Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Common name | Scientific name |
| Western grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Horned grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Red-necked grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Eared grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| America white pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Double-crested cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Great blue heron | Ardea herodias |
| American bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Black-crowned night-heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Wood duck | Aix sponsa |
| Northern pintail | Anas acuta |
| American wigeon | Anas americana |
| Northern shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Green-winged teal | Anas crecca |
| Cinnamon teal | Anas cyanoptera |
| Blue-winged teal | Anas discors |
| Mallard | Anas Platyrhynchos |
| American black duck | Anas rubripes |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons |
| Lesser scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris |
| Greater scaup | Aythya marila |
| Canvasback | Athya valisineria |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Common goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Snow goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Tundra swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Ruddy duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Red-tailed hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Ferruginous hawk | Buteo regalis |
| Swainson's hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| Northern harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| 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 |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| American avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Wilson's phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Black tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Rock dove | Columba livia |
| Mourning dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Black-billed cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus |
| Long-eared owl | Asio otus |
| Burrowing owl | Athene cunicularia |
| Great horned owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Common nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Chimney swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| Northern flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Downy woodpecker | Picoides pubescens |
| Hairy woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
| Least flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Willow flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
| Eastern kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Western kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Horned lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Cliff swallow | Hirundo pyrrhonota |
| Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Purple martin | Progne subis |
| Tree swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| American crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Black-capped chickadee | Parus atricapillus |
| White-breasted nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Marsh wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| Sedge wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| House wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| American robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Gray catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Brown thrasher | Toxostoma rufum |
| Sprague's pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| Loggerhead shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
| European starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Warbling vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Red-eyed vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Yellow warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Common yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana |
| Baird's sparrow | Ammodramus bairdii |
| Sharp-tailed sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus |
| Grasshopper sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Lark bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Chestnut-collared longspur | Calcarius ornatus |
| Song sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Savannah sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Vesper sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Clay-colored sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Red-winged blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Brewer's blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Northern oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Orchard oriole | Icterus spurius |
| Brown-headed cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Common grackle | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta |
| Yellow-headed blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| American goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus |