Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota.
Boreal Owl
Great Gray Owl
Spruce Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Sharp-tailed Grouse
American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Goshawk
Boreal Chickadee
Canada Jay
Evening Grosbeak
Northern Bobwhite
Trumpeter Swan
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow Rail
Connecticut Warbler
LeConte’s Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
Henslow’s Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Upland Sandpiper
Cerulean Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Mourning Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
American Woodcock
Sedge Wren
Alder Flycatcher
Franklin’s Gull
Red-necked Grebe
Clay-colored Sparrow
Canada Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Swainson’s Hawk
Cape May Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Prothonotary Warbler
Marbled Godwit
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Blackburnian Warbler
Eared Grebe
Hooded Warbler
Willow Flycatcher
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Western Grebe
Yellow-throated Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Veery
Orchard Oriole
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
American Black Duck
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
Indigo Bunting
Northern Hawk Owl
Smith’s Longspur
Hudsonian Godwit
Bohemian Waxwing
Snowy Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Rough-legged Hawk
Redpoll
Long-tailed Duck
American Tree Sparrow
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