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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Dakota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
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