens |
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x |
open, arid habitat with bushes |
4/18/2002 Kansas City sighting |
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u |
u |
woodlands,roosts in trees,nocturnal |
Shawnee Mission Park, |
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c |
c |
u |
open, mature woodlands |
Lake Lenexa Black Hoof Park |
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Apodidae (Swifts) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
fly overhead, nest in vertical cavities |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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Trocholidae (Hummingbirds) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
feeders and flowering plants |
Overland Park Arboretum, Red flowers |
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x |
feeders and flowering plants |
11/5/1995 Johnson County KS |
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x |
feeders and flowering plants |
11/3/1997 Lee's Summit MO |
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r |
x |
feeders and flowering plants |
one or more sightings KC area each fall |
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x |
feeders and flowering plants |
4/26-27/ '06 several sightings in JoCo KS | ||||
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
r |
creeks with high banks, open water |
Shawnee Mission Park, OP Arboretum |
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Picidae (Woodpeckers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
i |
woodlands and open wooded areas |
Wyandotte County Lake, OP Arboretum |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woods, urban wooded areas |
Abundant in wooded areas |
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u |
u |
u |
woods with conifers |
OP Arboretum, Shawnee Mission Park |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woodlands and urban trees |
Abundant in wooded areas |
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u |
u |
u |
u |
mature forests |
Burr Oak Woods,Shawnee Mission Park |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woodlands and open wooded areas |
Burr Oak Woods,Shawnee Mission Park |
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u |
u |
u |
u |
forests with mature trees; sycamores |
OP Arboretum, Burr Oak Woods |
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Tyrranidae (Flycatchers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
coniferous woods; high branches |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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x |
woods and woodland edges |
Lake Lotawana 6/9/2012 - 7/3/2012 |
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c |
c |
c |
woods and woodland edges |
amost all wooded trail sites |
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r |
r |
understory of riparian forest |
S M Park, Martha Lafitte Thompson |
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u |
u |
u |
riparian woodlands |
Overland Park Arboretum, Longview Lake | ||
u |
u |
riparian woods, parks |
KCPL Wetlands, Longview Lake |
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u |
r |
u |
woods and edges, low perches |
Wyandotte County Lake, Smithville Lake |
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u |
u |
riparian forest, parks, shrubbery |
Overland Park Arb'm, Jerry Smith Park | |||
c |
c |
c |
branches, shrubs near water |
all trail sites |
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x |
arid regions |
sight record Pleasant Hill MO 5/2/2013 |
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c |
c |
c |
forests, wooded parks |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
u |
u |
large open areas with some trees |
KCPL Wetlands, Longview Lake |
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c |
c |
c |
open fields and woodland edges |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
open spaces with scattered trees |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
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Laniidae (Shrikes) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
r |
r |
r |
r |
open areas with scattered perches |
Smithville Lake |
|
r |
r |
open areas with scattered perches |
Smithville Lake, Hillsdale Lake |
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Vireonidae (Vireos) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
r |
u |
thickets in/near woods |
Wyandotte Co Lake, M L Thompson |
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u |
u |
u |
thickets of dogwood, willow |
KCPL Wetlands, Legacy Park |
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u |
u |
u |
deciduous forests |
The Prairie Center, Longview Lake |
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u |
u |
wooded yards and forests |
Shawnee Mission Park , Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
c |
woods & parks; broadleaf trees |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
u |
woodland edges, mature trees |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
