Phenological List of Konza Prairie Animals
Common Name Scientific Name 1st Sighting 1st Sighting 1st Sighting 1st Sighting
Birds   2015 2014 2013 2012
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 03/09/15 03/11/14 03/04/13 2/29/12
American Woodcock Scolopax minor 03/12/15 03/20/14 03/08/13 2/21/12
Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris 03/16/15      
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 03/25/15 03/21/14 04/03/13 3/16/12
Turkey Vulture Carthartes aura 03/28/15 03/21/14 03/14/13 3/9/12
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 04/14/15      
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola     04/13/13  
American Pipit Anthus rubescens 03/25/15   03/16/13  
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus        
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 04/01/15 03/26/14   3/13/12
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula        
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 04/11/15 04/03/14 04/11/13 4/8/12
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 04/22/15   04/16/13  
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus        
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 03/21/15 03/14/14 03/14/13 3/10/12
Merlin Falco columbarius     04/16/13 3/22/12
American Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva     04/10/13  
Long-billed curlew  NEW Numenius americanus        
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 03/21/15 04/15/14 04/06/13 4/2/12
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago        
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 04/04/15 04/15/14 04/15/13 4/2/12
Sprague's Pipet Anthus spragueii     04/06/13 4/8/12
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla 05/02/15   04/11/13 4/17/12
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 04/14/15 04/21/14 03/13/13  
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/05/15   04/15/13  
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 03/26/15 04/15/14 03/28/13  
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus   02/19/14 04/06/13  
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufrum 04/06/15 04/12/14 04/09/13 3/28/12
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/19/15 04/20/14 04/25/13 4/21/12
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 04/16/15 04/21/14 04/12/13 4/17/12
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina   04/23/14    
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottus   03/17/14 04/13/13 4/17/12
American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus        
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 04/25/15 04/26/14 04/27/13 4/28/12
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis 05/02/15 04/26/14 04/27/13 4/25/12
Common Poorwill Chordeiles minor 04/25/15   04/13/13 4/15/12
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 04/19/15 04/21/14 05/20/13 3/26/12
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 04/11/15 04/22/14 04/22/13 3/31/12
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 04/12/15   04/29/13  
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 03/21/15 05/06/14 03/30/13 3/13/12
Northern Parula Parula americana     04/26/13 4/26/12
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 04/14/15 04/21/14 04/15/13 04/48/12
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 03/25/15 04/21/14 04/15/13  
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan        
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus         
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes        
Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii 04/11/15 04/21/14 04/28/13 4/8/12
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula   05/16/14 04/30/13 5/18/12
Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 05/02/15 05/08/14 05/01/13 5/19/12
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 4/17/12
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 5/19/12
Common Nighthawk Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 05/04/15 04/26/14 05/01/13 5/17/12
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibus        
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis     05/10/13 5/19/12
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     4/21/12
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus     05/03/13 4/28/12
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 05/09/15 04/30/14 05/03/13  
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 04/28/15 05/07/14 04/29/13 4/28/12
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 05/08/15   05/16/13  
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 05/05/15   05/09/13 5/29/12
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 05/08/15 05/16/14 04/26/13 4/28/12
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis     05/02/13 5/3/12
Green Heron Butorides virescens        
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/14/15 03/07/14 03/16/13  
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 04/16/15     4/16/12
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 04/07/15   04/25/13 4/28/12
Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea   05/15/14 05/08/13 5/6/12
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 5/21/12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 05/18/15 05/20/14 05/09/13 5/24/12
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 05/17/15 05/20/14    
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 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       10/24/12
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia     04/19/13  
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii        
White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos     09/21/13 10/8/12
White-faced ibis Plegadis chihi 09/18/15      
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 10/15/15      
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea        
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 03/29/15      
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus        
Upland Sandpiper - chicks Bartramia longicauda 06/16/15      
Wild Turkey - chicks Meleagris gallopavo   06/25/14   6/7/12
Killdeer - chicks Charadrius vociferus 04/28/15   05/11/13 4/26/12
Bob White - chicks Colinus virginianus       7/14/12
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 03/16/15 04/21/14 04/29/13 5/1/12
White-tailed deer fawn Odocoileus virginianus   06/25/14   5/26/12
Bison calf Bison bison 04/11/15 05/01/14   4/8/12
American beaver Castor canadensis        
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus        
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus        
Big Brown Bat          
           
