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Birdsong field guide

Birds of South Dakota

452 species have been recorded in South Dakota. Tap any bird to hear its call and learn how to identify it.

Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum American AvocetRecurvirostra americana American Barn OwlTyto furcata American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus American Black DuckAnas rubripes American CootFulica americana American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos American DipperCinclus mexicanus American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica American GoldfinchSpinus tristis American GoshawkAstur atricapillus American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus American KestrelFalco sparverius American PipitAnthus rubescens American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla American RobinTurdus migratorius American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos American WigeonMareca americana American WoodcockScolopax minor Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barred OwlStrix varia Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Black ScoterMelanitta americana Black SwanCygnus atratus Black TernChlidonias niger Black VultureCoragyps atratus Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea Blue JayCyanocitta cristata Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius Blue-winged TealSpatula discors Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus Boreal OwlAegolius funereus BramblingFringilla montifringilla BrantBranta bernicla Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii California GullLarus californicus Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis ChukarAlectoris chukar Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota Common CraneGrus grus Common EiderSomateria mollissima Common GallinuleGallinula galeata Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina Common LoonGavia immer Common MerganserMergus merganser Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii Common RavenCorvus corax Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Common TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri Dusky GrouseDendragapus obscurus Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor GadwallMareca strepera Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Gray PartridgePerdix perdix Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido Greater Sage-GrouseCentrocercus urophasianus Greater ScaupAythya marila Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Green HeronButorides virescens Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina Horned GrebePodiceps auritus Horned LarkEremophila alpestris House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus House SparrowPasser domesticus House WrenTroglodytes aedon Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Iceland GullLarus glaucoides Inca DoveColumbina inca Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Ivory GullPagophila eburnea Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King EiderSomateria spectabilis King RailRallus elegans Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena Least BitternBotaurus exilis Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla Least TernSternula antillarum LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus Long-eared OwlAsio otus Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia MallardAnas platyrhynchos Mandarin DuckAix galericulata Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris MerlinFalco columbarius Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Mute SwanCygnus olor Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ulula Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Northern PintailAnas acuta Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata Northern ShrikeLanius borealis Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius OspreyPandion haliaetus OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla Pacific LoonGavia pacifica Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus Painted BuntingPasserina ciris Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus Piping PloverCharadrius melodus Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica Purple MartinProgne subis Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Red JunglefowlGallus gallus Red KnotCalidris canutus Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Red-throated LoonGavia stellata Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus RedheadAythya americana Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Ross's GooseAnser rossii Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres RuffCalidris pugnax Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus Sagebrush SparrowArtemisiospiza nevadensis SanderlingCalidris alba Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Say's PhoebeSayornis saya Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis Snow GooseAnser caerulescens Snowy EgretEgretta thula Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria Song SparrowMelospiza melodia SoraPorzana carolina Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Summer TanagerPiranga rubra Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana Swan GooseAnser cygnoides Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina Thick-billed LongspurRhynchophanes mccownii Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina Virginia RailRallus limicola Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western BluebirdSialia mexicana Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana Western Warbling VireoVireo swainsoni Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus White IbisEudocimus albus White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi Whooping CraneGrus americana Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo WilletTringa semipalmata Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis Wood DuckAix sponsa Wood StorkMycteria americana Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica