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This list contains bird species that have been observed within the district. It includes all common, as well as rare and accidental species that are not normally expected to occur here. Those species noted in italics are known to occur in the vicinity, but have not been sighted on the district.
| Valley City Wetland Management District Bird Checklist | ||||
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Legend: c = Common - Certain to be seen or heard in
suitable habitat |
S=Spring s=Summer F=Fall W=Winter |
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Herons |
Waterfowl |
Hawks |
Shorebirds |
Owls |
Woodpeckers Flycatchers | Swallows | Wrens | Warblers | Sparrows | Finches |
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| Common Name | S | s | F | W |
| Loons | Legend | |||
| Common Loon | r | r | ||
| Grebes | Legend | |||
| Pied-billed Grebe * | c | c | c | |
| Horned Grebe * | u | u | u | |
| Red-necked Grebe * | r | r | r | |
| Eared Grebe * | c | c | c | |
| Western Grebe * | c | c | c | |
| Clark's Grebe | r | r | r | |
| Pelicans | Legend | |||
| American White Pelican | c | c | c | |
| Cormorants | Legend | |||
| Double-crested Cormorant * | c | c | c | |
| Herons, Egrets and Bitterns | Legend | |||
| American Bittern * | c | c | c | |
| Least Bittern | r | r | r | |
| Great Blue Heron | c | c | c | |
| Great Egret | u | c | c | |
| Snowy Egret | r | r | r | |
| Little Blue Heron | r | r | r | |
| Cattle Egret | r | r | u | |
| Green Heron * | r | r | r | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron * | c | c | c | |
| Ibises | Legend | |||
| White-faced Ibis | r | |||
| Vultures | Legend | |||
| Turkey Vulture | r | r | ||
| Swans, Geese, and Ducks | Legend | |||
| Tundra Swan | c | c | ||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | u | r | u | |
| Snow Goose * | c | r | c | |
| Ross's Goose | r | r | ||
| Brant | r | |||
| Canada Goose * | c | c | c | u |
| Wood Duck * | c | c | c | |
| Gadwall * | c | c | c | |
| American Wigeon * | c | u | c | |
| American Black Duck * | r | r | r | |
| Mallard * | c | c | r | |
| Blue-winged Teal * | c | c | c | |
| Cinnamon Teal * | r | r | r | |
| Northern Shoveler * | c | c | c | |
| Northern Pintail * | c | c | c | |
| Green-winged Teal * | c | u | c | |
| Canvasback * | c | u | c | |
| Redhead * | c | c | c | |
| Ring-necked Duck * | c | r | c | |
| Greater Scaup | r | r | ||
| Lesser Scaup * | c | u | c | |
| White-winged Scoter | r | |||
| Bufflehead | c | r | c | |
| Common Goldeneye | c | u | r | |
| Hooded Merganser * | c | c | c | |
| Common Merganser | c | c | r | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | u | |||
| Ruddy Duck * | c | u | c | |
| Hawks and Eagles | Legend | |||
| Osprey | r | r | ||
| Bald Eagle # | c | c | r | |
| Northern Harrier * | c | c | c | r |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | u | u | r | |
| Cooper's Hawk * | u | r | u | r |
| Northern Goshawk | r | r | r | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | r | r | ||
| Swainson's Hawk * | c | c | c | |
| Red-tailed Hawk * | c | c | c | r |
| Ferruginous Hawk * | u | r | u | r |
| Rough-legged Hawk | c | c | r | |
| Golden Eagle | u | r | u | u |
| Falcons | Legend | |||
| American Kestrel * | c | u | c | r |
| Merlin | u | u | r | |
| Peregrine Falcon # | r | r | r | |
| Prairie Falcon | u | r | u | r |
| Upland Game Birds | Legend | |||
| Gray Partridge * | c | c | c | c |
| Ring-necked Pheasant * | c | c | c | c |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse * | c | c | c | c |
| Greater Prairie Chicken * | r | r | r | r |
| Wild Turkey * | u | u | u | u |
| Rails and Coots | Legend | |||
| King Rail | r | r | r | |
| Virginia Rail * | u | u | u | |
| Sora * | c | c | c | |
| American Coot * | c | c | c | r |
| Common Moorhen | r | |||
| Cranes | Legend | |||
| Sandhill Crane | c | r | c | |
| Whooping Crane # | r | r | ||
| Shorebirds | Legend | |||
| Black-bellied Plover | r | r | ||
| American Golden Plover | u | u | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | u | u | ||
| Piping Plover *# | r | r | r | |
| Killdeer * | c | c | c | |
| American Avocet * | c | c | c | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | u | u | u | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | c | u | c | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | u | u | u | |
