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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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