Common Birds in North Dakota
Our list for North Dakota has 97 common birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 45 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
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 97, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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