Phenological List of Konza Prairie Animals
 
Common Name Scientific Name 1st Sighting 1st Sighting 1st Sighting
Birds   2006 2005 2004
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 03/13/06 02/18/05 03/06/04
American Woodcock Scolopax minor 05/29/06 03/05/05  
Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris      
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 04/08/06 03/08/05  
Turkey Vulture Carthartes aura 03/24/06 03/21/05 03/20/04
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors      
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola      
American Pipit Anthus rubescens      
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus      
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus      
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula      
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 04/01/06 04/08/05 03/30/04
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis     03/30/04
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 04/15/06   04/04/04
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 03/01/06 03/23/05 04/06/04
Merlin Falco columbarius      
American Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva      
Long-billed curlew  NEW Numenius americanus      
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 03/31/06 03/26/05 04/06/04
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago      
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 04/07/06 04/07/05  
Sprague's Pipet Anthus spragueii      
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla 04/08/06 04/01/05  
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 03/18/06 03/16/05 04/15/04
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus      
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni      
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus      
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufrum 04/06/06 04/21/05 04/19/04
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/08/06 04/07/05 04/15/04
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 04/10/06 04/09/05 04/19/04
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina      
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottus 04/11/06   04/19/04
American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus      
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 04/15/06 04/17/05 04/23/04
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis 04/24/06 05/08/05 04/23/04
Common Poorwill Chordeiles minor 04/13/06 04/10/05 04/23/04
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 04/08/06 04/16/05 04/25/04
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 04/07/06 04/19/05  
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 05/08/06 05/09/05 04/26/04
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii      
Northern Parula Parula americana 05/06/06 04/16/05  
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albacollis      
Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia      
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus      
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus      
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 04/03/06 04/11/05 04/25/04
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 03/26/06 05/01/05  
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan 04/11/06 04/27/05  
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus       
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes      
Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii 04/10/06 04/10/05  
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 04/29/06 05/07/05 05/06/04
Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 04/29/06 05/08/05 05/19/04
Buff-breasted sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis      
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys      
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas      
Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 04/15/06 05/06/05  
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota      
Tree Swalllow Tachycineta bicolor      
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 05/06/06 05/06/05  
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis      
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 04/29/06    
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia      
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata      
Dickcissel Spiza americana 05/01/05 05/07/05 05/08/04
Common Nighthawk Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 05/01/06 04/30/05 05/11/04
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibus      
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis   05/08/05  
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis agilis      
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 05/05/06    
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 04/29/06 05/20/05 05/06/04
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus      
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 05/05/06 05/09/05 05/26/04
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 04/27/06 05/08/05 05/26/04
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus      
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 04/30/06   05/29/04
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 04/29/06 05/15/05  
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 05/19/06    
Green Heron Butorides virescens 05/08/06    
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris      
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus      
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus      
Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea 05/21/06    
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys      
Wood Duck Aix sponsa      
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens      
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 06/05/06 05/29/05  
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus      
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 06/04/06   06/10/04
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 07/15/06    
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia      
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria      
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 10/16/04   10/17/04
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 11/08/06 09/29/05  
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 10/05/06 09/29/05  
White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 04/06/06 09/29/05  
White-faced ibis Plegadis chihi      
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus      
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea      
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum      
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus      
Upland Sandpiper - chicks Bartramia longicauda      
Wild Turkey - chicks Meleagris gallopavo 06/07/06    
Killdeer - chicks Charadrius vociferus      
Bob White - chicks Colinus virginianus      
Cormorant migration Phalacrocroax auritus      
Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula      
         
Mammals        
Wood chuck Marmota monax      
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus 04/19/06 03/29/05 03/16/04
White-tailed deer fawn Odocoileus virginianus 06/06/06 05/28/05  
Bison calf Bison bison 04/14/06 04/11/05 04/16/04
American beaver Castor canadensis      
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus      
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus      
Big Brown Bat        
         
