The following is a list of the species and recognizable subspecies that the
North Dakota Bird Records Committee would like documented, when found in North Dakota. Any
species that is new to the state, or greatly out-of-season (such as a Yellow Warbler in the
winter), should also be documented. Observers are encouraged to document sightings on the Official
Reporting Form. or the Printed Reporting Form.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
American Black Duck (nesting)
Cinnamon Teal (nesting)
Garganey
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter (spring or summer)
White-winged Scoter (spring or summer)
Black Scoter (spring or summer)
Long-tailed Duck (summer)
Bufflehead (nesting outside of the Turtle Mountains)
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Willow Ptarmigan
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon (nesting outside of the Turtle Mountains)
Yellow-billed Loon
Clark’s Grebe (nesting)
Northern Gannet
Brown Pelican
Least Bittern (west of US Hwy 83 and all nesting records)
Little Blue Heron (sightings and nesting)
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron (west of US Hwy 83 and all nesting records)
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
White Ibis
Wood Stock
Osprey (nesting)
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Northern Goshawk (nesting)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk (summer)
Merlin (nesting outside of the Little Missouri Badlands)
Black Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail (winter)
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane (nesting)
Common Crane
Whooping Crane (summer)
Snowy Plover
Mountain Plover
Black-necked Stilt (nesting)
Whimbrel
Western Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Ruff
American Woodcock (nesting)
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Mew Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake (except those at Garrison Dam)
Ross’s Gull
Arctic Tern
Least Tern (except those along Missouri River)
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (nesting)
Barn Owl
Northern Hawk-owl
Barred Owl (nesting and all those west of ND Hwy 281)
Great Gray Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl (nesting)
Common Poorwill (east of Hwy 85)
Whip-poor-will (nesting and all those west of ND Hwy 1)
White-throated Swift
Selasphorus hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker (nesting)
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker (west of US Hwy 83 and all nesting)
Western Wood-Pewee (nesting)
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher (nesting)
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike (winter)
White-eyed Vireo
Bell’s Vireo (nesting)
Plumbeous Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (nesting)
Philadelphia Vireo (nesting)
Pinyon Jay
Common Raven (nesting)
Violet-green Swallow (east of US Hwy 85)
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (nesting)
Carolina Wren
Rock Wren (nesting east of US 83)
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet (nesting)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (nesting)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (sightings and nesting)
Northern Wheatear
Western Bluebird
Wood Thrush (nesting)
Northern Mockingbird (nesting)
Sage Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler (nesting)
“Brewster’s” Warbler
Tennessee Warbler (nesting)
Orange-crowned Warbler (nesting)
Nashville Warbler (nesting)
Yellow-rumped (“Myrtle”) Warbler (nesting)
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager (nesting)
Green-tailed Towhee
Brewer’s Sparrow (east of US Hwy 85 or North of Interstate 94)
Black-throated Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow (all subspecies except ”Red”)
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (“white-winged” and “gray-headed” subspecies)
McCown’s Longspur (east of US Hwy 85)
Black-headed Grosbeak (nesting east of US Hwy 83)
Blue Grosbeak (nesting)
Eastern Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Bullock’s Oriole (east of US Hwy 83)
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (east of ND Hwy 85)
Cassin’s Finch
Red Crossbill (nesting)
White-winged Crossbill (nesting)
Lesser Goldfinch
Any species not currently on the state list