Breeding Birds of North Dakota
Families
- Family Accipitridae
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus)
Broad-winged hawk
(Buteo platypterus)
Cooper's hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)
Ferruginous hawk
(Buteo regalis)
Golden eagle (Aquila
chrysaetos)
Goshawk (Accipiter
gentilis)
Marsh hawk
(Circus cyaneus)
Red-tailed hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
Sharp-shinned hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
Swainson's hawk
(Buteo swainsoni)
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- Family Alcedinidae
- Belted kingfisher
(Ceryle alcyon)
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- Family Alaudidae
- Horned lark (Eremophila
alpestris)
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- Family Anatidae
- American green-winged
teal (Anas crecca carolinensis)
American wigeon
(Anas americana)
Blue-winged teal
(Anas discors)
Black duck
(Anas rubripes)
Bufflehead
(Bucephala albeola)
Canada goose (Branta
canadensis)
Canvasback (Aythya
valisineria)
Cinnamon teal
(Anas cyanoptera)
Common goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
Common merganser(Mergus
merganser)
Gadwall (Anas
strepera)
Hooded merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
Lesser scaup (Aythya
affinis)
Mallard (Anas
platyrhynchos platyrhynchos)
Northern shoveler
(Anas clypeata)
Pintail (Anas
acuta)
Redhead (Aythya
americana)
Ring-necked duck
(Aythya collaris)
Ruddy duck (Oxyura
jamaicensis)
Trumpeter swan(Cygnus
cygnus buccinator)
White-winged scoter
(Melanitta fusca deglandi)
Wood duck (Aix
sponsa)
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- Family Apodidae
- Chimney swift
(Chaetura pelagica)
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- Family Ardeidae
- American bittern
(Botaurus lentiginosus)
Black-crowned night
heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Green heron (Butorides
virescens)
Great blue heron
(Ardea cinerea herodias)
Least bittern
(Ixobrychus exilis)
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- Family Bombycillidae
- Cedar waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
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- Family Caprimulgidae
- Common nighthawk
(Chordeiles minor)
Poor-will
(Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
Whip-poor-will
(Caprimulgus vociferus)
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- Family Cathartidae
- Turkey vulture
(Cathartes aura)
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- Family Charadriidae
- Killdeer (Charadrius
vociferus)
Mountain Plover
(Charadrius montanus)
Piping plover
(Charadrius melodus)
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- Family Columbidae
- Mourning dove
(Zenaida macroura)
Passenger Pigeon
(Ectopistes migratorius)
Rock Dove
(Columba livia)
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- Family Corvidae
- Common crow
(Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Common raven
(Corvus corax)
Black-billed magpie
(Pica pica)
Blue jay (Cyanocitta
cristata)
Gray jay (Perisoreus
canadensis)
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- Family Cuculidae
- Black-billed cuckoo
(Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Yellow-billed
cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
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- Family Falconidae
- American kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
Merlin (Falco
columbarius)
Peregrine falcon
(Falco peregrinus)
Prairie falcon
(Falco mexicanus)
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- Family Fringillidae
- American goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis)
Baird's sparrow
(Ammodramus bairdii)
Black-headed grosbeak
(Pheucticus melanocephalus)
Blue grosbeak
(Passerina caerulea)
Brewer's sparrow
(Spizella breweri)
Cardinal (Cardinalis
cardinalis)
Chestnut-collared
longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
Chipping sparrow
(Spizella passerina)
Clay-colored sparrow
(Spizella pallida)
Dickcissel (Spiza
americana)
Eastern rufous-sided
towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus)
Field sparrow
(Spizella pusilla)
Grasshopper sparrow
(Ammodramus savannarum)
Indigo bunting
(Passerina cyanea)
Lark bunting (Calamospiza
melanocorys)
Lark sparrow (Chondestes
grammacus)
Lazuli bunting
(Passerina amoena)
Le Conte's sparrow
(Ammospiza leconteii)
Lesser goldfinch
(Carduelis psaltria)
McCown's longspur
(Calcarius mccownii)
Pine siskin (Carduelis
pinus)
Purple finch
(Carpodacus purpureus)
Red crossbill
(Loxia corvirostra)
Rose-breasted grosbeak
(Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Savannah sparrow
(Ammodramus sandwichensis)
Sharp-tailed sparrow
(Ammospiza caudacuta)
Slate-colored
junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)
Song sparrow (Passerella
melodia)
Spotted rufous-sided
towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus arcticus)
Swamp sparrow
(Melospiza georgiana)
White-throated sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
White-winged
crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
White-winged
junco (Junco hyemalis aikeni)
Vesper sparrow
(Pooecetes gramineus)
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- Family Gaviidae
- Common loon (Gavia
immer)
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- Family Gruidae
- Sandhill crane
(Grus canadensis)
Whooping crane
(Grus americana)
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- Family Hirundinidae
- Bank swallow (Riparia
riparia)
Barn swallow (Hirundo
rustica)
Cliff swallow
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Purple martin
(Progne subis)
Rough-winged swallow
(Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
Tree swallow (Tachycineta
bicolor)
Violet-green
swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
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- Family Icteridae
- Baltimore oriole
(Icterus galbula galbula)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx
oryzivorus)
Brewer's blackbird
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Brown-headed cowbird
(Molothrus ater)
Bullocks oriole
(Icterus galbula bullockii)
Common grackle
(Quiscalus quiscula)
Orchard oriole
(Icterus spurius)
Red-winged blackbird
(Agelaius phoeniceus)
Western meadowlark
(Sturnella neglecta)
Yellow-headed blackbird
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
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- Family Laniidae
- Loggerhead shrike
(Lanius ludovicianus)
