Phenological List of Konza Prairie Animals
Common Name	Scientific Name	1st Sighting	1st Sighting	1st Sighting	1st Sighting	1st Sighting
Birds		2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	03/01/20	03/14/19	02/27/18	02/21/17	02/27/16
American Woodcock	Scolopax minor				02/11/17
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	03/15/20
Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla	03/03/20	04/02/19	03/28/18	03/20/17	03/28/16
Turkey Vulture	Carthartes aura	03/25/20	03/29/19	03/04/18	03/18/17	03/22/16
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors					05/07/16
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens			03/27/18		03/13/16
Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus			04/06/18
Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	04/16/20	04/10/19	04/24/18	04/12/17	04/17/16
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis			04/06/18
Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus
Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans	03/11/20	03/15/19	03/15/18	03/06/17	03/05/16
Fox Sparrow	Passerella iliaca			03/23/18
Merlin	Falco columbarius
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Long-billed Curlew	Numenius americanus				04/03/17
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	05/01/20	04/02/19	03/28/18	03/16/17	04/10/16
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago					04/12/16
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea	05/24/20	04/06/19		04/27/17	04/23/16
Sprague's Pipet	Anthus spragueii
Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla		05/02/19
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	02/28/20	03/22/19	06/02/18	02/28/17	03/13/16
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus			04/19/18		02/13/16
Swainson's Hawk	Buteo swainsoni	04/10/20	04/15/19	04/19/18		04/13/16
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus				03/17/17
Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufrum	04/28/20	04/04/19	04/18/18	04/17/17	04/19/16
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	04/21/20	04/24/19	04/17/18	04/21/17	04/10/16
Lark Sparrow	Chondestes grammacus	04/28/20	04/26/19	04/28/18	04/22/17	04/16/16
Tennessee Warbler	Vermivora peregrina
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottus
American bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus					04/20/16
Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus vociferus	04/26/20	04/16/19	05/08/18	05/01/17	04/24/16
Chuck-will's-widow	Caprimulgus carolinensis		04/22/19	05/02/18	05/07/17	04/22/16
Common Poorwill	Chordeiles minor		04/17/19	05/08/18	05/09/17	04/15/16
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus		05/04/19	05/03/18	05/25/17	05/09/16
Chipping Sparrow	Spizella passerina	04/28/20	04/05/19	04/25/18	04/11/17	04/08/16
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon				04/17/17	03/09/16
Bewick's Wren	Thryomanes bewickii	03/03/20	03/26/19	03/21/18	02/22/17	02/27/16
Northern Parula	Parula americana				04/27/17	05/07/16
White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albacollis				04/27/17
Black-and-White Warbler	Mniotilta varia
White-eyed Vireo	Vireo griseus
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus
Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum	04/28/20	04/24/19		05/02/17	05/04/16
Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan				04/21/17	09/27/16
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii				03/21/17
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula			05/24/18		05/07/16
Great-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus	05/16/20	05/29/19			05/07/16
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys				05/02/17
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas
Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis			04/28/`8
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Tree Swalllow	Tachycineta bicolor				04/11/17
Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica		04/24/19	05/08/18	05/15/17
Mississippi Kite	Ictinia mississippiensis		05/22/19		06/14/17
Clay-colored Sparrow	Spizella pallida
Yellow Warbler	Dendroica petechia
Orange-crowned Warbler	Vermivora celata		05/14 19
