Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Bird speciesa seen in the Waubay Study Area, Day County, South Dakota, 1992-1993, by common and scientific names. | |
| Eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis | Chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica |
| Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps | |
| American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus | Downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens |
| American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus | Hairy woodpecker, Picoides villosus |
| Great blue heron, Ardea herodias | Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus |
| Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis | |
| Snowy egret, Egretta thula | Eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens |
| Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax | Willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii |
| Lesser snow goose, Chen caerulescens | Western kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis |
| Canada goose, Branta canadensis | Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Wood duck, Aix sponsa | Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris |
| Green-winged teal, Anas crecca | |
| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos | Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor |
| Northern pintail, Anas acuta | Cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota |
| Blue-winged teal, Anas discors | Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica |
| Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata | Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata |
| Gadwall, Anas strepera | American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| American wigeon, Anas americana | |
| Canvasback, Aythya valisineria | Black-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus |
| Redhead, Aythya americana | White-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis |
| Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris | House wren, Troglodytes aedon |
| Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis | Sedge wren, Cistothorus platensis |
| Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola | Marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris |
| Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis | Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus |
| Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis | |
| Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus | American robin, Turdus migratorius |
| Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus | Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum |
| Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni | Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis |
| Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis | Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum |
| American kestrel, Falco sparverius | European starling, Sturnus vulgaris |
| Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii | Yellow warbler, Dendroica petechia |
| Prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus | Yellow-rumped warbler, Dendroica coronata |
| Common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas | |
| Gray partridge, Perdix perdix | American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla |
| Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus | |
| Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus | American tree sparrow, Spizella arborea |
| Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus | |
| Virginia rail, Rallus limicola | Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Sora rail, Porzana carolina | Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum |
| American coot, Fulica americana | Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana |
| Lesser golden plover, Pluvialis dominica | Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia |
| Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus | Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla |
| American avocet, Recurvirostra americana | White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia | White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes | Harris sparrow, Zonotrichia querula |
| Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca | Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis |
| Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda | Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica | Western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta |
| Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa | Eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna |
| Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus | Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago | Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula |
| Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor | Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater |
| Northern oriole, Icterus galbula | |
| Franklin's gull, Larus pipixcan | Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius |
| Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis | American goldfinch, Carduelis tristis |
| Black tern, Chlidonias niger | House sparrow, Passer domesticus |
| Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura | |
| Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus | |
| Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus | |
| a Common and scientific names follow Banks et al. (1987). | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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