Phenological List of Konza Prairie Animals
Common Name	Scientific Name	Observer	Location	1st Sighting	1st Sighting	1st Sighting
Birds		2023	2023	2023	2022	2021
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	J Haukos J Reyes	NT	02/28/23	03/02/22	03/03/21
American Woodcock	Scolopax minor	A Boyle	20C	02/27/23		03/04/21
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris
Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla				04/23/22	04/10/21
Turkey Vulture	Carthartes aura				03/12/22	03/09/21
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens
Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus				03/29/22	03/20/21
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda				05/06/22	04/29/21
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis				04/21/22
Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus
Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans				03/10/22	03/20/21
Fox Sparrow	Passerella iliaca
Merlin	Falco columbarius
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Long-billed Curlew	Numenius americanus
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater				04/16/22	04/10/21
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea				04/20/22	05/01/21
Sprague's Pipet	Anthus spragueii
Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla				05/10/22	04/10/21
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
Swainson's Hawk	Buteo swainsoni					04/22/21
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus
Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufrum				05/10/22	04/29/21
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica				4/202022	04/29/21
Lark Sparrow	Chondestes grammacus				04/19/22	04/21/21
Tennessee Warbler	Vermivora peregrina
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottus				05/17/22
American bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus
Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus vociferus
Chuck-will's-widow	Caprimulgus carolinensis
Common Poorwill	Chordeiles minor
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus				04/22/22	05/07/21
Chipping Sparrow	Spizella passerina				04/21/22	05/07/21
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren	Thryomanes bewickii
Northern Parula	Parula americana					05/06/21
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				05/10/22
Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan				05/10/22
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula				05/17/22	05/11/21
Great-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus				05/13/22	04/26/21
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas
Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Tree Swalllow	Tachycineta bicolor					05/06/21
Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica				05/13/22	05/12/21
Mississippi Kite	Ictinia mississippiensis					06/22/21
Clay-colored Sparrow	Spizella pallida
Yellow Warbler	Dendroica petechia				05/06/22
Orange-crowned Warbler	Vermivora celata
Dickcissel	Spiza americana				05/06/22	05/03/21
Common Nighthawk	Phalaenoptilus nuttallii				05/13/22	05/17/21
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibus				05/17/22	05/10/21
Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis
Kentucky Warbler	Oporornis agilis				06/09/22
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus				05/19/22
Warbling Vireo	Vireo gilvus
Bell's Vireo	Vireo bellii				05/13/22
Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra				05/10/22	05/11/21
Swainson's Thrush	Catharus ustulatus					05/06/21
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet	Regulus calendula
Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea				05/10/22	05/06/21
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus				04/22/22	04/29/21
Western Kingbird	Tyrannus verticalis				06/05/22
Green Heron	Butorides virescens
Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris
Spotted Towhee	Pipilo maculatus
Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Blue Grosbeak	Guiraca caerulea				05/06/22
Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa				04/26/22
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Contopus virens				05/10/22	05/11/21
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus				05/10/22	05/20/21
Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris				06/14/22
Orchard Oriole	Icterus spurius				05/13/22
Yellow-Breasted Chat	Icteria virens				05/13/22
Philadelphia Vireo	Vireo philadelphicus				05/13/22
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularia
Solitary sandpiper	Tringa solitaria
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis
Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia
Lincoln's Sparrow	Melospiza lincolnii
White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
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				05/30/22
Killdeer - chicks	Charadrius vociferus					05/12/21
Bob White - chicks	Colinus virginianus
Wood Duck - chicks	Aix sponsa
Cormorant migration	Phalacrocroax auritus
Harris's Sparrow	Zonotrichia querula
Mammals
Wood chuck	Marmota monax
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel	Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
White-tailed deer fawn	Odocoileus virginianus
Bison calf	Bison bison				N4C	04/16/21
American beaver	Castor canadensis
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus
Hoary Bat	Lasiurus cinereus
Big Brown Bat	Eptesicus fuscus
Reptiles
Collared Lizard	Crotaphytus collaris				04/20/22	04/03/21
Texas Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum				04/28/22	04/03/21
Great Plains Skink	Eumeces obsoletus					07/26/21
Ground skink	Scincella lateralis
Prairie Racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis				06/09/22
Western Slender Glass Lizard	Ophisaurus attenuatus				04/22/22
Prairie Ringneck Snake	Diadophis punctatus
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer	Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Red-sided Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis				04/22/22	04/10/21
Lined Snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum
Great Plains Rat Snake	Elaphe guttata emoryi					03/26/21
Black Rat Snake	Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta
Brown Snake	Storeri dekayi				04/21/22
Bull Snake	Pituophis melanoleucus				04/21/22
Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix
Milk Snake	Lampropeltis triangulum
Flathead Snake	Tantilla gracilis
