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
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 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