Common Birds in South Dakota
Our list for South Dakota has 83 common birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 38 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
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