Cardinals & Grosbeaks in North Dakota
Our list for North Dakota has 4 cardinals & grosbeaks recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dickcissel 14–16 cm
- Scarlet Tanager 16–19 cm
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak 18–22 cm
- Northern Cardinal 21–23 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made