Casual Visitors to Minnesota

Full Name Type Families Scientific Name Habitat
Cinnamon Teal Duck Anatidae Anas cyanptera Fresh Water Marshes
Eurasian Wigeon Duck Anatidae Anas penelope Fresh Water Marshes
Barrow's Goldeneye Duck Anatidae Bucephala islandica Sea Shore
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Duck Anatidae Dendrocygna autumnalis Fresh Water Marshes
King Eider Duck Anatidae Somateria spectabilis Sea Shore
Lazuli Bunting Finch Fringillidae Passerina amoena Thicket Second Growth
Painted Bunting Finch Fringillidae Passerina ciris Thicket Second Growth
Black-headed Grosbeak Finch Fringillidae Pheucticus melanocephalus Deciduous Forest
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Flycatcher Tyrannidae Muscivora forficata Grassland
Say's Phoebe Flycatcher Tyrannidae Sayornis saya Open Areas
Laughing Gull Gull Laridae Larus atricilla Salt Marsh
California Gull Gull Laridae Larus californicus Fresh Water Marshes
Black-headed Gull Gull Laridae Larus ridibundus Lakes Rivers Ponds
Black-legged Kittiwake Gull Laridae Rissa tridactyla Sea Shore
Sabine's Gull Gull Laridae Xema sabini Open Ocean
Tricolored Heron Heron Ardeidae Egretta tricolor Lakes Rivers Ponds
White-faced Ibis Ibis Threskiornithidae Plegadis chihi Salt Marsh
Pomarine Jaeger Jaeger Stercorariidae Stercorarius pomarinus Open Ocean
Burrowing Owl Owl Strigidae Athene cunicularia Grassland
Band-tailed Pigeon Pigeon Columbidae Columba fasciata City Suburban
Sprague's Pipit Pipit Motacillidae Anthus spragueii Grassland
Gyrfalcon Raptor Falconidae Falco rusticolus Salt Marsh
Mississippi Kite Raptor Accipitridae Ictinia mississipiensis Deciduous Forest
Red Phalarope Sandpiper Scolopacidae Phalaropus fulicarius Open Ocean
Ruff Sandpiper Scolopacidae Philomachus pugnax Salt Marsh
Black-throated Sparrow Sparrow Emberizine Amphispiza bilineata Texas Thickets Second Growth
Lark Bunting Sparrow Fringillidae Calamospiza melanocorys Grassland
Least Tern Tern Laridae Sterna albifrons Sea Shore
Arctic Tern Tern Laridae Sterna paradisaea Sea Shore
Sage Thrasher Thrasher Mimidae Oreoscoptes montanus Texas Thickets Second Growth
White-eyed Vireo Vireo Vireonidae Vireo griseus Thicket Second Growth
Prairie Warbler Warbler Parulidae Dendroica discolor Thicket Second Growth
Yellow-throated Warbler Warbler Parulidae Dendroica dominica Coniferous Forest
Worm-eating Warbler Warbler Parulidae Helmitheros vermivorus Deciduous Forest
Rock Wren Wren Troglodytidae Salpinctes obsoletus Texas Thickets Second Growth

The casual visitor is one who is seen infrequently and in varied numbers, usually during migration periods.

To the best of my knowledge, this information is up to date as of 2005 *the most current information I could obtain. If you see any errors please fill out a comments form at the sites Main Page


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