United States Ramsar wetland
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
295 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters · Public domain
This month here
103 species in January.107 species in February.155 species in March.229 species in April.248 species in May.178 species in June.175 species in July.199 species in August.216 species in September.211 species in October.178 species in November.130 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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In numbers
295 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 295Speciesrecorded more than once
- 211Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 15ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 245,587Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 532 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 7Owls
- 37Waders
- 17Gulls & seabirds
- 33Ducks & geese
- 22Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 132Songbirds
- 28Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 295 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
Waders37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosusNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- California GullLarus californicus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American WigeonMareca americana
- RedheadAythya americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds132 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusVU
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiVU
- Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Thick-billed LongspurRhynchophanes mccownii
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
Other birds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Rallus elegansRallus elegans
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Greater Prairie-chickenTympanuchus cupidoNT
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan5°/-6°18 mm
- Feb7°/-5°25 mm
- Mar14°/0°46 mm
- Apr20°/6°68 mm
- May26°/12°118 mm
- Jun32°/18°106 mm
- Jul34°/21°89 mm
- Aug32°/20°101 mm
- Sep28°/15°58 mm
- Oct20°/7°64 mm
- Nov13°/0°24 mm
- Dec6°/-5°29 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
Wildlife refuge in Kansas, United States
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States, 532 m above the sea.
295 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 245,587 open records.
The most recorded are the Agelaius phoeniceus, the Blue-winged Teal and the Northern Shoveler.
127 species come for the summer, 79 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
15 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Grey Plover and White-rumped Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Ellinwoodnearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Hays Regional Airport (HYS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 99 km in a straight lineCar hire at ICT airport (Wichita)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
United States
- 89Birdyas Score
- 295Species
- 211Migrants
- 15Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7272686) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 245,587 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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