Dickcissel	Spiza americana	04/28/20	04/28/19	05/03/18	05/06/17
Common Nighthawk	Phalaenoptilus nuttallii	05/16/20	05/05/19	05/02/18	05/08/17	05/05/16
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibus				05/16/17
Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis				08/26/17
Kentucky Warbler	Oporornis agilis
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Dendroica coronata			06/02/18	04/27/17
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo	Vireo gilvus	05/29/20
Bell's Vireo	Vireo bellii				05/24/17	05/07/16
Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra	05/01/20	05/04/19	05/15/18	04/27/17	05/07/16
Swainson's Thrush	Catharus ustulatus	05/06/20
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet	Regulus calendula	05/06/20
Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea	05/06/20		05/08/18	05/25/17	05/17/16
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus		05/14/19	05/04/18	05/27/17	05/05/16
Western Kingbird	Tyrannus verticalis		05/29/19		05/27/17
Green Heron	Butorides virescens
Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris
Spotted Towhee	Pipilo maculatus				04/27/17
Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus					04/26/16
Blue Grosbeak	Guiraca caerulea	05/16/20		05/25/18	05/12/17
Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa	04/16/20	03/27/19
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Contopus virens	05/18/20	05/14/19	05/03/18	05/24/17
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	05/24/20	05/05/19	05/15/18	05/25/17
Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus				05/12/17	05/11/16
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris		06/02/19		05/25/17	05/07/16
Orchard Oriole	Icterus spurius
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularia
Solitary sandpiper	Tringa solitaria
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis				10/21/17
Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia		04/26/19		04/27/17
Lincoln's Sparrow	Melospiza lincolnii
White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
White-faced ibis	Plegadis chihi
Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus				10/11/17	09/27/16
American Tree Sparrow	Spizella arborea
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus
Upland Sandpiper - chicks	Bartramia longicauda					06/26/16
Wild Turkey - chicks	Meleagris gallopavo
Killdeer - chicks	Charadrius vociferus		04/24/19		05/02/17	06/26/16
Bob White - chicks	Colinus virginianus					06/15/16
Wood Duck - chicks	Aix sponsa		05/12/19
Cormorant migration	Phalacrocroax auritus
Harris's Sparrow	Zonotrichia querula
Mammals
Wood chuck	Marmota monax				07/15/17
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel	Spermophilus tridecemlineatus	04/28/20		04/10/18		05/28/16
White-tailed deer fawn	Odocoileus virginianus				06/27/17
Bison calf	Bison bison	04/21/20	04/17/19	04/05/18	04/12/17	04/08/16
American beaver	Castor canadensis	01/08/20
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus					03/22/16
Hoary Bat	Lasiurus cinereus
Big Brown Bat	Eptesicus fuscus
Reptiles
Collared Lizard	Crotaphytus collaris	04/08/20	04/12/19	05/08/18		04/02/16
Texas Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	09/04/20	05/13/19	04/23/18	06/06/17	04/04/16
Great Plains Skink	Eumeces obsoletus			05/15/18	04/06/17	04/02/16
Ground skink	Scincella lateralis				04/09/17
Prairie Racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis	05/05/20		05/08/18	05/06/17	04/02/16
Western Slender Glass Lizard	Ophisaurus attenuatus		04/28/19	05/17/18		04/26/16
Prairie Ringneck Snake	Diadophis punctatus	03/31/20	04/23/19		03/19/17	04/02/16
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer	Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Red-sided Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis		04/06/19	05/16/18		04/16/16
Lined Snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum
Great Plains Rat Snake	Elaphe guttata emoryi			05/18/18
Black Rat Snake	Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta			05/17/18		03/13/16
Brown Snake	Storeri dekayi		04/26/19		02/17/17
Bull Snake	Pituophis melanoleucus			05/17/18
Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix
Milk Snake	Lampropeltis triangulum				04/06/17
Flathead Snake	Tantilla gracilis
Common King Snake	Lampropeltis getulus				04/08/17
Prairie King Snake	Lampropeltis calligaster				05/27/17
Speckled King Snake	Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki	09/04/20				04/02/16
Northern Water Snake	Nerodia sipedon			04/12/18
Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata ornata		05/14/19	05/24/18	05/27/17
Western Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta bellii			05/16/18
Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina serpentina			05/21/18	04/13/17
Amphibians
Chorus Frog	Pseudacris maculata	03/18/20	03/15/19	05/02/18	03/23/17	03/11/16
Blanchard's Cricket Frog	Acris crepitans blanchardi	04/24/20	04/30/19	05/16/18	05/02/17	05/07/16
Cope's Gray Tree Frog	Hyla chrysoscelis					05/29/16
Plains Leopard Frog	Rana blairi					08/04/16
Bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana			05/16/18		07/09/16
GreatPlains Narrow-mouth Toad	Gastrophryne olivacea				05/02/17
Plains Spadefoot Toad	Spea bombifrons
Woodhouse's Toad	Bufo woodhousii			05/18/18		06/01/16
Fish
Southern Redbelly Dace-spawn	Phoxinus erythrogaster
Butterflies
Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	07/14/20	03/22/19	03/23/18	03/17/17	03/04/16
Comma or Hop Merchant	Polygonia comma					09/27/16
Gray Comma	Polygonia progne	03/18/20
Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa antiopa		04/04/19			03/25/16
Checkered White	Pontia protodice		04/15/19		05/18/17	04/12/16
Cabbage White (non-native)	Pieris rapae	07/14/20	04/15/19	04/12/18	04/11/17	03/14/16
Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta rubria		03/22/19	04/12/18	04/05/17	03/10/16
Henry's Elfin	Incisalia henrici turneri		04/19/19	04/23/18		03/30/16
Juvenal's Duskywing	Erynnis juvenalis
Horace's Dusky Wing	Erynnis horatius					06/26/16
Mottled Dusky Wing	Erynnis martialis		05/13/19	05/02/18	03/21/17	03/30/16
Spring Azure	Celastrina argiolus ladon	04/16/20		05/31/18	05/08/17	03/09/16
American Painted Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	04/14/20	04/12/19			04/25/16
Goatweed Butterfly	Anaea andria		04/04/19	03/02/18	04/08/17	03/14/16
Olive Hairstreak	Mitoura gryneus gryneus				05/06/17	07/02/16
Monarch	Danaus plexippus	05/01/20	04/15/19	05/04/18	04/08/17	05/03/16
Tiger Swallowtail	Pterourus glaucus glaucus	07/14/20	04/22/19	04/26/18	05/15/17
Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus clarus	07/14/20	06/02/19	05/02/18	04/22/17	04/07/16
Dusted Skipper	Atrytonopsis hianna hianna
Common Sooty Wing	Pholisora catullus
Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	05/20/20	04/30/19	06/12/18	04/11/17	03/30/16
Eastern-tailed Blue	Everes comyntas	03/18/20	04/06/19	03/22/18	03/09/17	07/14/16
Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus	06/23/20
Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes asterius	07/14/20			04/22/17	05/07/16
Alfalfa Butterfly	Colias eurytheme	07/14/20		05/02/18	04/11/17	04/19/16
Eastern Dun Skipper	Euphyes ruricola metacomet	05/29/20
Gorgone Checkerspot	Charidryas gorgone carlota	07/14/20
Nysa Roadside Skipper	Amblyscirtes nysa
Roadside Skipper	Amblyscirtes vialis	07/14/20			04/15/17
Southern Cloudy Wing	Thorybes bathyllus	07/14/20	05/22/19
Wild Indigo Dusky Wing	Erynnis baptisiae	07/14/20		05/31/18
Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	05/29/20	05/30/19	05/04/18	07/27/17	04/25/16
Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	05/01/20	05/30/19	05/31/18	05/27/17	05/29/16
Red-spotted Purple	Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos tharos	06/23/20	04/19/19	05/02/18	04/11/17	04/19/16
Silvery Checkerspot	Charidryas nycteis nycteis			06/10/18		08/13/16
Pearly-eye	Enodia anthedon
Hackberry Butterfly	Asterocampa celtis celtis	05/20/20	06/06/19	05/31/18	05/30/17	05/24/16
Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton clyton			06/04/18
Snout Butterfly	Libytheana bachmanii
Great Copper	Gaeides xanthoides
Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles			08/29/18
Great Spangled Fritillary	Speyeria cybele cybele		05/30/19	05/31/18	05/30/17	05/24/16
