PHENOLOGICAL CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF KONZA PRAIRIE
The following key defines the relative abundance indicated for each species (modified and updated
from data previously published from Zimmerman, J.L. 1985. Birds of Konza Prairie Biological Station,
Kansas. The Prairie Nauralist 17:185-192.)
1 = RARE. Very few records, not to be expected
2 = OCCASIONAL. Irregular during the season indicated; or if regular, irregular in its annual
frequency of occurance.
3 = UNCOMMON.  Present during the season indicated at low densities. Appropriate habitats
must be searched.
4 = COMMON. Present in moderate densities during the seasons indicated and can be expected
in appropriate habitats.
5 = ABUNDANT. Occurs at high densities, a very noticeable species in appropriate habitats.
			Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
Pied-Billed Grebe			22	222		222			22	222
Double-Crested Cormorant										1
American Bittern				11
Great Blue Heron			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	222	222	222	222	222
Great Egret				1
Cattle Egret					1
Green-backed Heron				33	333	333	333	333	33
Black-Crowned Night-Heron									1
Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron									1
Wood Duck			33	333	333	333	3			222			1
Green-Winged Teal			222	22
Mallard			333	33						33	333	333	333	333
Blue-Winged Teal			22	22
Gadwell			33							2	333	333	3
American Wigeon			1
Ring-Necked Duck			333	3
Common Goldeneye											2	222		22
Bufflehead			22									1
Hooded Merganser				22								22
Ruddy Duck										1
Turkey Vulture			33	333	333	333	333	333	333	3
Osprey									22				1
Misssissippi Kite						1	1		222
Bald Eagle												222	222	222
Northern Harrier			333	333	333	333	332	222	333	444	444	444	333	333
Sharp-Shinned Hawk			444	444			1		444	444	333	333	333	333
Cooper's Hawk			222	222		1				222		222	222	222
Northern Goshawk			1	1					1				1
Broad-Winged Hawk				1
Swainson's Hawk			33	333	32	222	222	222	222	22
Red-Tailed Hawk			444	444	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	444	444	444
Rough-Legged Hawk			333	33							333	333	333	333
Golden Eagle			22								22	222	222	222
American Kestrel			444	444	333	333	333	333	333	333	444	444	444	444
Merlin										22	22		1	1
Peregrine Falcon			22	222	2				1
Prairie Falcon			333	3					333	333	333	333	333	333
Ring-Necked Pheasant			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Greater Prairie-Chicken			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Wild Turkey			2	222	222	222	2
Northern Bobwhite			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Virginia Rail				222	2
Sora				222	22				22
American Coot				22
Lesser Golden Plover				33	3
Killdeer			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	222	222	222	222
Greater Yellowlegs				1
Lesser Yellowlegs				222	2
Solitary Sandpiper					22			222	222	2
Willet				1
Spotted Sandpiper				22	2		22
Upland Sandpiper				44	444	444	444	443	222	2
Marbled Godwit				1
Long-Billed Dowitcher										1
Common Snipe			3	333	332	222				2
American Woodcock			222	222	222	222	222	222	2
Franklin's Gull				44	222
Ring-Billed Gull			222	222						1
Rock Dove			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333
Mourning Dove			555	555	555	555	555	555	554	444	444	422	222	22
Black-Billed Cuckoo					33	333	333	333	333	33
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo					444	444	444	433	333	3
Barn Owl			1
Eastern Screech-Owl			222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222
Great Horned Owl			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333
Burrowing Owl				1
Barred Owl			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333
Long-Eared Owl												1
Short-Eared Owl			2	22					2	222			222	222
Common Nighthawk					444	444	444	444	444
Common Poorwill				44	444	444	444	333	333
Chuck-Will's-Widow					333	333	33
Whip-Poor-Will				22						1
Chimney Swift				44	444	444	444	444	444	4
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird					22	222	222	222
Belted Kingfisher			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333
Red-Headed Woodpecker			444	444	555	555	555	555	444	444	444	444	444	444
Red-Bellied Woodpecker			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker				1						33	3
Downey Woodpecker			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Hairy Woodpecker			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	332	222
Northern Flicker			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Olive-Sided Flycatcher					33			33	333
Eastern Wood-Pewee					444	444	444	444	444
Willow Flycatcher					1	11
Least Flycatcher					444				444	44
Eastern Phoebe			33	333	333	333	333	333	333	33
Great Crested Flycatcher					555	444	444	444	333
Western Kingbird				2	222	222	222	222	22
Eastern Kingbird					555	444	444	444	555
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher				2	222	222	222	222	222	22
Horned Lark			222	222	222	21	1				222	222	222	222
Purple Martin				222	222	222	222	222
Tree Swallow					1