| Willet * | c | c | c | |
| Spotted Sandpiper * | u | u | c | |
| Upland Sandpiper * | c | c | ||
| Hudsonian Godwit | r | |||
| Marbled Godwit * | c | c | r | |
| Sanderling | r | r | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | c | u | ||
| Western Sandpiper | c | r | c | |
| Least Sandpiper | c | r | c | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | c | r | ||
| Baird's Sandpiper | c | u | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | c | u | ||
| Dunlin | r | r | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | u | u | ||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | r | |||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | u | u | u | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | c | u | c | |
| Common Snipe * | c | u | c | |
| American Woodcock | r | r | r | |
| Wilson's Phalarope * | u | u | u | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | u | u | ||
| Gulls and Terns | Legend | |||
| Franklin's Gull | c | c | c | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | u | u | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | c | c | c | |
| California Gull | c | c | c | |
| Herring Gull | r | |||
| Caspian Tern | r | r | ||
| Common Tern | c | c | c | |
| Forster's Tern * | u | u | ||
| Black Tern * | c | c | c | |
| Doves | Legend | |||
| Rock Dove * | c | c | c | c |
| Mourning Dove * | c | c | c | r |
| Cuckoos and Roadrunners | Legend | |||
| Black-billed Cuckoo * | u | c | u | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | r | |||
| Owls | Legend | |||
| Barn Owl * | r | r | r | r |
| Eastern Screech Owl * | r | c | r | u |
| Great Horned Owl * | c | c | c | c |
| Snowy Owl | r | u | u | |
| Burrowing Owl | r | |||
| Barred Owl | r | |||
| Long-eared Owl * | r | r | r | |
| Short-eared Owl * | c | c | c | u |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | r | |||
| Nighthawks and Nightjars | Legend | |||
| Common Nighthawk * | u | u | u | |
| Whip-poor-will | r | |||
| Swifts | Legend | |||
| Chimney Swift | r | r | r | |
| Hummingbirds | Legend | |||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | r | u | r | |
| Kingfishers | Legend | |||
| Belted Kingfisher * | c | c | c | |
| Woodpeckers | Legend | |||
| Red-Headed Woodpecker * | r | r | r | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | u | u | ||
| Downy Woodpecker * | c | c | c | c |
| Hairy Woodpecker * | c | c | c | c |
| Northern Flicker * | c | c | c | r |
| Flycatchers | Legend | |||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | r | r | ||
| Eastern Wood Pewee * | u | u | u | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | r | |||
| Alder Flycatcher | r | |||
| Willow Flycatcher * | u | c | r | |
| Least Flycatcher * | u | c | r | |
| Eastern Phoebe | u | r | u | |
| Say's Phoebe * | u | u | u | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | r | r | r | |
| Western Kingbird * | c | c | c | |
| Eastern Kingbird * | c | c | c | Shrikes | Legend |
| Loggerhead Shrike * | u | u | r | |
| Northern Shrike | u | u | u | Vireos | Legend |
| Blue-headed Vireo | r | r | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | r | r | ||
| Warbling Vireo * | u | c | u | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | r | r | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo | u | u | u | Jays, Magpies and Crows | Legend |
| Gray Jay | r | |||
| Blue Jay * | c | c | c | c |
| Black-billed Magpie * | c | c | c | c |
| American Crow * | c | u | c | u |
| Larks | Legend | |||
| Horned Lark * | c | c | c | c |
| Swallows | Legend | |||
| Purple Martin * | u | c | u | |
| Tree Swallow * | c | c | c | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow * | u | u | ||
| Bank Swallow * | c | c | u | |
| Cliff Swallow * | c | c | c | |
| Barn Swallow * | c | c | c | |
| Chickadees and Titmice | Legend | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee * | c | c | c | c |
| Nuthatches | Legend | |||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | u | u | c | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch * | u | u | c | c |
| Creepers | Legend | |||
| Brown Creeper | u | u | u | |
| Wrens | Legend | |||
| House Wren * | c | c | c | |
| Winter Wren | r | |||
| Sedge Wren * | u | c | r | |
| Marsh Wren * | u | c | u | |
| Kinglets, Bluebirds, and Thrushes | Legend | |||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | r | r | r | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | u | u | ||
