Phenological List of Konza Prairie Animals
Common Name Scientific Name 1st Sighting 1st Sighting 1st Sighting 1st Sighting
Birds   2016 2015 2014 2013
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 02/27/16 03/09/15 03/11/14 03/04/13
American Woodcock Scolopax minor   03/12/15 03/20/14 03/08/13
Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris   03/16/15    
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 03/28/16 03/25/15 03/21/14 04/03/13
Turkey Vulture Carthartes aura 03/22/16 03/28/15 03/21/14 03/14/13
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 05/07/16 04/14/15    
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola       04/13/13
American Pipit Anthus rubescens 03/13/16 03/25/15   03/16/13
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus        
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus   04/01/15 03/26/14  
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula        
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 04/17/16 04/11/15 04/03/14 04/11/13
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis   04/22/15   04/16/13
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus        
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 03/05/16 03/21/15 03/14/14 03/14/13
Merlin Falco columbarius       04/16/13
American Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva       04/10/13
Long-billed curlew  NEW Numenius americanus        
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 04/10/16 03/21/15 04/15/14 04/06/13
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/12/16      
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 04/23/16 04/04/15 04/15/14 04/15/13
Sprague's Pipet Anthus spragueii       04/06/13
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla   05/02/15   04/11/13
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 03/13/16 04/14/15 04/21/14 03/13/13
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/13/16 04/05/15   04/15/13
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 04/13/16 03/26/15 04/15/14 03/28/13
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus     02/19/14 04/06/13
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufrum 04/19/16 04/06/15 04/12/14 04/09/13
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/10/16 04/19/15 04/20/14 04/25/13
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 04/16/16 04/16/15 04/21/14 04/12/13
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina     04/23/14  
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottus     03/17/14 04/13/13
American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 04/20/16      
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 04/24/16 04/25/15 04/26/14 04/27/13
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis 04/22/16 05/02/15 04/26/14 04/27/13
Common Poorwill Chordeiles minor 04/15/16 04/25/15   04/13/13
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 05/09/16 04/19/15 04/21/14 05/20/13
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 04/08/16 04/11/15 04/22/14 04/22/13
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 03/09/16 04/12/15   04/29/13
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 02/27/16 03/21/15 05/06/14 03/30/13
Northern Parula Parula americana 05/07/16     04/26/13
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albacollis   04/22/15   04/25/13
Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia       04/24/13
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus   05/02/15    
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus   04/16/15 03/26/14  
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 05/04/16 04/14/15 04/21/14 04/15/13
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus   03/25/15 04/21/14 04/15/13
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan 09/27/16      
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus         
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes        
Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii   04/11/15 04/21/14 04/28/13
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 05/07/16   05/16/14 04/30/13
Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 05/07/16 05/02/15 05/08/14 05/01/13
Buff-breasted sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis     04/17/14  
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys     05/16/14 05/08/13
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas   04/22/15   05/10/13
Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis       04/25/13
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota        
Tree Swalllow Tachycineta bicolor     05/16/14 04/16/13
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica   05/01/15   05/08/13
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis   05/14/15    
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida     05/16/14 04/27/13
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia     05/07/14 04/30/13
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata   04/22/15   04/25/13
Dickcissel Spiza americana   05/08/15 05/06/14 04/30/13
Common Nighthawk Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 05/05/16 05/04/15 04/26/14 05/01/13
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibus        
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis       05/10/13
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis agilis       05/17/13
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata   04/07/15   05/03/13
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus   05/02/15    
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus       05/03/13
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 05/07/16 05/09/15 04/30/14 05/03/13
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 05/07/16 04/28/15 05/07/14 04/29/13
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus   05/08/15   05/16/13
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 05/17/16 05/05/15   05/09/13
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 05/05/16 05/08/15 05/16/14 04/26/13
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis       05/02/13
Green Heron Butorides virescens        
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris   04/14/15 03/07/14 03/16/13
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus   04/16/15    
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 04/26/16 04/07/15   04/25/13
Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea     05/15/14 05/08/13
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys        
Wood Duck Aix sponsa       05/02/13
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens   03/28/15 05/23/14 05/17/13
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus   05/18/15 05/20/14 05/09/13
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 05/11/16 05/17/15 05/20/14  
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 05/07/16 05/01/15 05/01/14  
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius   05/21/15 05/16/14 05/03/13
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia        
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria       04/26/13
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis        
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia       04/19/13
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii        
White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos       09/21/13
White-faced ibis Plegadis chihi   09/18/15    
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 09/27/16 10/15/15    
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea        
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum   03/29/15    
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus        
Upland Sandpiper - chicks Bartramia longicauda 06/26/16 06/16/15    
Wild Turkey - chicks Meleagris gallopavo     06/25/14  
Killdeer - chicks Charadrius vociferus 06/26/16 04/28/15   05/11/13
Bob White - chicks Colinus virginianus 06/15/16      
Cormorant migration Phalacrocroax auritus       04/21/13
Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula   04/22/15    
           
