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Ducks, Geese and Swans Partridges, Grouse, Pheasants and Turkeys Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Herons and Allies Hawks, Eagles and Fa PAGE 1 OF 4 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Canvasback Double-crested Cormorant Redhead American White Pelican Ring-necked Duck Brown Pelican Accidental Greater Scaup American Bittern Lesser Scaup Least Bittern Common Eider Accidental Great Blue Heron Harlequin Duck Accidental Great Egret Surf Scoter Snowy Egret White-winged Scoter Little Blue Heron Black Scoter Tricolored Heron Accidental Long-tailed Duck Cattle Egret The following checklist includes 376 species of birds that are pos- Bufflehead Green Heron sible to see in North Dakota. Of these, 216 species nest or have Common Goldeneye Black-crowned Night-Heron nested in the state, and 15 species can be considered inferred nesters, for a total of 231 breeding birds. There are 50 species Barrow’s Goldeneye Accidental Yellow-crowned Night-Heron which are considered “accidental” and are not likely to occur in the Hooded Merganser White Ibis Accidental state again, or may occur infrequently. Species designated with an Common Merganser *Glossy Ibis asterisk have not formally been added to the state list, but have Red-breasted Merganser White-faced Ibis been sighted more regularly in recent years. Ruddy Duck HAWKS, EAGLES AND FALCONS PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, PHEASANTS AND TURKEYS DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Turkey Vulture JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Gray Partridge Osprey Fulvous Whistling-Duck Accidental Ring-necked Pheasant Swallow-tailed Kite Accidental Greater White-fronted Goose Ruffed Grouse White-tailed Kite Accidental Snow Goose Greater Sage-Grouse Bald Eagle Ross’s Goose Willow Ptarmigan Accidental Northern Harrier Canada Goose Sharp-tailed Grouse Sharp-shinned Hawk Brant Greater Prairie-Chicken Cooper’s Hawk Trumpeter Swan Wild Turkey Northern Goshawk Tundra Swan Red-shouldered Hawk LOONS, GREBES, PELICANS, HERONS AND ALLIES Wood Duck Broad-winged Hawk Gadwall JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Swainson’s Hawk Eurasian Wigeon Accidental Red-throated Loon Accidental Red-tailed Hawk American Wigeon *Pacific Loon Accidental Ferruginous Hawk American Black Duck Common Loon Rough-legged Hawk Mallard Yellow-billed Loon Accidental Golden Eagle Mottled Duck Accidental Pied-billed Grebe American Kestrel Blue-winged Teal Horned Grebe Merlin Cinnamon Teal Red-necked Grebe Gyrfalcon Northern Shoveler Eared Grebe Peregrine Falcon Northern Pintail Western Grebe Prairie Falcon Garganey Accidental Clark’s Grebe Green-winged Teal Wood Stork Accidental PAGE 2 OF 4 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC RAILS AND CRANES Pectoral Sandpiper Mourning Dove JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Semipalmated Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow Rail Western Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoo King Rail Short-billed Dowitcher OWLS Virginia Rail Long-billed Dowitcher JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Sora Wilson’s Snipe Barn Owl American Coot American Woodcock Wilson’s Phalarope Eastern Screech-owl Sandhill Crane Red-necked Phalarope Great Horned Owl Whooping Crane Red Phalarope Snowy Owl SHOREBIRDS Northern Hawk Owl GULLS AND TERNS Burrowing Owl JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Barred Owl Black-necked Stilt South Polar Skua Accidental Great Gray Owl American Avocet Parasitic Jaeger Long-eared Owl Black-bellied Plover Long-tailed Jaeger Accidental Short-eared Owl American Golden Plover Black-legged Kittiwake Boreal Owl Snowy Plover Sabine’s Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Semipalmated Plover Bonaparte’s Gull Piping Plover NIGHTJARS AND SWIFTS Little Gull Accidental Killdeer JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Ross’s Gull Accidental Mountain Plover Franklin’s Gull Common Nighthawk Spotted Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull Common Poorwill Solitary Sandpiper California Gull Eastern Whip-poor-will Greater Yellowlegs Herring Gull Chimney Swift Willet Thayer’s Gull HUMMINGBIRDS AND KINGFISHERS Lesser Yellowlegs *Iceland Gull Accidental Upland Sandpiper JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Lesser Black-backed Gull Whimbrel Ruby-throated Hummingbird Glaucous-winged Gull Accidental Long-billed Curlew Belted Kingfisher Glaucous Gull Hudsonian Godwit Great Black-backed Gull Accidental WOODPECKERS Marbled Godwit Least Tern JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Ruddy Turnstone Caspian Tern Lewis’ Woodpecker Accidental Red Knot Black Tern Red-headed Woodpecker Ruff Accidental Common Tern Acorn Woodpecker Accidental Stilt Sandpiper Forster’s Tern Red-bellied Woodpecker Curlew Sandpiper Accidental Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sanderling PIGEONS, DOVES AND CUCKOOS Downy Woodpecker Dunlin JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Hairy Woodpecker Baird’s Sandpiper Rock Pigeon Black-backed Woodpecker Little Stint Accidental Eurasian Collared-Dove Northern Flicker Least