Reptiles          
Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris 04/07/15 05/06/14 05/07/13 3/29/12
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum 04/15/15 04/26/14 05/13/13 4/3/12
Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus 04/09/15 05/02/14 04/13/13  
Ground skink          
Prairie Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis   05/01/14 06/24/13 4/14/12
Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus   05/19/14 04/30/13 4/14/12
Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus 04/28/15 05/19/14 04/13/13 4/19/12
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris        
Red-sided Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis     04/29/13 5/6/12
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum     05/21/13  
Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata emoryi   05/24/14   3/18/12
Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta 04/15/15 05/15/14    
Brown Snake Storeri dekayi       3/18/12
Bull Snake Pituophis melanoleucus 04/15/15 05/08/14   3/28/12
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix        
Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum   05/19/14    
Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis        
Common King Snake Lampropeltis getulus 04/28/15     3/25/12
Prairie King Snake Lampropeltis calligaster        
Speckled King Snake Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki        
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon        
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata 04/20/15 05/03/14   4/2/12
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii        
Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina 06/09/15      
           
Amphibians          
Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata 04/11/15 04/25/14 04/19/13 3/10/12
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi 04/15/15 05/09/14 05/21/13  
Cope's Gray Tree Frog Hyla chrysoscelis 06/14/15     08/1312
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi        
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana   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   05/18/14 08/15/13  
           
Fish          
Southern Redbelly Dace-spawn Phoxinus erythrogaster        
           
           
Butterflies          
Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis 03/10/15 03/15/14 09/12/13 3/13/12
Comma or Hop Merchant Polygonia comma       3/23/12
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa antiopa 03/16/15 03/15/14 03/14/13 3/13/12
Checkered White Pontia protodice       3/27/12
Cabbage White (non-native) Pieris rapae 04/11/15 04/09/14 05/07/13 3/18/12
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria 04/28/15 04/09/14 04/21/13 3/23/12
Henry's Elfin Incisalia henrici turneri 04/28/15 04/09/14 04/25/13 3/27/12
Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis     07/01/13 3/23/12
Horace's Dusky Wing Erynnis horatius       4/17/12
Mottled Dusky Wing Erynnis martialis 04/11/15 04/09/14 05/11/13 3/26/12
Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus ladon 04/04/15 04/09/14   3/23/12
American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis 05/13/12 05/15/14 07/06/13 6/2/12
Goatweed Butterfly Anaea andria 03/30/15 03/15/14 04/21/13 3/27/12
Olive Hairstreak Mitoura gryneus gryneus        
Monarch Danaus plexippus 05/27/15 05/06/14 05/31/13 4/2/12
Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus glaucus 04/17/15 04/21/14 05/14/13 3/24/12
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus clarus 04/28/15 05/18/14 05/31/13  
Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna hianna        
Common Sooty Wing Pholisora catullus        
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 04/11/15 04/12/14 07/06/13 3/30/12
Eastern-tailed Blue Everes comyntas 03/22/15 04/09/14 05/07/13 3/30/12
Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus   06/04/14 06/15/13 5/15/12
Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius   04/25/14 07/01/13 3/29/12
Alfalfa Butterfly Colias eurytheme 04/28/15 04/24/14 05/31/13 3/27/12
Eastern Dun Skipper Euphyes ruricola metacomet   06/04/14 08/30/13 5/28/12
Gorgone Checkerspot Charidryas gorgone carlota        
Nysa Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa       7/20/12
Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis   06/04/14   8/19/12
Southern Cloudy Wing Thorybes bathyllus 07/16/15     8/19/12
Wild Indigo Dusky Wing Erynnis baptisiae   05/28/14   5/28/12
Giant Swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes 05/25/15 06/04/14 05/29/13 4/25/12
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia 04/16/15 06/08/14 05/08/13 4/6/12
Red -spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax       6/2/12
Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos tharos 04/01/15 04/24/14 05/07/13 4/6/12
Silvery Checkerspot Charidryas nycteis nycteis 06/07/15 05/28/14 06/24/13 5/28/12
Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon        
Hackberry Butterfly Asterocampa celtis celtis 06/07/15 06/15/14 06/12/13 8/13/12
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 05/25/15 05/30/14 06/12/13 5/6/12
Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia 06/14/15 05/31/14 07/01/13 6/2/12
Pipe Vine Swallowtail Battus philenor        
Little Glassywing Pompeius verna        
Summer Azure Celastrina neglecta 08/15/15      
Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela        
Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala 07/06/15 07/09/14 07/15/13 7/9/12
Golden Byssus Probelma byssus kumskaka        
Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis     07/01/13 3/13/12
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus       4/17/12
Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola alce     05/11/13 5/10/12
Ottoe Skipper Hesperia ottoe                                                                                     07/03/13 6/2/12
Sachem Atalopedes campestris huron     08/24/13  
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole 08/27/15   05/08/13 3/30/12
Northern Broken Dash Wallengrenia egeremet        
Least Skipper Ancycloxypha numitor        
Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe   08/23/14 08/15/13 5/6/12
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice philodice        
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae eubule     08/17/13  
Little sulphur Pyrisitia lisa lisa        
Olympia Marble Euchloe olympia        
Viceroy Basilarchia archippus 04/16/15   07/06/13  
Delaware Atrytone logan logan   06/04/14   8/25/12
Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala       8/26/12
Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon       9/16/12
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus       8/26/12
Buckeye Junonia coenia 08/27/15 08/23/14 07/01/13 4/17/12
Northern Cloudy Wing Thorybes pylades   05/28/14 08/24/13 4/25/12
Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon        
Banded Hairstreak Satyriumcalanus falacer 06/04/15      
           