Reptiles        
Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris 04/13/06 04/23/05 04/17/04
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum 04/20/06 04/14/05  
Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus 04/15/06 04/21/05 04/17/04
Ground skink        
Prairie Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis 04/24/06 05/10/05  
Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus 04/20/06 04/09/05 05/24/04
Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus 04/15/06    
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris 04/15/06 04/14/05  
Red-sided Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis 04/13/06 04/21/05  
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum      
Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata emoryi 04/15/06    
Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta 04/16/06 05/08/05  
Brown Snake Storeri dekayi      
Bull Snake Pituophis melanoleucus 04/15/06    
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix 06/07/06    
Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum 04/15/06    
Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis      
Common King Snake Lampropeltis getulus 05/14/06    
Prairie King Snake Lampropeltis calligaster      
Speckled King Snake Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki      
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon      
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata 04/17/06    
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii      
Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina      
         
Amphibians        
Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata 03/28/06 03/03/05 03/14/04
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi      
Cope's Gray Tree Frog Hyla chrysoscelis 06/22/06 05/07/05  
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi   04/17/05  
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana 04/15/06    
GreatPlains Narrow-mouth Toad Gastrophryne olivacea 06/07/06    
Plains Spadefoot Toad Spea bombifrons      
Woodhouse's Toad Bufo woodhousii      
         
Fish        
Southern Redbelly Dace-spawn Phoxinus erythrogaster      
         
         
Butterflies        
Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis 03/28/06 03/26/05 03/12/04
Comma or Hop Merchant Polygonia comma      
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa antiopa 03/01/06 03/26/05 03/23/04
Checkered White Pontia protodice   03/13/05 03/25/04
Cabbage White (non-native) Pieris rapae 03/28/06 03/23/05  
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria 04/16/06 04/07/05 03/27/04
Henry's Elfin Incisalia henrici turneri 04/08/06 04/07/05 04/17/04
Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis      
Horace's Dusky Wing Erynnis horatius 04/08/06    
Mottled Dusky Wing Erynnis martialis 04/08/06 04/04/05 04/27/04
Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus ladon 03/07/06 04/05/05 04/27/04
American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis 04/16/06 04/07/05  
Goatweed Butterfly Anaea andria 04/05/06    
Olive Hairstreak Mitoura gryneus gryneus      
Monarch Danaus plexippus 04/12/06 04/20/05 04/27/04
Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus glaucus 04/14/06 04/07/05 05/08/04
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus clarus 05/08/06 04/20/05 05/29/04
Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna hianna   04/20/05  
Common Sooty Wing Pholisora catullus      
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 04/14/06 04/07/05 05/19/04
Eastern-tailed Blue Everes comyntas 05/29/06 04/03/05  
Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus      
Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius 04/14/06 04/20/05  
Alfalfa Butterfly Colias eurytheme 05/22/06 04/30/05  
Eastern Dun Skipper Euphyes ruricola metacomet      
Gorgone Checkerspot Charidryas gorgone carlota      
Nysa Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa      
Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis 04/16/06 05/01/05  
Southern Cloudy Wing Thorybes bathyllus 05/11/06 05/08/05  
Wild Indigo Dusky Wing Erynnis baptisiae      
Giant Swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes 05/16/06 05/18/05  
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia 05/22/06 05/20/05 05/24/04
Red -spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax      
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos tharos 04/16/06 06/02/05 05/29/04
Silvery Checkerspot Charidryas nycteis nycteis      
Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon 09/04/06   05/29/04
Hackberry Butterfly Asterocampa celtis celtis 05/19/06 06/02/05 05/31/04
Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton clyton      
Snout Butterfly Libytheana bachmanii      
Great Copper Gaeides xanthoides   06/09/05  
Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles 09/04/06   06/09/04
Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele cybele 05/27/06 05/23/05 05/29/04
Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia 05/29/06 05/29/05 05/28/04
Pipe Vine Swallowtail Battus philenor      
Little Glassywing Pompeius verna   06/05/05  
Summer Azure Celastrina neglecta      
Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela 05/29/06 06/05/05  
Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala 06/29/06 06/06/05 06/29/04
Golden Byssus Probelma byssus kumskaka      
Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis 09/04/06   06/29/04
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus 04/05/06 06/15/05 06/11/04
Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola alce 05/02/06    
Ottoe Skipper Hesperia ottoe                                                                                 06/11/06    
Sachem Atalopedes campestris huron 09/04/06    
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole 09/04/06   06/19/04
Northern Broken Dash Wallengrenia egeremet      
Least Skipper Ancycloxypha numitor      
Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe 09/04/06 06/15/05  
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice philodice      
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae eubule 08/21/06    
Little sulphur Pyrisitia lisa lisa      
Olympia Marble Euchloe olympia      
Viceroy Basilarchia archippus 09/04/06    
Delaware Atrytone logan logan 09/04/06    
Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala      
Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon      
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus      
Buckeye Junonia coenia 09/04/06    
Northern Cloudy Wing Thorybes pylades 05/28/06    
Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon 05/22/06    
Banded Hairstreak Satyriumcalanus falacer      
         