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- Family Laridae
- Black tern (Chlidonias
niger)
California gull
(Larus californicus)
Common tern (Sterna
hirundo)
Forster's tern
(Sterna forsteri)
Franklin's gull
(Larus pipixcan)
Least tern (Sterna
albifrons)
Ring-billed gull
(Larus delawarensis)
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- Family Meleagrididae
- Turkey (Meleagris
gallopavo)
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- Family Mimidae
- Brown thrasher
(Toxostoma rufum)
Gray catbird (Dumetella
carolinensis)
Mockingbird
(Mimus polygottos)
Sage Thrasher
(Oreoscoptes montanus)
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- Family Motacillidae
- Sprague's pipit
(Anthus spragueii)
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- Family Paridae
- Black-capped chickadee
(Parus atricapillus)
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- Family Parulidae
- American redstart
(Setophaga ruticilla)
Audubon's warbler
(Dendroica coronata auduboni)
Black-and-white
warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Canada warbler
(Wilsonia canadensis)
Cerulean warbler
(Dendroica cerulea)
Chestnut-sided warbler
(Dendroica pensylvanica)
Common yellowthroat
(Geothlypis trichas)
Mourning warbler
(Oporornis philadelphia philadelphia)
Northern waterthrush
(Seiurus noveboracensis)
Orange-crowned
warbler (Vermivora celata)
Ovenbird (Seiurus
aurocapillus)
Tennessee warbler
(Vermivora peregrina)
Yellow-breasted
chat (Icteria virens)
Yellow warbler
(Dendroica petechia)
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- Family Pandionidae
- Osprey (Pandion
haliaetus)
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- Family Pelecanidae
- White pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
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- Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Double-crested cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus)
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- Family Phalaropodidae
- Wilson's phalarope
(Phalaropus tricolor)
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- Family Phasianidae
- Gray partridge
(Perdix perdix)
Ring-necked pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
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- Family Picidae
- Downy woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)
Hairy woodpecker
(Picoides villosus)
Pileated woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
Red-bellied woodpecker
(Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-headed woodpecker
(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Red-shafted flicker
(Colaptes auratus collaris)
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus varius)
Yellow-shafted flicker
(Colaptes auratus luteus)
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- Family Ploceidae
- House sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
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- Family Podiceipedidae
- Eared grebe (Podiceps
nigricollis)
Horned grebe (Podiceps
auritus)
Pied-billed grebe
(Podilymbus podiceps)
Red-necked grebe
(Podiceps grisegena)
Western grebe (Aechmophorus
occidentalis)
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- Family Rallidae
- American coot
(Fulica americana)
Black rail
(Laterallus jamaicensis)
King rail
(Rallus elegans)
Sora (Porzana
carolina)
Virginia rail
(Rallus limicola)
Yellow rail
(Coturnicops noveboracensis)
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- Family Recurvirostridae
- American avocet
(Recurvirostra americana)
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- Family Scolopacidae
- American Woodcock
(Scolopax minor)
Common snipe (Gallinago
gallinago)
Long-billed curlew
(Numenius americanus)
Marbled godwit
(Limosa fedoa)
Spotted sandpiper
(Tringa hypoleucos macularia)
Upland plover
(Bartramia longicauda)
Willet (Catoptrophorus
semipalmatus)
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- Family Sittidae
- Red-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
White-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta carolinensis)
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- Family Strigidae
- Barred Owl (Strix
varia)
Burrowing owl
(Athene cunicularia)
Great horned owl
(Bubo virginianus)
Long-eared owl
(Asio otus)
Saw-whet owl
(Aegolius acadicus)
Screech owl (Otus
asio)
Short-eared owl
(Asio flammeus)
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- Family Sturnidae
- Starling (Sturnus
vulgaris)
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- Family Tetraonidae
- Greater prairie-chicken
(Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus)
Ruffed grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)
Sage grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus)
Sharp-tailed grouse
(Tympanuchus phasianellus)
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- Family Thraupidae
- Scarlet tanager
(Piranga olivacea)
Western tanager
(Piranga ludoviciana)
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- Family Trochilidae
- Ruby-throated hummingbird
(Archilochus colubris)
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- Family Troglodytidae
- House wren (Troglodytes
aedon)
Long-billed marsh
wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Rock wren (Salpinctes
obsoletus)
Short-billed marsh
wren (Cistothorus platensis)
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- Family Turdidae
- American robin
(Turdus migratorius)
Eastern bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
Mountain bluebird
(Sialia currucoides)
Swainson's thrush
(Catharus ustulatus)
Wood thrush
(Hylocichla mustelina)
Veery (Catharus
fuscescens)
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- Family Tyrannidae
- Eastern kingbird
(Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern phoebe
(Sayornis phoebe)
Eastern wood pewee
(Contopus virens)
Great crested flycatcher
(Myiarchus crinitus)
Least flycatcher
(Empidonax minimus)
Say's phoebe (Sayornis
saya)
Western kingbird
(Tyrannus verticalis)
Western wood pewee
(Contopus sordidulus)
Willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii)
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- Family Tytonidae
- Barn Owl (Tyto
alba)
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- Family Vireonidae
- Bell's vireo
(Vireo bellii)
Philadelphia vireo
(Vireo philadelphicus)
Red-eyed vireo
(Vireo olivaceus)
Warbling vireo
(Vireo gilvus)
Yellow-throated
vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
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