Sandpiper Inca Dove Accidental Pileated Woodpecker White-rumped Sandpiper White-winged Dove Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper PAGE 3 OF 4 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC FLYCATCHERS Violet-green Swallow Bohemian Waxwing JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Bank Swallow Cedar Waxwing Olive-sided Flycatcher Barn Swallow Lapland Longspur Western Wood-pewee Cliff Swallow Chestnut-collared Longspur Eastern Wood-pewee CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES AND WRENS Smith’s Longspur Yellow-bellied Flycatcher McCown’s Longspur JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Alder Flycatcher Snow Bunting Willow Flycatcher Black-capped Chickadee WOOD-WARBLERS Least Flycatcher Boreal Chickadee Accidental Eastern Phoebe Red-breasted Nuthatch JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Say’s Phoebe White-breasted Nuthatch Ovenbird Great Crested Flycatcher Brown Creeper Worm-eating Warbler Accidental Western Kingbird Rock Wren Louisiana Waterthrush Accidental Eastern Kingbird House Wren Northern Waterthrush Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Accidental Winter Wren Golden-winged Warbler SHRIKES AND VIREOS Sedge Wren Blue-winged Warbler Accidental Marsh Wren Black-and-white Warbler JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Carolina Wren Accidental Prothonotary Warbler Accidental Loggerhead Shrike KINGLETS, THRUSHES, THRASHERS AND MOCKINGBIRDS Tennessee Warbler Northern Shrike Orange-crowned Warbler Accidental JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC White-eyed Vireo Nashville Warbler Bell’s Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Connecticut Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo Golden-crowned Kinglet MacGillivary’s Warbler Blue-headed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Mourning Warbler Warbling Vireo Eastern Bluebird Common Yellowthroat Philadelphia Vireo Mountain Bluebird Hooded Warbler Accidental Red-eyed Vireo Townsend’s Solitaire American Redstart JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS Veery Cape May Warbler Gray-cheeked Thrush JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Cerulean Warbler Swainson’s Thrush Northern Parula Gray Jay Hermit Thrush Magnolia Warbler Pinyon Jay Accidental Wood Thrush Bay-breasted Warbler Blue Jay American Robin Blackburnian Warbler Clark’s Nutcracker Varied Thrush Yellow Warbler Black-billed Magpie Gray Catbird Chestnut-sided Warbler American Crow Brown Thrasher Blackpoll Warbler Common Raven Sage Thrasher Black-throated Blue Warbler LARKS AND SWALLOWS Northern Mockingbird Palm Warbler JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC PIPITS, WAXWINGS, LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Pine Warbler Horned Lark JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Accidental Northern Rough-winged Swallow American Pipit Prairie Warbler Accidental Purple Martin Sprague’s Pipit Tree Swallow Townend’s Warbler Accidental PAGE 4 OF 4 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC HYPOTHETICAL SPECIES Black-throated Green Warbler Blue Grosbeak The following is a list of species which have been reported in North Dakota but less than three acceptable records have accumulated: Canada Warbler Lazuli Bunting Arctic Loon Wilson’s Warbler Indigo Bunting Northern Gannet Yellow-breasted Chat Dickcissel Black Rail BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES Common Moorhen JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Common Crane Green-tailed Towhee Accidental Bobolink Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Spotted Towhee Red-winged Blackbird Mew Gull Eastern Towhee Eastern Meadowlark Accidental Laughing Gull American Tree Sparrow Western Meadowlark Arctic Tern Chipping Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird Band-tailed Pigeon Clay-colored Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Plumbeous Vireo Brewer’s Sparrow Brewer’s Blackbird Vermillion Flycatcher Field Sparrow Common Grackle Tufted Titmouse Vesper Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird Pygmy Nuthatch Lark Sparrow Orchard Oriole Bewick’s Wren Lark Bunting Bullock’s Oriole Western Bluebird Savannah Sparrow Baltimore Oriole Black-throated Gray Warbler Grasshopper Sparrow OLD WORLD SPARROWS, FINCHES AND ALLIES Kentucky Warbler Baird’s Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Henslow’s Sparrow Cassin’s Finch Brambling Accidental EXTINCT SPECIES Le Conte’s Sparrow Gray-crowned Rosy-finch Nelson’s Sparrow Eskimo Curlew Pine Grosbeak Fox Sparrow Passenger Pigeon House Finch Song Sparrow Purple Finch This publication was originally produced in April, 2016. Lincoln’s Sparrow This checklist and bar charts are based on the following sources: Red Crossbill Swamp Sparrow eBird. 2015. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, White-winged Crossbill Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: August 1, 2015). White-throated Sparrow Faanes, C.A. and R.E. Stewart. 1982. Revised Checklist of North Dakota Birds. Common Redpoll Prairie Naturalist 14:81-92. Harris’ Sparrow Hoary Redpoll Svingen, D. and R.E.
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