Dakota Birding
East-Central North Dakota
Birding Checklist

200 Common Species

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Name
___Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
___Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus
___Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
___Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
___American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
___Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
___Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
___American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
___Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax


___Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura


___Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
___Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
___American Wigeon, Anas americana
___Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
___Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
___Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
___Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
___Gadwall, Anas strepera
___Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
___Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
___Redhead, Aythya americana
___Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
___Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
___Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
___Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
___Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
___Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
___Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
___Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
(Mergus cucullatus)
___Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
___Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis

___Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
___Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
___Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus
___Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
___Rough-legged Hawk, Buteo lagopus
___Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
___Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
___Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus
___Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
___Merlin, Falco columbarius
___American Kestrel, Falco sparverius

___Gray Partridge, Perdix perdix
___Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
___Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus

___American Coot, Fulica americana
___Sora, Porzana carolina
___Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola
___Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis
___Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus
___Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
___American Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica
___Black-bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola
___American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana
___Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia
___Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
___Sanderling, Calidris alba
___Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
___White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
___Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
___Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
___Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
___Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
___Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
___Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago
___Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
___Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
___Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa
___Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica
___Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
___Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
___Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
___Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
___Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
___Black Tern, Chlidonias niger
___California Gull, Larus californicus
___Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
___Bonaparte's Gull, Larus philadelphia
___Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan
___Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri
___Common Tern, Sterna hirundo

___Rock Dove, Columba livia
___Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
___Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
___Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
___Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus
___Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
___Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
___Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca
___Eastern Screech-Owl, Otus asio
___Barred Owl, Strix varia
___Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
___Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica
___Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon
___Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
___Red-headed Woodpecker,
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
___Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
___Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
___Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius

___Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus borealis
___Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens
___Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
___Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
___Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus    ___Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
___Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
___Northern Shrike, Lanius excubitor
___Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
___Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons
___Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus
___Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus
___Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius

___American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
___Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
___Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia
___Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris
___Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica
___Cliff Swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
(Hirundo pyrrhonota)
___Purple Martin, Progne subis
___Bank Swallow, Riparia riparia
___Northern Rough-winged Swallow,
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
___Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
___Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapilla
___Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
___White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
___Brown Creeper, Certhia americana
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