Uncommon Birds in South Dakota
Our list for South Dakota has 84 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 33 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 30 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 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