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
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–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