Birds of South Dakota
The 45 most-observed birds in South Dakota, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 65 observationsOpen the map →
- 1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis6 obstiming → - 2
American RobinTurdus migratorius5 obstiming → - 3
MallardAnas platyrhynchos4 obstiming → - 4
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus4 obstiming → - 5
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus3 obstiming → - 6
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus2 obstiming → - 7
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia2 obstiming → - 8Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis2 obstiming →
- 9
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia1 obstiming → - 10
Brown CreeperCerthia americana1 obstiming → - 11
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater1 obstiming → - 12Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii1 obstiming →
- 13Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula1 obstiming →
- 14
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus1 obstiming → - 15
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris1 obstiming → - 16
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis1 obstiming → - 17
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens1 obstiming → - 18
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto1 obstiming → - 19
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis1 obstiming → - 20
Forster's TernSterna forsteri1 obstiming → - 21
GadwallMareca strepera1 obstiming → - 22
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias1 obstiming → - 23
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus1 obstiming → - 24
House SparrowPasser domesticus1 obstiming → - 25House WrenTroglodytes aedon1 obstiming →
- 26Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys1 obstiming →
- 27
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus1 obstiming → - 28
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus1 obstiming → - 29
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura1 obstiming → - 30
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus1 obstiming → - 31
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis1 obstiming → - 32
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus1 obstiming → - 33
Rock DoveColumba livia1 obstiming → - 34Say's PhoebeSayornis saya1 obstiming →
- 35
Turkey VultureCathartes aura1 obstiming → - 36Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta1 obstiming →
- 37
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota1 obstiming → - 38
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo1 obstiming → - 39
American DipperCinclus mexicanus1 obstiming → - 40
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla1 obstiming → - 41
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis1 obstiming → - 42
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea1 obstiming → - 43
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva1 obstiming → - 44Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus1 obstiming →
- 45
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.