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
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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