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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Minnesota and North Dakota

Cumulative Checklist

With Chris Wood as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of five on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = H = Heard, N = Nesting
A B C D
2 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
5 Canada Goose 7 350 N Branta canadensis
5 Trumpeter Swan 2 8 N Cygnus buccinator
5 Wood Duck 3 15 N Aix sponsa
5 Gadwall 3 100 Anas strepera
5 American Wigeon 4 16 Anas americana
2 American Black Duck Anas rubripes
5 Mallard 7 125 N Anas platyrhynchos
5 Blue-winged Teal 5 500 Anas discors
5 Northern Shoveler 3 35 Anas clypeata
5 Northern Pintail 3 35 Anas acuta
5 [American] Green-winged Teal 2 3 Anas crecca carolinensis
5 Canvasback 3 7 Aythya valisineria
5 Redhead 3 30 Aythya americana
5 Ring-necked Duck 3 88 N Aythya collaris
3 Greater Scaup 1 1 Aythya marila
5 Lesser Scaup 2 50 Aythya affinis
1 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
1 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca deglandi
5 Bufflehead 1 7 Bucephala albeola
4 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
5 Hooded Merganser 6 10 N Lophodytes cucullatus
5 Common Merganser 1 1 Mergus merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
5 Ruddy Duck 2 30 N Oxyura jamaicensis
2 Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
5 Ring-necked Pheasant 3 20 Phasianus colchicus
5 Ruffed Grouse 1 2 H Bonasa umbellus
5 Sharp-tailed Grouse 1 1 Tympanuchus phasianellus
5 Wild Turkey 1 2 Meleagris gallopavo
1 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
5 Common Loon 4 8 Gavia immer
5 Pied-billed Grebe 4 6 Podilymbus podiceps
2 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
5 Red-necked Grebe 3 4 Podiceps grisegena
5 Eared Grebe 2 170 N Podiceps nigricollis
5 Western Grebe 2 30 Aechmophorus occidentalis
4 Clark's Grebe 2 1 Aechmophorus clarkii
1 Western Grebe x Clark's Grebe 1 1 Aechmophorus occidentalis x clarkii
5 American White Pelican 4 65 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
5 Double-crested Cormorant 4 75 N Phalacrocorax auritus
5 American Bittern 4 4 Botaurus lentiginosus
2 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
5 Great Blue Heron 3 3 Ardea herodias
5 Great Egret 3 20 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret 2 9 Egretta thula
1 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
1 Tricolored Heron 1 1 Egretta tricolor
5 Cattle Egret 1 25 Bubulcus ibis
5 Green Heron 3 5 Butorides virescens
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 30 Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
4 White-faced Ibis 1 1 Plegadis chihi
5 Turkey Vulture 5 10 Cathartes aura
5 Osprey 2 2 N Pandion haliaetus
5 Bald Eagle 1 4 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
5 Northern Harrier 5 8 N Circus cyaneus
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 Accipiter striatus
4 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 H Buteo lineatus
5 Broad-winged Hawk 4 3 Buteo platypterus
5 Swainson's Hawk 3 10 N Buteo swainsoni
5 Red-tailed Hawk 7 15 N Buteo jamaicensis
4 Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) 1 1 Buteo jamaicensis krideri
5 Ferruginous Hawk 1 7 N Buteo regalis
5 American Kestrel 4 7 Falco sparverius
4 Merlin (Taiga) 3 1 Falco columbarius columbarius
1 Merlin (Prairie) Falco columbarius richardsonii
2 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus
5 Yellow Rail 1 2 H Coturnicops noveboracensis
5 Virginia Rail 2 1 Rallus limicola
5 Sora 3 8 Porzana carolina
1 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
5 American Coot 3 20 Fulica americana
4 Sandhill Crane 2 8 N Grus canadensis
1 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
2 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
1 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
2 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
5 Killdeer 5 10 N Charadrius vociferus
4 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
5 Spotted Sandpiper 1 1 Actitis macularia
1 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
5 Willet (Western) 2 6 Tringa semipalmatus inornatus
5 Upland Sandpiper 2 8 Bartramia longicauda
1 Whimbrel (American) 1 1 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
5 Marbled Godwit 2 30 Limosa fedoa
1 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
3 Sanderling Calidris alba
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
2 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
3 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
1 Dunlin Calidris alpina
2 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himatopus
5 Wilson's Snipe 6 10 Gallinago delicata
4 American Woodcock Scolopax minor
5 Wilson's Phalarope 3 45 Phalaropus tricolor
3 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
5 Franklin's Gull 2 50 Leucophaeus pipixcan
5 Ring-billed Gull 6 5000 N Larus delawarensis
4 California Gull 2 30 Larus californicus
5 Herring Gull (American) 2 30 N Larus argentatus smithsonianus
2 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
5 Black Tern 3 120 N Chlidonias niger surinamensis
4 Common Tern 3 25 Sterna hirundo
5 Forster's Tern 2 20 Sterna forsteri
5 Rock Pigeon 5 200 Columba livia
5 Mourning Dove 7 100 Zenaida macroura
5 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 1 H Coccyzus erythropthalmus
2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
3 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
2 Northern Hawk Owl 1 1 H Surnia ulula
3 Barred Owl 1 4 Strix varia
3 Great Gray Owl 1 1 Strix nebulosa
3 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus flammeus
3 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
5 Chimney Swift 2 5 Chaetura pelagica
5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 2 Archilochus colubris
5 Belted Kingfisher 2 1 Megaceryle alcyon
2 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes carolinus
5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 1 Sphyrapicus varius
5 Downy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides pubescens
5 Hairy Woodpecker 2 3 Picoides villosus
3 Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 H Picoides arcticus
5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6 3 Colaptes auratus auratus group
5 Pileated Woodpecker 4 2 Dryocopus pileatus
3 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
5 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 7 Contopus virens
5 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 4 12 Empidonax flaviventris