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c |
c |
c |
broadleaf forests |
most woods |
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Corvidae (Jays, Crows, Magpies) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
woods |
most trail sites and residential areas |
|
x |
x |
x |
stands of conifers, feeders |
KC area Jan 1969 and Nov 1972 |
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x |
x |
open country with scattered trees |
an accepted sight record in JoCo KS |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woodlands, parks, residential areas |
most trail sites and parks |
|
r |
river courses |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Sh Mission Park |
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Alaudidae (Larks) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
u |
u |
shortgrass prairie, barren ground |
Legacy Park, sod farm S 215th/Quivira |
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Hirundinidae (Swallows) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
man-made martin houses |
Heritage Park, Lake Jacomo |
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c |
c |
c |
scattered trees near water |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
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x |
open country near water |
Lake Lenexa 4/8/2012
|
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c |
c |
c |
near lakes, streams, wetlands |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
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u |
u |
u |
shorelines and marshes |
Sh Mission Park, Lake Remembrance |
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c |
c |
c |
under overpasses and bridges |
Lake Lenexa, Longview Lake |
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x |
near culverts or marshes |
Shawnee Mission Park 7/14/2005 |
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c |
c |
c |
eaves of buildings or park shelters |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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Paridae (Chickadees & Titmice) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
x |
x |
x |
woodlands, feeders |
James A Reed Memorial Wildlife Area |
|
c |
c |
c |
c |
woods, feeders, residential areas |
abundant at trail sites/residential areas |
|
c |
c |
c |
c |
woods, feeders, residential areas |
abundant at trail sites/residential areas |
|
Sittidae (Nuthatches) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
i |
i |
i |
stands of large conifers; feeders |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
deciduous woods, feeders |
most trail sites |
|
x |
conifers |
seen in Mission Hills Dec 1997 |
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Certhiidae (Creepers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
c |
c |
woodlands;commonly on tree trunks |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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Troglodytidae (Wrens) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
x |
x |
rocky outcrops in grasslands |
accepted sight records JoCo & WyCo KS |
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c |
c |
c |
urban areas, open woodlands/edges |
Ernie Miller Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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r |
r |
u |
woods with dense undergrowth |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
u |
u |
tall, dense vegetation, wet meadow |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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u |
u |
r |
cattail marshes |
Wilderness Wetlands, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woods w shrubby undergrowth |
most trail sites, residential areas |
|
r |
r |
open woods w brushy understory |
Overland Park Arboretum, James A Reed |
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Sylviidae (Gnatcatchers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
woods |
most wooded trail sites |
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Regulidae (Kinglets) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
u |
woods; prefer conifers |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
r |
woods, brushy areas |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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Turdidae (Thrushes) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
u |
forest edges |
Mill Creek Streamway, Burr Oak Woods |
|
r |
woodlands, cedars |
Shawnee Mission Park |
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r |
r |
woodland understory |
Overland Park Arboretum |
|||
r |
r |
shady woods with understory |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
woodlands |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
|||
u |
u |
r |
woodlands |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
||
u |
c |
u |
woods with understory |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
woods and residential areas |
abundant at trail sites/residential areas |
|
x |
riparian growth or residential yards |
accepted sight record in JoCo KS |
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Mimidae (Mimids) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
thickets |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
c |
woodland edges; thickets |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
c |
c |
open areas with scattered thickets |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
|
Sturnidae (Starlings & Mynas) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
residential areas |
most trail sites & residential areas |
|
Motacillidae (Pipits) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
u |
r |
moist, low grass areas;muddy fields |
Overland Park Arboretum, James A Reed |
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x |
short grass prairie |
accepted sight records JoCo & WyCo KS |
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Bombycillidae (Waxwings) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
fruiting trees and cedars |
accepted sight records JoCo & WyCo KS |
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c |
c |
c |
i |
fruiting trees and shrubs |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
|
Calcariidae (Longspurs) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
i |
i |
i |
prairies, stubble fields |
Prairie Center, Heritage Park |
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x |
x |
x |
prairies with taller vegetation |
accepted sight records JoCo & WyCo KS |
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r |
r |
r |
short grass areas in tallgrass prairie |
Prairie Center |
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Parulidae (Warblers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
u |
r |
u |
mature deciduous forests |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
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r |
x |
x |
wooded areas with undergrowth |
Weston Bend State Park |
||
c |
u |
u |
edges of woodland streams |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
||
r |
r |
edge of standing pools in wet woods |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
|||
r |
r |
deciduous woods |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
|||
r |
r |
r |
woodland edge and brushy fields |
Wyandotte County Lake, Knob Noster SP |
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c |
u |
c |
deciduous forests;walks on branches |
Lake Lenexa, Jerry Smith Park |
||
u |
u |
u |
swampy woods |
Fleming Park Lake Vista Trail, WyCo Lake |
||
x |
dense thickets near water |
Hidden Valley Park, MO May/June 2015 |
||||
c |
u |
deciduous trees |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
|||
c |
c |
r |
edges of low trees and weedy areas |
Shawnee Mission Park , Burr Oak Woods |
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c |
c |
low woods and brushy areas |
Burr Oak Woods, Shawnee Mission Park |
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x |
x |
cottonwood trees near water |
accepted sight record in JoCo KS |
|||
x |
x |
dense understory or forest edge |
Longview Lake 5/27/2015 |
|||
u |
u |
dense thickets and woodland edge |
Shawnee Mission Park , Burr Oak Woods |
|||
c |
c |
c |
understory of mature hardwoods |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
||
c |
c |
c |
marshy vegetation, cattails |
Burr Oak Woods, KCPL Wetlands |
||
r |
x |
r |
mature forest with understory |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
||
c |
u |
c |
deciduous woodlands |
Overland Park Arb'm, Burr Oak Woods |
||
x |
x |
woody vegetation |
Kill Creek Park 5/13/2015 |
|||
r |
r |
r |
mature deciduous forests |
Weston Bend State Park May 2015 |
||
c |
c |
c |
any wooded area |
Burr Oak Woods, Shawnee Mission Park |
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u |
u |
wooded areas |
Sh Mission Park , M L Thompson Sanc
|
|||
r |
r |
mature woodlands |
Weston Bend SP, Longview Lake 5/2015 |
|||
u |
u |
dense woodlands, city parks, conifers |
Weston Bend SP, Overland Park Arb'm |
|||
c |
c |
c |
forest edges and woodlands |
Burr Oak Woods, Shawnee Mission Park |
||
u |
u |
wooded areas |
Burr Oak Woods, Shawnee Mission Park |
u |
r |
woodlands |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Blue Springs Lake |
r |
r |
woodlands |
Corporate Woods wk of 4/23/2017; Smithville Lake 9/13/2013 |
|||
r |
r |
x |
grassy open ground near ponds |
Lake Lenexa, Longview Lake |
||
x |
x |
x |
large conifers, along the trunks |
Knob Noster SP, Shawnee Mission Park |
||
c |
c |
u |
woods and shrubs |
almost all wooded areas |
||
u |
r |
u |
sycamore trees near water |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
||
u |
u |
r |
coniferous or deciduous forests |
Burr Oak Woods, Shawnee Mission Park |
||
r |
x |
r |
low, brushy areas, scrubland |
Sh Mission Park, Martha L Thompson |
||
r |
r |
understory or edges near water |
Wyandotte County Lake, Powell Gardens |
|||
u |
u |
willows,dense understory or edge |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
|||
u |
r |
u |
dense shrubbery |
Jerry Smith Park , The Prairie Center |
||
Emberizidae (Sparrows&Towhees) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
x |
x |
thickets |
Lake Jacomo 12/14/1994 |
|||
u |
u |
u |
dense brush near woods |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
||
c |
u |
c |
r |
dense brush near woods |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
|
x |
open pinewoods with grass cover |
Lake Quivira 4/24/1949, JoCo 4/26/1948 |
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c |
c |
c |
brushy or weedy areas |
most trail sites |
||
c |
c |
c |
r |
open wooded areas |
most trail sites |
|
u |
u |
brushy fields |
Shawnee Mission Park, Jerry Smith Park |
|||
c |
c |
c |
brushy habitat near forest edge |
Heritage Park, Longview Lake |
||
u |
r |
u |
open fields near trees |
Jerry Smith Park, Heritage Park |
||
c |
c |
c |
fields and open woods |
Kill Creek Park, Longview Lake |
||
x |
sandy grassland and desert |
sighted in Johnson County KS Dec 1992 |
||||
x |
arid grassy or brushy areas |
sighted in Johnson County KS Apr 1964 |
||||
c |
x |
c |
r |
meadows, grasslands |
Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
|
u |
u |
u |
grasslands |
south JoCo 207th/215th Quivira/Lackman |
||
x |
x |
prairie grass, very elusivs |
has been seen in JoCo and near Topeka |
|||
u |
u |
u |
tall, dense grasslands |
Longview Lake, Smithville Lake |
||
u |
u |
r |
grasslands, old fields |
The Prairie Center, Burr Oak Woods |
||
r |
r |
marshy grass meadows |
Clinton Lake outlet park, Lawrence KS |
|||
c |
c |
u |
brushy habitats with woods |
Overland Park Arb'm, Jerry Smith Park |
||
c |
c |
c |
brushy, weedy areas, woodlands |
most trail sites and parks |
||
c |
c |
u |
grassy, brushy areas |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
||
u |
u |
u |
grassy, marshy areas |
Shawnee Mission Park, Longview Lake |
||
c |
c |
c |
dense brush or bushes |
most trail sites and parks |
||
c |
c |
c |
forest edges, bushes, brushy areas |
S M Park, Burrough's Audubon Nature Ctr |
||
c |
c |
c |
brushy areas, woodland edges |
Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
||
c |
c |
c |
open woods, brushy areas, yards |
most all trail site, parks, residences |
||
Thraupidae (Tanagers) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
woods |
Shawnee Mission Park, Burr Oak Woods |
||
u |
r |
u |
deciduous woods |
Weston Bend SP, Wyandotte County Lake | ||
Cardinalidae (Grosbeaks, Buntings) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
woods, parks, yards |
trails and residential areas; abundant |
|
u |
u |
u |
woodlands, parks, residential areas |
Heritage Park, Burr Oak Woods |
||
r |
r |
r |
hardwood forests, parks, yards |
Johnson Co KS 5/'09;Platte Woods 12/'09 | ||
u |
u |
u |
brushy areas with scattered trees |
The Prairie Center, Jerry Smith Park |
||
x |
x |
grassy or brushy areas near trees |
SM Park 5/ '09, Raytown residence 5/ '15 | |||
c |
c |
c |
woodland edge, brushy areas |
almost all wooded trail sites |
||
u |
u |
u |
shrubby habitats and forest edge |
151st deadend Olathe, Clinton Lake |
||
c |
c |
c |
prairies, meadows, grasslands |
most areas with open fields |
||
Icteridae (Blackbirds & Orioles) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
i |
i |
i |
sod farms, alfalfa fields, meadows |
S 215th/Pflumm sod farms; 119th/Renner | ||
c |
c |
c |
u |
wetlands |
most all trail sites and parks with water |
|
c |
c |
c |
u |
prairies, meadows, fields |
Heritage Park, Jerry Smith Park |
|
u |
u |
u |
prairies, alfalfa fields |
KCPL Wetlands, Smithville Lake |
||
r |
r |
cattail marshes |
KCPL Wetlands, Wyandotte County Lake |
|||
u |
u |
u |
wooded swamps |
Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park |
||
u |
u |
i |
pastures, prairies |
Shawnee Mission Park, James A Reed |
||
c |
c |
c |
c |
woodland edge, parks |
most trail sites, parks, residential areas |
|
u |
u |
u |
u |
farmland, city parks, roadside parks |
Heritage Park, Legacy Park Lees Sum't |
|
c |
c |
c |
u |
woods, edges, open fields |
most trail sites, parks, residential areas |
|
c |
c |
c |
scubby, open woods, parks |
Heritage Park, James A Reed |
||
c |
c |
c |
open broadleaf woods |
Shawnee Mission Park, Lake Jacomo |
||
Fringillidae (Finches) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
open woods, residential areas |
most trail site, parks, residential areas |
|
i |
i |
i |
open woods and shrubs |
O P Arb'm, Burrough's Aud'bon Nature Ctr |
||
i |
conifers, sunflower fields |
scattered spots and years in KC area |
||||
x |
conifers |
scattered spots and years in KC area |
||||
x |
x |
scattered trees and parks |
scattered spots and years in KC area |
|||
i |
i |
i |
weedy fields, yards, conifers |
Wyandotte Co Lake, Martha L Thompson |
||
x |
x |
x |
woodland bordering prairie, parks |
scattered spots and years in KC area |
||
c |
c |
c |
c |
open areas with scattered trees |
most trail sites, parks, residential areas |
|
x |
x |
woodlands, parks, residential areas |
scattered spots and years in KC area |
|||
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows) |
Su |
F |
W | |||
c |
c |
c |
c |
urban areas |
most trail sites, parks, residential areas |