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
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–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