Moths          
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum 04/04/15 04/12/14 04/29/13 3/23/12
Clearwing Moth Hemaris diffinis 03/31/15 04/09/14   3/15/12
Grapevine epimenis Psychomorpha epimenis        
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 05/03/15 05/06/14 05/25/13 4/18/12
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 05/19/15 05/23/14 08/09/13 5/6/12
Reversed Haploa Cisseps fulvicollis 06/09/15 06/22/14    
Clouded Crimson Schinia gaurae 08/01/15 08/16/14   6/23/12
Joined underwing Catocala junctura        
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 04/11/15 04/24/14 04/30/13 3/27/12  
           
Grasshoppers          
Coral-winged grasshopper Pardalophora apiculata 04/04/15 03/15/14 04/30/13 3/15/12
Speckle-winged grasshopper Arphia conspersa   03/15/14 04/30/13  
Green-striped grasshopper Chortophaga viridifasciata       4/13/12
Plains Yellow band-winged Arphia simplex       6/2/12
Wrinkled grasshopper Hippiscus ocelote        
Grizzly spur-throat Melanoplus punctulatus        
Snakeweed grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis        
Obscure Bird grasshopper Schistocera obscura     08/15/13  
Lubber (nymph or adult) Brachystola magna   06/25/14 08/17/13 5/31/12
           
Cicadas          
Golden-winged Cicada Neotibicen auriferus       6/8/12
17-yr periodical cicada Magicicada cassini 05/09/15      
Bush Cicada Neotibicen dorsatus   08/13/14   6/22/12
Dog Days Cicada Neotibicen pruinosus 06/26/15 06/21/14 06/22/13 5/26/12
Prairie Cicada Cicadetta calliope calliope     07/01/13 6/15/12
           
Beetles          
Dogbane beetle Chrysochus auratus        
Eastern Firefly Photinus pyralis 06/14/15 05/25/14 06/06/13  
Sixspotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata        
Tumblebug Canthon pilularius 05/26/15 05/27/14    
           
Dragonflies/Damselflies          
Green Darner Anax junius   05/20/14   3/30/12
Plains Clubtail Gomphus externus     06/24/13  
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa   06/16/14 06/25/13  
Common Whitetail Libellula lydia   05/19/14 05/21/13  
Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata       5/30/12
Twelve-spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella   06/16/14 06/06/13  
Darner migration   09/18/15      
Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata        
Bluets Enallagama spp.   06/21/14    
Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera        
Red-mantled Saddlebags Tramea onusta   05/19/14 06/25/13  
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata   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 04/04/15 04/24/14 04/30/13 3/15/12
           
           
  • Updated: 9/18/24