3 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
5 Alder Flycatcher 5 30 Empidonax alnorum
5 Willow Flycatcher 3 3 Empidonax traillii
5 Least Flycatcher 4 5 Empidonax minimus
5 Eastern Phoebe 4 5 Sayornis phoebe
4 Say's Phoebe 1 1 Sayornis saya
5 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 10 Myiarchus crinitus
5 Western Kingbird 3 60 Tyrannus verticalis
5 Eastern Kingbird 6 45 Tyrannus tyrannus
4 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
4 Bell's Vireo (Eastern) 1 4 Vireo bellii bellii
5 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 1 Vireo flavifrons
5 Blue-headed Vireo 2 3 H Vireo solitarius
5 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 2 1 H Vireo gilvus gilvus
2 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
5 Red-eyed Vireo 5 10 Vireo olivaceus
5 Gray Jay (Northern) 2 6 Perisoreus canadensis canadensis
5 Blue Jay 5 10 Cyanocitta cristata
4 Black-billed Magpie 2 2 Pica hudsonia
5 American Crow 5 100 Corvus brachyrhynchos
5 Common Raven 4 30 Corvus corax
5 Horned Lark 3 10 Eremophila alpestris
5 Purple Martin 3 5 Progne subis
5 Tree Swallow 6 40 N Tachycineta bicolor
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 3 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
5 Bank Swallow 2 20 N Riparia riparia
5 Cliff Swallow 5 35 N Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
5 Barn Swallow 6 26 N Hirundo rustica
5 Black-capped Chickadee 5 8 N Poecile atricapillus
5 Boreal Chickadee 3 5 N Poecile hudsonicus
5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 10 Sitta canadensis
5 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 1 Sitta carolinensis carollinensis
5 Brown Creeper 1 1 Certhia americana
1 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
5 House Wren 2 15 Troglodytes aedon
5 Winter Wren 4 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
5 Sedge Wren 5 10 Cistothorus platensis
5 Marsh Wren 2 25 Cistothorus palustris
5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 5 Regulus satrapa
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 2 Regulus calendula
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern) 1 3 Polioptila caerulea caerulea
5 Eastern Bluebird 3 6 N Sialia sialis
5 Veery 5 20 Catharus fuscescens fuscescens
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
5 Swainson's Thrush 1 10 H Catharus ustulatus swainsoni
5 Hermit Thrush 4 20 Catharus guttatus faxoni
5 Wood Thrush 2 1 H Hylocichla mustelina
5 American Robin 7 50 N Turdus migratorius
5 Gray Catbird 5 10 Dumetella carolinensis
5 Brown Thrasher 5 4 Toxostoma rufum
5 European Starling 6 200 N Sturnus vulgaris
4 Sprague's Pipit 1 1 H Anthus spragueii
5 Cedar Waxwing 4 40 Bombycilla cedrorum
5 Blue-winged Warbler 1 2 Vermivora pinus
5 Golden-winged Warbler 1 3 Vermivora chrysoptera
1 Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) Vermivora chrysoptera x pinus
2 Tennessee Warbler 1 1 Vermivora peregrina
5 Nashville Warbler (Eastern) 4 35 Vermivora ruficapilla ruficapilla
4 Northern Parula Parula americana
5 Yellow Warbler 6 25 Dendroica petechia
5 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 15 Dendroica pensylvanica
5 Magnolia Warbler 3 8 Dendroica magnolia
4 Cape May Warbler 2 1 Dendroica tigrina
4 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
5 Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler 5 10 Dendroica coronata coronata
5 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 5 Dendroica virens
5 Blackburnian Warbler 4 5 Dendroica fusca
4 Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
2 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
5 Palm Warbler (Western) 2 4 Dendroica palmarum palmarum
2 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 1 Dendroica castanea
1 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
5 Cerulean Warbler 1 2 Dendroica cerulea
5 Black-and-white Warbler 4 15 Mniotilta varia
5 American Redstart 5 20 Setophaga ruticilla
1 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
5 Ovenbird 5 15 Seiurus aurocapilla
5 Northern Waterthrush 1 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
2 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
1 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
5 Connecticut Warbler 4 3 Oporornis agilis
5 Mourning Warbler 4 8 Oporornis philadelphia
5 Common Yellowthroat 7 30 Geothlypis trichas
4 Hooded Warbler 1 2 H Wilsonia citrina
4 Wilson's Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia pusilla pusilla
5 Canada Warbler 3 4 Wilsonia canadensis
5 Eastern Towhee 1 1 Pipilo erythrophthalmus
5 Chipping Sparrow 5 10 Spizella passerina
5 Clay-colored Sparrow 3 50 Spizella pallida
5 Field Sparrow 1 7 Spizella pusilla
5 Vesper Sparrow 3 5 Pooecetes gramineus
3 Lark Sparrow 1 5 Chondestes grammacus
5 Savannah Sparrow 6 75 Passerculus sandwichensis
5 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 15 Ammodramus savannarum
4 Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii
4 Henslow's Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus henslowii
5 Le Conte's Sparrow 2 2 Ammodramus leconteii
5 Nelson's Sparrow 3 8 Ammodramus nelsoni
5 Song Sparrow 6 25 Melospiza melodia
5 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 2 Melospiza lincolnii
5 Swamp Sparrow 6 10 Melospiza georgiana
5 White-throated Sparrow 4 15 Zonotrichia albicollis
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3 6 Junco hyemalis hyemalis
5 Chestnut-collared Longspur 1 20 Calcarius ornatus
1 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
5 Scarlet Tanager 2 2 Piranga olivacea
5 Northern Cardinal 1 7 Cardinalis cardinalis
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 3 Pheucticus ludovicianus
5 Indigo Bunting 3 6 Passerina cyanea
4 Dickcissel 2 3 Spiza americana
5 Bobolink 5 75 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
5 Red-winged Blackbird 7 250 Agelaius phoeniceus
5 Eastern Meadowlark 2 2 N Sturnella magna
5 Western Meadowlark 3 125 Sturnella neglecta
5 Yellow-headed Blackbird 3 250 N Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
5 Brewer's Blackbird 4 20 Euphagus cyanocephalus
5 Common Grackle 7 100 N Quiscalus quiscula
5 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 75 N Molothrus ater
5 Orchard Oriole 3 7 Icterus spurius
5 Baltimore Oriole 2 1 Icterus galbula
5 Purple Finch (Eastern) 3 3 Carpodacus purpureus purpureus
5 House Finch 1 1 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
3 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
5 American Goldfinch 7 40 Spinus tristis
3 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
7 House Sparrow 6 50 Passer domesticus