Common King Snake	Lampropeltis getulus
Prairie King Snake	Lampropeltis calligaster
Speckled King Snake	Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki
Northern Water Snake	Nerodia sipedon
Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata ornata				04/28/22
Western Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta bellii					04/29/21
Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Amphibians
Chorus Frog	Pseudacris maculata				03/29/22	03/15/21
Blanchard's Cricket Frog	Acris crepitans blanchardi				05/20/22	04/29/21
Cope's Gray Tree Frog	Hyla chrysoscelis				05/11/22
Plains Leopard Frog	Rana blairi
Bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana					04/29/21
GreatPlains Narrow-mouth Toad	Gastrophryne olivacea
Plains Spadefoot Toad	Spea bombifrons
Woodhouse's Toad	Bufo woodhousii				05/30/22
Fish
Southern Redbelly Dace-spawn	Phoxinus erythrogaster
Butterflies
Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis				04/22/22
Comma or Hop Merchant	Polygonia comma				05/30/22
Gray Comma	Polygonia progne
Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa antiopa				04/12/22
Checkered White	Pontia protodice				06/09/22
Cabbage White (non-native)	Pieris rapae				04/08/22	07/08/21
Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta rubria				06/27/22	07/12/21
Henry's Elfin	Incisalia henrici turneri					04/15/21
Juvenal's Duskywing	Erynnis juvenalis					07/13/21
Horace's Dusky Wing	Erynnis horatius				07/13/22
Mottled Dusky Wing	Erynnis martialis				06/27/22
Spring Azure	Celastrina argiolus ladon				04/15/22	03/26/21
American Painted Lady	Vanessa virginiensis				04/15/22	06/28/21
Goatweed Butterfly	Anaea andria
Olive Hairstreak	Mitoura gryneus gryneus
Monarch	Danaus plexippus				04/24/22	05/12/21
Tiger Swallowtail	Pterourus glaucus glaucus				06/01/22
Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus clarus				07/13/22	06/14/21
Dusted Skipper	Atrytonopsis hianna hianna
Common Sooty Wing	Pholisora catullus				07/13/22	07/13/21
Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui				07/13/22
Eastern-tailed Blue	Everes comyntas				06/02/22
Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus					07/17/21
Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes asterius				06/02/22	06/10/21
Alfalfa Butterfly	Colias eurytheme				07/13/22	06/28/21
Eastern Dun Skipper	Euphyes ruricola metacomet				07/13/22
Gorgone Checkerspot	Charidryas gorgone carlota
Nysa Roadside Skipper	Amblyscirtes nysa				07/13/22
Roadside Skipper	Amblyscirtes vialis					07/13/21
Southern Cloudy Wing	Thorybes bathyllus				07/13/22
Wild Indigo Dusky Wing	Erynnis baptisiae				07/13/22	07/13/21
Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes				06/02/22	06/01/21
Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia				05/11/22	06/02/21
Red-spotted Purple	Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos tharos				05/11/22	05/03/21
Silvery Checkerspot	Charidryas nycteis nycteis				06/02/22	07/26/21
Pearly-eye	Enodia anthedon
Hackberry Butterfly	Asterocampa celtis celtis				06/02/22	06/28/21
Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton clyton
Snout Butterfly	Libytheana bachmanii
Great Copper	Gaeides xanthoides
Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles					07/08/21
Great Spangled Fritillary	Speyeria cybele cybele				06/02/22	06/28/21
Regal Fritillary	Speyeria idalia				06/09/22	06/09/21
Pipe Vine Swallowtail	Battus philenor
Little Glassywing	Pompeius verna
Queen	Danaus gilippus
Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta					07/08/21
Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela
Wood Nymph	Cercyonis pegala				07/13/22	07/12/21
Golden Byssus	Probelma byssus kumskaka				07/13/22
Checkered Skipper	Pyrgus communis
Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus				07/13/22
Reakirt's Blue	Hemiargus isola alce
Ottoe Skipper	Hesperia ottoe				07/13/22
Sachem	Atalopedes campestris huron
Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole				07/13/22	07/13/21
Northern Broken Dash	Wallengrenia egeremet
Least Skipper	Ancycloxypha numitor
Sleepy Orange	Abaeis nicippe
Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice philodice				04/15/22	06/28/21
Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae eubule				07/13/22
Little sulphur	Pyrisitia lisa lisa				07/13/22
Olympia Marble	Euchloe olympia
Viceroy	Basilarchia archippus
Delaware	Anatrytone logan logan
Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala
Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon
Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus
Buckeye	Junonia coenia
Northern Cloudy Wing	Thorybes pylades
Zabulon Skipper	Poanes zabulon
Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus falacer
Marine Blue	Leptotes marina				07/13/22
Moths
Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Malacosoma americanum				04/08/22
Snowberry Clearwing Moth	Hemaris diffinis				04/15/22
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth	Hemaris thysbe
Grapevine epimenis	Psychomorpha epimenis
White-lined Sphinx	Hyles lineata
Lettered sphinx	Deidamia inscripta
Five-spotted hawk moth	Manduca quinquemaculata
Cecropia Moth	Hyalophora cecropia
Polyphemus Moth	Antheraea polyphemus
Unexpected Cycnia caterpillar	Cycnia sp
Reversed Haploa	Cisseps fulvicollis					06/07/21
Clouded Crimson	Schinia gaurae				08/13/22	08/07/21
Joined underwing	Catocala junctura
Glorious flower moth	Schinia gloriosa (sanguinea)
Leadplant flower moth	Schinia lucens
Goldenrod flower moth	Schinia nundina
Walnut Moth caterpillar	Datana integerrima
Osage Orange Sphinx moth	Ceratomia hageni
Salt marsh caterpillars	Estigmene acrea					6/7/201
Luna Moth	Actias luna
Buck Moth hatch/adult	Hemileuca maia
Grasshoppers (adults)
Coral-winged grasshopper	Pardalophora apiculata
Speckle-winged grasshopper	Arphia conspersa
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
Lubber (nymph or adult)	Brachystola magna
Cicadas
Golden-winged Cicada	Neotibicen auriferus
17-yr periodical cicada	Magicicada cassini
Bush Cicada	Neotibicen dorsatus
Dog Days Cicada	Neotibicen pruinosus
Prairie Cicada	Cicadetta calliope calliope
Beetles
Dogbane beetle	Chrysochus auratus
Eastern Firefly	Photinus pyralis
Sixspotted Tiger Beetle	Cicindela sexguttata
Tumblebug	Canthon pilularius
Dragonflies/Damselflies
Green Darner	Anax junius					04/29/21
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				04/22/22