Mammals          
Wood chuck Marmota monax        
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus 05/28/16 03/16/15 04/21/14 04/29/13
White-tailed deer fawn Odocoileus virginianus     06/25/14  
Bison calf Bison bison 04/08/16 04/11/15 05/01/14  
American beaver Castor canadensis        
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus 03/22/16      
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus        
Big Brown Bat          
           
Reptiles          
Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris 04/02/16 04/07/15 05/06/14 05/07/13
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum 04/04/16 04/15/15 04/26/14 05/13/13
Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus 04/02/16 04/09/15 05/02/14 04/13/13
Ground skink          
Prairie Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis 04/02/16   05/01/14 06/24/13
Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus 04/26/16   05/19/14 04/30/13
Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus 04/02/16 04/28/15 05/19/14 04/13/13
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris        
Red-sided Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis 04/16/16     04/29/13
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum       05/21/13
Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata emoryi     05/24/14  
Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta 03/13/16 04/15/15 05/15/14  
Brown Snake Storeri dekayi        
Bull Snake Pituophis melanoleucus   04/15/15 05/08/14  
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix        
Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum     05/19/14  
Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis        
Common King Snake Lampropeltis getulus   04/28/15    
Prairie King Snake Lampropeltis calligaster        
Speckled King Snake Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki 04/02/16      
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon        
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata   04/20/15 05/03/14  
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii        
Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina   06/09/15    
           
Amphibians          
Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata 03/11/16 04/11/15 04/25/14 04/19/13
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi 05/07/16 04/15/15 05/09/14 05/21/13
Cope's Gray Tree Frog Hyla chrysoscelis 05/29/16 06/14/15    
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi 08/04/16      
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana 07/09/16   05/19/14 04/13/13
GreatPlains Narrow-mouth Toad Gastrophryne olivacea   06/06/15    
Plains Spadefoot Toad Spea bombifrons        
Woodhouse's Toad Bufo woodhousii 06/01/16   05/18/14 08/15/13
           
Fish          
Southern Redbelly Dace-spawn Phoxinus erythrogaster        
           
           
Butterflies          
Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis 03/04/16 03/10/15 03/15/14 09/12/13
Comma or Hop Merchant Polygonia comma 09/27/16      
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa antiopa 03/25/16 03/16/15 03/15/14 03/14/13
Checkered White Pontia protodice 04/12/16      
Cabbage White (non-native) Pieris rapae 03/14/16 04/11/15 04/09/14 05/07/13
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria 03/10/16 04/28/15 04/09/14 04/21/13
Henry's Elfin Incisalia henrici turneri 03/30/16 04/28/15 04/09/14 04/25/13
Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis       07/01/13
Horace's Dusky Wing Erynnis horatius 06/26/16      
Mottled Dusky Wing Erynnis martialis 03/30/16 04/11/15 04/09/14 05/11/13
Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus ladon 03/09/16 04/04/15 04/09/14  
American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis 04/25/16 05/13/12 05/15/14 07/06/13
Goatweed Butterfly Anaea andria 03/14/16 03/30/15 03/15/14 04/21/13
Olive Hairstreak Mitoura gryneus gryneus 07/02/16      
Monarch Danaus plexippus 05/03/16 05/27/15 05/06/14 05/31/13
Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus glaucus   04/17/15 04/21/14 05/14/13
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus clarus 04/07/16 04/28/15 05/18/14 05/31/13
Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna hianna        
Common Sooty Wing Pholisora catullus        
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 03/30/16 04/11/15 04/12/14 07/06/13
Eastern-tailed Blue Everes comyntas 07/14/16 03/22/15 04/09/14 05/07/13
Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus     06/04/14 06/15/13
Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius 05/07/16   04/25/14 07/01/13
Alfalfa Butterfly Colias eurytheme 04/19/16 04/28/15 04/24/14 05/31/13
Eastern Dun Skipper Euphyes ruricola metacomet     06/04/14 08/30/13
Gorgone Checkerspot Charidryas gorgone carlota        
Nysa Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa        
Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis     06/04/14  
Southern Cloudy Wing Thorybes bathyllus   07/16/15    
Wild Indigo Dusky Wing Erynnis baptisiae     05/28/14  
Giant Swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes 04/25/16 05/25/15 06/04/14 05/29/13
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia 05/29/16 04/16/15 06/08/14 05/08/13
Red -spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax        
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos tharos 04/19/16 04/01/15 04/24/14 05/07/13
Silvery Checkerspot Charidryas nycteis nycteis 08/13/16 06/07/15 05/28/14 06/24/13
Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon        
Hackberry Butterfly Asterocampa celtis celtis 05/24/16 06/07/15 06/15/14 06/12/13
Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton clyton   08/27/15 06/04/14 08/19/13
Snout Butterfly Libytheana bachmanii        
Great Copper Gaeides xanthoides        
Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles     06/04/14  
Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele cybele 05/24/16 05/25/15 05/30/14 06/12/13
Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia 07/04/16 06/14/15 05/31/14 07/01/13
Pipe Vine Swallowtail Battus philenor        
Little Glassywing Pompeius verna        
Summer Azure Celastrina neglecta   08/15/15    
Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela 05/24/16      
Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala 07/04/16 07/06/15 07/09/14 07/15/13
Golden Byssus Probelma byssus kumskaka        
Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis 04/07/16     07/01/13
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus 04/22/16      
Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola alce 07/14/16     05/11/13
Ottoe Skipper Hesperia ottoe                                                                                 05/29/16     07/03/13
Sachem Atalopedes campestris huron 08/25/16     08/24/13
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole 08/25/16 08/27/15   05/08/13
Northern Broken Dash Wallengrenia egeremet        
Least Skipper Ancycloxypha numitor        
Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe     08/23/14 08/15/13
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice philodice 06/26/16      
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae eubule       08/17/13
Little sulphur Pyrisitia lisa lisa 09/14/16      
Olympia Marble Euchloe olympia        
Viceroy Basilarchia archippus 09/30/16 04/16/15   07/06/13
Delaware Atrytone logan logan     06/04/14  
Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala        
Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon        
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus        
Buckeye Junonia coenia 07/04/16 08/27/15 08/23/14 07/01/13
Northern Cloudy Wing Thorybes pylades     05/28/14 08/24/13
Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon        
Banded Hairstreak Satyriumcalanus falacer   06/04/15    
           
