List of Minnesota birds
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The List of Minnesota birds list all of the birds seen in Minnesota according to the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. All of the birds found in Minnesota are protected from take unless appropriate permits are obtained, or they are included on the unprotected species list.
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[edit] Regular Species
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorium
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Golden-Plover
- American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Pipit
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- American Tree Sparrow
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
- Black Scoter
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Black-bellied Plover
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Black-billed Magpie
- Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
- Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
- Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
- Boreal Chickadee
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Creeper Certhia familiaris
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Canada Warbler
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Cape May Warbler
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea’‘
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Raven
- Common Redpoll
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
- Dunlin
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Franklin's Gull
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Glaucous Gull Larus glaucescens
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gray Jay
- Gray Partridge
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Great Egret Casmerodius albus
- Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Forster
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Harlequin Duck
- Harris's Sparrow
- Henslow's Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Hoary Redpoll
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Horned Lark
- House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lapland Longspur
- Lark Bunting
- Lark Sparrow
- Le Conte's Sparrow
- Least Bittern Tachybaptus dominicus
- Least Flycatcher
- Least Sandpiper
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Gull
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
- Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Marbled Godwit
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mountain Bluebird
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mourning Warbler
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Parula Parula americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Northern Shrike
- Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
- Oldsquaw
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
- Palm Warbler
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pine Grosbeak
- Pine Siskin
- Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Prairie Falcon
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red Crossbill
- Red Knot
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Redhead (duck) Aythya americana
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rock Pigeon
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ross's Goose
- Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruffed Grouse
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Sedge Wren
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper’‘
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Smith's Longspur
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Snowy Owl
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
- Spruce Grouse
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson's Hawk
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
- Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
- Townsend's Solitaire
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Varied Thrush
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Grebe
- Western Kingbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Whimbrel Mumenius hudsonicus
- Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged Crossbill
- White-winged Scoter
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
- Willow Flycatcher
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Wilson's Warbler
- Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus
- Yellow Rail
- Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax violaceus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
[edit] Casual Species
- Baird's Sparrow
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia
- California Gull
- Clark's Grebe
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Gyrfalcon
- Iceland Gull
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
- Lazuli Bunting
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Mississippi Kite
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Rock Wren
- Ruff
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Sage Thrasher
- Say's Phoebe
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Spotted Towhee
- Sprague's Pipit
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Sandpiper
- Western Tanager
- Western Wood-Pewee
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
[edit] Accidental Species
- American Dipper
- Ancient Murrelet
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Black Phoebe
- Black Rail
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Brambling
- Brewer's Sparrow
- Bullock's Oriole
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Cassin's Finch
- Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Common Poorwill
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Dovekie
- Eskimo Curlew
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Fieldfare
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Garganey
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Hermit Warbler
- Ivory Gull
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Kirtland's Warbler
- Lewis' Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- McCown's Longspur
- Mew Gull
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Northern Wheatear
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Painted Redstart
- Passenger Pigeon
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Purple Sandpiper
- Pygmy Nuthatch
- Red Phalarope
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
- Scott's Oriole
- Snowy Plover
- Swallow-tailed Kite Tyrannus forficatus
- Townsend's Warbler
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Violet-green Swallow
- White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Williamson's Sapsucker
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Wilson's Plover
- Yellow-billed Loon
[edit] Unprotected Bird Species
The following birds are unprotected and may be taken at any time:
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rock Pigeon
- Chukar
- quail other than Northern Bobwhite
- monk parakeet
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Hunting[1]