No subspecies recognized.
* Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Red-eyed Towhee. Common transient and winter resident throughout state; uncommon summer resident in east, status in west in summer not known. No nest found, but recently fledged young reported in several counties.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. e. erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus) resident; P. e. arcticus (Swainson) winter resident throughout state; P. e. montanus Swarth reported as transient only from Morton County.
* Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. Lark Bunting. Common transient and summer resident in west, rare transient in east. Nesting in southwestern Kansas irregular; absent some years and present in other years. One nesting record from east, in Franklin County.
No subspecies recognized.
Passerculus sandwichensis. Savannah Sparrow. Common transient and rare winter resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: P. s. savanna (Wilson), P. s. nevadensis Grinnell, P. s. oblitus Peters and Griscom.
* Ammodramus savannarum. Grasshopper Sparrow. Common transient and local summer resident throughout state.
Subspecies in Kansas: A. s. perpallidus (Coues).
Ammodramus bairdii (Audubon). Baird Sparrow. One record: male? (U. S. Natl. Mus. 155884), Pendennis, Lane County, April 25, 1897, J. A. Loring. This species probably occurs regularly in the state but is overlooked.