Mammals

1 Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
5 Eastern Cottontail X Sylvilagus floridanus
4 Snowshoe Hare X Lepus americanus
5 White-tailed Jackrabbit x Lepus townsendi
4 Least Chipmunk X Tamias minimus
5 Eastern Chipmunk X Tamias striatus
1 Woodchuck Marmota monax
1 Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii
5 Richardson's Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus richardsonii
5 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
4 Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
4 Eastern Fox Squirrel X Sciurus niger
5 Red Sqiurrel X Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
4 Beaver X Castor canadensis
5 Common Muskrat X Ondatra zibetheca
5 Common Porcupine X Erethizon dorsatum
5 Red Fox X Vulpes vulpes
3 Coyote X Canis latrans
1 Gray Wolf Canis lupus
3 North American Mink Mustela vison
2 American Badger X Taxidea taxus
5 Raccoon X Procyon lotor
4 Striped Skunk X Mephitis mephitis
2 Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis
5 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
3 Moose X Alces alces

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Mink Frog H Rana septentrionalis
4 Wood Frog X Rana sylvatica
2 Green Frog Rana clamitans
2 Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens
2 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
4 American Toad Bufo americanus
4 Gray Treefrog H Hyla versicolor
5 Spring Peeper H Hyla crucifer
5 Western Chorus Frog H Pseudacris triseriata
4 Snapping Turtle X Chelydra serpentina
6 Painted Turtle X Chrysemys picta
1 Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos
1 Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata
4 Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix

Butterflies and Skippers

1 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
2 Cabbage White Pieris rapae
5 Mourning Cloak X Nymphalis antiopa

Butterflies

2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
5 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio canadensis
4 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
1 Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice
1 Spring Azure Celastrina ladon
2 Arctic Blue Agriades glandon
5 Northern Crescent X Phyciodes selenis
1 comma sp. Polygonia sp.
1 American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis
4 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax
5 White Admiral X Limenitis arthemis arthemis
5 Monarch X Danaus plexippus
4 Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae