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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Kansas Breeding Birds

201 species recorded across 67 survey routes, 1967 to 2024. Browse by family or guild below.

Kansas Bird Population TrendsNotable signalsLong-arc shifts the engine flags automatically — sustained declines or increases large enough to stand out from year-to-year noise.Full methodology →

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Black-billed Magpie has collapsed in Kansas: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Eurasian Collared-Dove has surged in Kansas: up 79× on the route-weighted index since 2003.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Lark Bunting has collapsed in Kansas: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Wild Turkey has surged in Kansas: up 26× on the route-weighted index since 1977.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Northern Harrier has collapsed in Kansas: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Great-tailed Grackle has surged in Kansas: up 24× on the route-weighted index since 1973.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in KansasGuild trendA mean-index aggregate across the species in this group — the structural direction of the guild, with individual-species noise smoothed out.Full methodology →

-48%

Generalists

12 species
-41%

Game birds

5 species
-40%

Waterfowl

10 species
-32%

Grassland birds

14 species
-20%

Shorebirds

5 species
-12%

Aerial insectivores

19 species
-9%

Arid-land birds

1 species
-9%

Wetland birds

22 species
+44%

Forest birds

52 species
+88%

Birds of prey

15 species

Kansas Bird Survey Routes

Browse Kansas Birds By FamilyTrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →

Each species links to its trend in Kansas.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Bald Eagle +133%Cooper's Hawk +204%Ferruginous Hawk +49%Mississippi Kite +95%Northern Harrier -96%Red-shouldered Hawk +744%Red-tailed Hawk +72%Sharp-shinned Hawk -63%Swainson's Hawk -54%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark +8%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -65%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Blue-winged Teal -90%Canada Goose +1%Gadwall -95%Green-winged Teal -72%Mallard -79%Northern Pintail -81%Northern Shoveler +1%Redhead -47%Ruddy Duck -93%Wood Duck +370%

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -89%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

American Bittern +78%Black-crowned Night Heron -90%Great Blue Heron +80%Great Egret 41×Green Heron -77%Little Blue Heron -64%Snowy Egret +698%Western Cattle-Egret +688%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -46%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +338%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -78%Common Nighthawk +148%Eastern Whip-poor-will -50%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Black-headed Grosbeak -68%Blue Grosbeak +181%Dickcissel +31%Indigo Bunting +395%Northern Cardinal +119%Painted Bunting +716%Rose-breasted Grosbeak +301%Scarlet Tanager -50%Summer Tanager 16×

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture +817%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +20%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Eurasian Collared-Dove 79×Mourning Dove -15%Rock Pigeon +24%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +85%Black-billed Magpie -97%Blue Jay +67%Fish Crow +400%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo -87%Greater Roadrunner -9%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -1%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -69%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch -9%House Finch +440%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -82%Barn Swallow -19%Cliff Swallow +152%Northern Rough-winged Swallow +63%Purple Martin +61%Tree Swallow +671%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Baltimore Oriole -27%Bobolink -71%Brown-headed Cowbird -11%Bullock's Oriole -41%Common Grackle -64%Eastern Meadowlark -25%Great-tailed Grackle 24×Orchard Oriole -49%Red-winged Blackbird -21%Western Meadowlark -66%Yellow-headed Blackbird -83%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +610%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -88%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Black Tern -93%Forster's Tern -58%Least Tern -41%Ring-billed Gull -95%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -43%Gray Catbird +8%Northern Mockingbird -43%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -25%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee +36%Carolina Chickadee +909%Tufted Titmouse +281%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Common Yellowthroat +89%Kentucky Warbler +311%Louisiana Waterthrush +404%Northern Parula 14×Prothonotary Warbler +261%Yellow Warbler +25%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Cassin's Sparrow -78%Chipping Sparrow 12×Eastern Towhee +472%Field Sparrow +13%Grasshopper Sparrow -39%Henslow's Sparrow -39%Lark Bunting -97%Lark Sparrow +75%Song Sparrow -56%Vesper Sparrow -20%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -82%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant +834%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Greater Prairie-Chicken +114%Lesser Prairie-Chicken +203%Ring-necked Pheasant -40%Wild Turkey 26×

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +115%Hairy Woodpecker +48%Pileated Woodpecker 21×Red-bellied Woodpecker +354%Red-headed Woodpecker -38%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe -51%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +254%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot -80%Virginia Rail -49%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet -16%Black-necked Stilt -37%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew -20%Upland Sandpiper -6%Wilson's Phalarope -51%

Nuthatches Sittidae

White-breasted Nuthatch 24×

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl 12×Burrowing Owl -26%Eastern Screech-Owl +19%Great Horned Owl -7%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling +4%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis +342%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird +460%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -23%Carolina Wren +574%Marsh Wren -21%Northern House Wren -14%Sedge Wren +16%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +54%Eastern Bluebird +169%Wood Thrush +39%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher +162%Eastern Kingbird -61%Eastern Phoebe +138%Eastern Wood-Pewee +188%Great Crested Flycatcher +208%Say's Phoebe +28%Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -11%Western Kingbird -71%Willow Flycatcher +24%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo +189%Red-eyed Vireo 21×Warbling Vireo +134%White-eyed Vireo -4%Yellow-throated Vireo +529%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.