Species Distribution
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys, Allies
New World Quail
Loons
Grebes
Pelicans
Cormorants
Frigatebirds
Herons, Egrets, Bitterns
Ibises
Storks
New World Vultures
Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, Kites
Falcons, Caracaras
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Cranes
Plovers
Avocets, Stilts
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies
Gulls, Terns
Jaegers
Auks
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Barn-Owls
Owls
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Crows, Jays, Magpies
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees, Titmice
Nuthatches
Creepers
Wrens
Dippers
Kinglets
Gnatcatchers
Old World Flycatchers
Thrushes
Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Starlings
Pipits
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Tanagers
Towhees, Sparrows, Longspurs
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Allies
Blackbirds, Orioles, Allies
Finches
Old World Sparrows
Included here are nesting range maps for those species which normally nest in the state, and the approximate location(s) where migrants, winter visitants, casual and accidental species occur or have occured.

For regularly occuring species which are strictly migrants, summer visitors or winter visitors, the maps attempt to depict those areas where these species are most often or most likely to be found. Not every record is depicted for migrants, as they can often occur anywhere. In those cases where migrants usually occur in a very restricted area, (e.g., Parasitic Jaeger, Red Knot), only those locations are shown, even though records from other areas may have been recorded.

These maps are only intended to be used as a general guide. Obviously, without accompanying text to put species maps in their proper context, the real status of any bird depicted cannot be very accurate. Details such as abundance, frequency or records outside the normal range or season of regularly occuring species are not shown.

While we have made every effort to depict accurate information, variations in actual ranges from year to year are inevitable. For a more complete discussion, refer to Robert Janssen's Birds in Minnesota.


Range Maps for Minnesota Birds
 Nesting Species  Permanent Resident  Migrent/Summer Visitor  Former Range
 Winter Visitor  Casual Species  Accidental Species
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys, Allies
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
New World Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird
Herons, Egrets, Bitterns
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Storks
Wood Stork
New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, Kites
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Falcons, Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Avocets, Stilts
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Gulls, Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Auks
Dovekie
Ancient Murrelet
Pigeons, Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Passenger Pigeon
Common Ground-Dove
Inca Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Barn-Owls
Barn Owl
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Green Violetear
Magnificent Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Crows, Jays, Magpies
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees, Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Creepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Rock Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Dippers
American Dipper
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Fieldfare
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Wood Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Towhees, Sparrows, Longspurs
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown's Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Allies
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Blackbirds, Orioles, Allies
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Finches
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow



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