Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in North Dakota, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within North Dakota.
Greater Sage-Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow Rail
Baird’s Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
LeConte’s Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Upland Sandpiper
Black-billed Cuckoo
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Clark’s Grebe
Sedge Wren
Brewer’s Sparrow
Franklin’s Gull
Red-necked Grebe
Clay-colored Sparrow
Bell’s Vireo
Mountain Bluebird
Long-billed Curlew
Swainson’s Hawk
Marbled Godwit
Lazuli Bunting
Least Tern
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Eared Grebe
Bullock’s Oriole
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Western Grebe
Cinnamon Teal
Tennessee Warbler
Veery
Orchard Oriole
Black-headed Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
American Black Duck
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
Indigo Bunting
Gyrfalcon
Northern Hawk Owl
Smith’s Longspur
American Goshawk
Hudsonian Godwit
Bohemian Waxwing
White-winged Crossbill
Snowy Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Rough-legged Hawk
Redpoll
American Tree Sparrow
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