Birds of Kansas
New species confirmed in Kansas since
publication
through February 2020
Since birds of Kansas was published in May 2011, nine species have been added to the Kansas bird species checklist. Information on these species can be accessed below.
Mexican Violetear (2011) description pending
Red-necked Stint (2012) description pending
Purple Sandpiper (2015) description pending
Little Stint (2017) description pending
Brown Booby (2017) description pending
Crested Caracara (2011) description pending
Piratic Flycatcher (2015) description pending
Pacific Wren (2015) description pending
Hooded Oriole (2014) description pending
Species Removed from the Kansas Checklist
One species has been removed from the Kansas Checklist. In 2017, the Checklist Committee of the American Ornithological Society determined that Thayer's Gull was a subspecies of Iceland Gull. All records of both species have been combined under Iceland Gull.