Moths          
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum 04/01/16 04/04/15 04/12/14 04/29/13
Clearwing Moth Hemaris diffinis 03/14/16 03/31/15 04/09/14  
Grapevine epimenis Psychomorpha epimenis 03/22/16      
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata   05/03/15 05/06/14 05/25/13
Five-spotted hawk moth Manduca quinquemaculata     05/06/14  
Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia        
Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus   04/01/15    
Unexpected Cycnia caterpillar Cycnia sp 05/13/16 05/19/15 05/23/14 08/09/13
Reversed Haploa Cisseps fulvicollis 06/19/16 06/09/15 06/22/14  
Clouded Crimson Schinia gaurae 07/1616 08/01/15 08/16/14  
Joined underwing Catocala junctura 07/07/16      
Glorious flower moth Schinia gloriosa (sanguinea)        
Leadplant flower moth Schinia lucens     06/22/14  
Goldenrod flower moth Schinia nundina     08/16/14  
Walnut Moth caterpillar Datana integerrima        
Osage Orange Sphinx moth Ceratomia hageni        
Luna Moth Actias luna     10/11/14  
Buck Moth hatch/adult Hemileuca maia 04/08/16 04/11/15 04/24/14 04/30/13 adults 10/12/15 adults9/30/16
           
Grasshoppers          
Coral-winged grasshopper Pardalophora apiculata 04/04/16 04/04/15 03/15/14 04/30/13
Speckle-winged grasshopper Arphia conspersa     03/15/14 04/30/13
Green-striped grasshopper Chortophaga viridifasciata        
Plains Yellow band-winged Arphia simplex        
Wrinkled grasshopper Hippiscus ocelote        
Grizzly spur-throat Melanoplus punctulatus        
Snakeweed grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis        
Obscure Bird grasshopper Schistocera obscura 08/25/16     08/15/13
Lubber (nymph or adult) Brachystola magna 07/04/16   06/25/14 08/17/13
           
Cicadas          
Golden-winged Cicada Neotibicen auriferus 06/27/16      
17-yr periodical cicada Magicicada cassini   05/09/15    
Bush Cicada Neotibicen dorsatus 08/25/16   08/13/14  
Dog Days Cicada Neotibicen pruinosus 06/16/16 06/26/15 06/21/14 06/22/13
Prairie Cicada Cicadetta calliope calliope       07/01/13
           
Beetles          
Dogbane beetle Chrysochus auratus        
Eastern Firefly Photinus pyralis 05/29/16 06/14/15 05/25/14 06/06/13
Sixspotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata        
Tumblebug Canthon pilularius 06/06/16 05/26/15 05/27/14  
           
Dragonflies/Damselflies          
Green Darner Anax junius 04/24/16   05/20/14  
Plains Clubtail Gomphus externus 06/26/16     06/24/13
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa     06/16/14 06/25/13
Common Whitetail Libellula lydia 06/08/16   05/19/14 05/21/13
Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata 08/25/16      
Twelve-spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella 05/13/16   06/16/14 06/06/13
Darner migration     09/18/15    
Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata        
Bluets Enallagama spp. 05/14/16   06/21/14  
Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera        
Red-mantled Saddlebags Tramea onusta     05/19/14 06/25/13
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata 07/04/16   06/16/14 06/25/13
Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina        
Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis       06/25/13
Comet Darner Anax longipes     06/24/14  
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis     06/23/14  
Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa     06/16/14  
           
Misc. Insects          
Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica 03/30/16 04/04/15 04/24/14 04/30/13
           
           
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