| Eastern Bluebird * | c | u | u | |
| Mountain Bluebird | u | u | ||
| Veery | U | u | ||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | u | u | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | c | u | ||
| Hermit Thrush | r | r | ||
| American Robin * | c | c | c | r |
| Mimics | Legend | |||
| Gray Catbird * | c | c | u | |
| Brown Thrasher * | c | c | u | |
| Starlings | Legend | |||
| European Starling * | u | u | u | u |
| Pipits | Legend | |||
| American (Water) Pipit | u | u | ||
| Sprague's Pipit * | u | u | u | |
| Waxwings | Legend | |||
| Bohemian Waxwing | u | u | u | |
| Cedar Waxwing * | u | c | c | u |
| Warblers | Legend | |||
| Golden-winged Warbler | r | |||
| Tennessee Warbler | c | u | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | c | u | ||
| Nashville Warbler | u | r | ||
| Yellow Warbler * | c | c | u | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | u | u | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | u | u | ||
| Cape May Warbler | r | r | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | c | c | r | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | r | r | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | r | r | ||
| Pine Warbler | r | |||
| Palm Warbler | c | u | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | r | r | ||
| Blackpoll Warbler | c | u | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | c | u | ||
| American Redstart | u | r | u | |
| Ovenbird | c | u | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | c | u | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | r | |||
| Mourning Warbler | r | r | ||
| Common Yellowthroat * | c | c | c | |
| Wilson's Warbler | u | u | ||
| Canada Warbler | r | r | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | r | r | ||
| Tanagers | Legend | |||
| Scarlet Tanager | r | r | ||
| Sparrows, Buntings, and Grosbeaks | Legend | |||
| Eastern Towhee | r | r | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | c | c | r | |
| Chipping Sparrow * | c | c | u | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow * | c | c | u | |
| Field Sparrow | u | r | u | |
| Vesper Sparrow | u | c | u | |
| Lark Sparrow * | u | r | u | |
| Lark Bunting * | u | u | ||
| Savannah Sparrow * | c | c | u | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow * | u | c | r | |
| Bairds's Sparrow * | r | r | r | |
| Le Conte's Sparrow * | u | c | u | |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow * | u | u | u | |
| Fox Sparrow | r | r | ||
| Song Sparrow * | c | c | c | r |
| Swamp Sparrow | u | r | u | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | c | u | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | c | c | r | |
| Harris' Sparrow | c | c | r | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | c | c | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | c | c | r | |
| Lapland Longspur | c | r | c | c |
| Smith's Longspur | r | r | ||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur * | u | u | u | |
| Snow Bunting | u | u | c | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak * | u | r | u | |
| Indigo Bunting | r | r | ||
| Dickcissel * | u | u | u | |
| Blackbirds and Orioles | Legend | |||
| Bobolink * | c | c | u | |
| Red-winged Blackbird * | c | c | c | u |
| Western Meadowlark * | c | c | c | r |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird * | c | c | u | |
| Rusty Blackbird | u | u | r | |
| Brewer's Blackbird * | u | u | u | r |
| Common Grackle * | c | c | c | r |
| Brown-headed Cowbird * | c | c | c | |
| Orchard Oriole * | c | u | r | |
| Baltimore Oriole * | c | c | u | |
| Finches | Legend | |||
| Pine Grosbeak | r | r | r | |
| Purple Finch | u | u | u | |
| House Finch | r | r | r | c |
| Red Crossbill | r | r | u | |
| White-winged Crossbill | r | r | r | |
| Common Redpoll | u | u | c | |
| Hoary Redpoll | r | |||
| Pine Siskin * | u | r | c | c |
| American Goldfinch * | u | c | c | r |
| Evening Grosbeak | r | r | ||
| Old World Sparrows | Legend | |||
| House Sparrow * | c | c | c | c |
This resource is based on the following source:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1999. Birds of Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge, Pingree, North Dakota. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Unpaginated. Updated January, 2004.
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