Regal Fritillary	Speyeria idalia		06/08/19			07/04/16
Pipe Vine Swallowtail	Battus philenor
Little Glassywing	Pompeius verna
Queen	Danaus gilippus			06/15/18
Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta			08/08/18
Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela					05/24/16
Wood Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	07/14/20		07/04/18	07/02/17	07/04/16
Golden Byssus	Probelma byssus kumskaka
Checkered Skipper	Pyrgus communis	07/14/20		08/29/18		04/07/16
Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus	07/14/20	05/29/19	08/08/18	04/22/17	04/22/16
Reakirt's Blue	Hemiargus isola alce	07/14/20	05/04/19		04/15/17	07/14/16
Ottoe Skipper	Hesperia ottoe				09/07/17	05/29/16
Sachem	Atalopedes campestris huron					08/25/16
Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole			06/04/18	06/27/17	08/25/16
Northern Broken Dash	Wallengrenia egeremet
Least Skipper	Ancycloxypha numitor	07/14/20
Sleepy Orange	Abaeis nicippe	07/14/20	05/29/19	0808/18
Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice philodice	05/29/20				06/26/16
Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae eubule				07/01/17
Little sulphur	Pyrisitia lisa lisa					09/14/16
Olympia Marble	Euchloe olympia
Viceroy	Basilarchia archippus					09/30/16
Delaware	Anatrytone logan logan			06/04/18
Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala
Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon	05/29/20
Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus	07/14/20
Buckeye	Junonia coenia	07/14/20	05/04/19			07/04/16
Northern Cloudy Wing	Thorybes pylades
Zabulon Skipper	Poanes zabulon
Banded Hairstreak	Satyrium calanus falacer
Moths
Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Malacosoma americanum	03/06/20	04/19/19			04/01/16
Snowberry Clearwing Moth	Hemaris diffinis			04/13/18	04/08/17	03/14/16
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth	Hemaris thysbe			06/04/18
Grapevine epimenis	Psychomorpha epimenis					03/22/16
White-lined Sphinx	Hyles lineata			05/08/18
Lettered sphinx	Deidamia inscripta		04/24/19
Five-spotted hawk moth	Manduca quinquemaculata
Cecropia Moth	Hyalophora cecropia
Polyphemus Moth	Antheraea polyphemus
Unexpected Cycnia caterpillar	Cycnia sp		06/06/19	06/04/18		05/13/16
Reversed Haploa	Cisseps fulvicollis			06/02/18	05/30/17	06/19/16
Clouded Crimson	Schinia gaurae					07/1616
Joined underwing	Catocala junctura					07/07/16
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			06/10/18
Luna Moth	Actias luna
Buck Moth hatch/adult	Hemileuca maia		04/22/19	05/01/18	04/04/17	04/08/16
Grasshoppers (adults)
Coral-winged grasshopper	Pardalophora apiculata			04/19/18		04/04/16
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	08/03/20				08/25/16
Lubber (nymph or adult)	Brachystola magna					07/04/16
Cicadas
Golden-winged Cicada	Neotibicen auriferus			07/04/18	09/26/17	06/27/16
17-yr periodical cicada	Magicicada cassini
Bush Cicada	Neotibicen dorsatus			08/08/18	08/26/17	08/25/16
Dog Days Cicada	Neotibicen pruinosus			06/11/18	06/14/17	06/16/16
Prairie Cicada	Cicadetta calliope calliope				06/27/17
Beetles
Dogbane beetle	Chrysochus auratus
Eastern Firefly	Photinus pyralis			06/02/18	05/09/17	05/29/16
Sixspotted Tiger Beetle	Cicindela sexguttata
Tumblebug	Canthon pilularius					06/06/16
Dragonflies/Damselflies
Green Darner	Anax junius	05/29/20	04/04/19	04/05/18	04/17/17	04/24/16
Plains Clubtail	Gomphus externus	06/23/20				06/26/16
Widow Skimmer	Libellula luctuosa	08/03/20
Common Whitetail	Libellula lydia			05/16/18	05/26/17	06/08/16
Ebony Jewelwing	Calopteryx maculata				05/27/17	08/25/16
Twelve-spotted skimmer	Libellula pulchella	08/03/20		05/21/18	05/24/17	05/13/16
Darner migration
Citrine Forktail	Ischnura hastata
Bluets	Enallagama spp.				05/21/17	05/14/16
Eastern Amberwing	Perithemis tenera
Red-mantled Saddlebags	Tramea onusta
Black Saddlebags	Tramea lacerata					07/04/16
Halloween Pennant	Celithemis eponina
Eastern Pondhawk	Erythemis simplicicollis			05/21/18
Comet Darner	Anax longipes
Blue Dasher	Pachydiplax longipennis
Calico Pennant	Celithemis elisa			05/16/18
Misc. Insects
Carpenter Bee	Xylocopa virginica	05/20/20		04/24/18	04/15/15	03/30/16