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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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