Moths        
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum      
Clearwing Moth Hemaris diffinis 03/28/06 04/03/05  
Grapevine epimenis Psychomorpha epimenis   03/21/05  
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 04/17/06 04/23/05  
Five-spotted hawk moth Manduca quinquemaculata      
Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia   05/08/05  
Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus      
Unexpected Cycnia caterpillar Cycnia sp      
Reversed Haploa Cisseps fulvicollis 06/11/06   06/19/04
Clouded Crimson Schinia gaurae 07/21/06   06/19/04
Joined underwing Catocala junctura      
Glorious flower moth Schinia gloriosa (sanguinea)   09/05/05  
Leadplant flower moth Schinia lucens 06/11/06    
Goldenrod flower moth Schinia nundina      
Walnut Moth caterpillar Datana integerrima      
Osage Orange Sphinx moth Ceratomia hageni      
Luna Moth Actias luna 04/19/06    
Buck Moth hatch/adult Hemileuca maia 04/14/06 04/20/05   adults 10/12/15 adults9/30/16
         
Grasshoppers        
Coral-winged grasshopper Pardalophora apiculata 04/08/06 04/08/05  
Speckle-winged grasshopper Arphia conspersa 04/08/06 04/07/05  
Green-striped grasshopper Chortophaga viridifasciata 04/08/06 04/08/05  
Plains Yellow band-winged Arphia simplex      
Wrinkled grasshopper Hippiscus ocelote      
Grizzly spur-throat Melanoplus punctulatus      
Snakeweed grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis      
Obscure Bird grasshopper Schistocera obscura      
Lubber (nymph or adult) Brachystola magna      
         
Cicadas        
Golden-winged Cicada Neotibicen auriferus 06/11/06    
17-yr periodical cicada Magicicada cassini      
Bush Cicada Neotibicen dorsatus 07/28/06    
Dog Days Cicada Neotibicen pruinosus      
Prairie Cicada Cicadetta calliope calliope 06/13/06 06/22/05  
         
Beetles        
Dogbane beetle Chrysochus auratus   06/11/05  
Eastern Firefly Photinus pyralis      
Sixspotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata      
Tumblebug Canthon pilularius      
         
Dragonflies/Damselflies        
Green Darner Anax junius      
Plains Clubtail Gomphus externus      
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa      
Common Whitetail Libellula lydia      
Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata      
Twelve-spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella      
Darner migration        
Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata      
Bluets Enallagama spp.      
Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera      
Red-mantled Saddlebags Tramea onusta      
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata    
Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina    
Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis      
Comet Darner Anax longipes      
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis      
Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa      
         
Misc. Insects        
Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica      
         
         
Abbreviations: AL=Agricultural, BH=Butterfly Hill, BL=Bison Loop, GH=Godwin Hill, HH=Hokanson Homestead, HP=Hulbert Plots, HQA,B,C=Headquarters, KC=
Kings Creek trail, KL=Konza Lane, NT=Nature Trail, R1A,B=Fire Reversal Annual, RP=Restored Prairie, C3SA,B,C=Shane A,B,C, C1SB=THP=Texas Hog Pasture, 
C3A,B,C&C1A= Cattle Units, WL=West Loop, WP=White Pasture; see Konza Prairie map for more watershed names.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Updated: 10/9/25