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow			3	333	333	333	333	322	2
Cliff Swallow					222	222	222	222	22
Barn Swallow				44	444	444	444	444	555	44
Blue Jay			444	444	444	444	444	444	445	555	544	444	444	444
American Crow			333	333	333	333	333	333	444	444	444	333	333	333
Black Capped Chickadee			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Tufted Titmouse			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Red-Breasted Nuthatch										1
White-Breasted Nuthatch			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Brown Creeper			333	333						33	333	333	333	333
Rock Wren										1
Carolina Wren			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333
Bewick's Wren			444	444	444	444	444	444	333	333	222	222	222	222
House Wren				555	555	555	555	555	444	44
Winter Wren			222	22					2	222	222	222	222	222
Sedge Wren				2	22	1	333	333	333	33
Marsh Wren									1	1
Golden-Crowned Kinglet			2	222						33	333	33	222	222
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet			4	444	44	1			44	444	4	1
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher				333	333	333	333	333	33
Eastern Bluebird			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	333	333	333
Mountain Bluebird				1									1
Veery					1
Gray-Cheeked Thrush					1
Swainson's Thrush					333	3			22
Hermit Thrush										222
Wood Thrush				2	2					22
American Robin			444	444	444	444	444	444	555	555	555	544	334	444
Gray Catbird					333	333	333	333	333	33
Northern Mockingbird			33	333	332	222	222	222	333	333	1
Brown Thrasher				555	555	555	555	555	444	44
American Pipit				2	22				2	222
Sprague's Pipit										1
Cedar Waxwing			33	333	33				1		333	222	222	222
Loggerhead Shrike			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	332	222	222	222
European Starling			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
White-Eyed Vireo					1		22	2
Bell's Vireo					444	444	444	444	444
Solitary Vireo					22				33	33
Warbling Vireo				33	333	333	333	333	33
Red-Eyed Vireo					333	333	333	333	33
Tennessee Warbler					444
Orange-Crowned Warbler				4	4				4	44
Nashville Warbler				4	4			4	444	444
Northern Parula				2	222	222	222	222	2
Yellow Warbler					33	1		22	2
Chestnut-Sided Warbler					1
Magnolia Warbler					1					1
Yellow-Rumped Warbler				444	4					555	44
Black-Throated Green Warbler					22					22
Blackburnian Warbler					22				22
Pine Warbler			1	1
Palm Warbler									1	1
Bay-Breasted Warbler									1
Blackpoll Warbler					22
Black and White Wabler					333	332	222		22	333
American Redstart					33				333
Ovenbird					22				1
Louisiana Waterthrush			333	333	333	333	333	2
Kentucky Warbler					22	222	222	22
Mourning Warbler					22				22	2
Common Yellowthroat				44	444	444	444	444	444	44
Wilson's Warbler					22			33	333
Yellow-Breasted Chat					1
Summer Tanage					333	333	333	333	333
Scarlet Tanager				3	333	222	222	2
Northern Cardinal			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak				4	433	333	333	333	322	22
Blue Grosbeak					333	333	333	333
Lazuli Bunting					1
Indigo Bunting					444	333	333	333	444	3
Dickcissel					444	555	555	555	333	33
Rufous-Sided Towhee			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	444	443	333	333	333
American Tree Sparrow			444	422						22	444	555	555	555
Chipping Sparrow				44	444				33	333
Clay-Colored Sparrow				33	33					33
Field Sparrow			444	444	444	444	444	444	444	444	333	333	333	333
Vesper Sparrow			344	444					4	444	433	33
Lark Sparrow				44	333	333	333	333	444
Lark Bunting						1				1
Savannah Sparrow			444	444	44				4	444	4	1
Grasshopper Sparrow				555	555	555	555	555	333	33
Henslow's Sparrow				33	333	333	333	333	332	22
Lenconte's Sparrow			2	22					3	333	33
Fox Sparrow			333	33						33	333
Song Sparrow			333	333	3					444	444	333	333	333
Lincoln's Sparrow				44	444	44			44	444	44	2	22
Swamp Sparrow				3	333					333	3
White-Throated Sparrow			33	333						333	33
White-Crowned Sparrow				33	33					333	33
Harris' Sparrow			444	444	444					44	444	443	33	333
Dark-Eyed Junco			444	44						444	444	444	444	444
Lapland Longspur												1		1
Smith's Longspur			1								1			1
Chestnut-Collared Longspur			1	1							1	1
Snow Bunting
Bobolink						1
Red-Winged Blackbird			333	333	444	444	444	444	222	444	433	222	222	222
Eastern Meadowlark			555	555	555	555	555	555	555	555	552	222	222	222
Western Meadowlark			222	222	222	222	222	222	222	22
Yellow-Headed Blackbird-				22					22
Rusty Blackbird			222	22							222	222	222	222
Brewer's Blackbird				222								22
Great-Tailed Grackle					1	1
Common Grackle			444	444	444	444	444	444	555	555	444	2
Brown-Headed Cowbird			444	444	444	555	555	555	333	333	33	1	1
Orchard Oriole					333	333	333	333
Northern Oriole					444	444	444	444	44
Purple Finch											22		222	222
House Finch											1
Pine Siskin			333	333						33	333	333	3
American Goldfinch			333	333	333	333	333	333	444	444	444	333	333	333
Evening Grosbeak												1
House Sparrow			333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333	333