Uncommon Birds in North Dakota
Our list for North Dakota has 78 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 33 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 33 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 78, most common first
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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