List of North American Birds

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Common Name	Scientific Name	Images
Abert's Towhee	(Pipilo aberti)	1
Acorn Woodpecker	(Melanerpes formicivorus)	2
Allen's Hummingbird	(Selasphorus sasin)	1
American Avocet	(Recurvirostra americana)	3
American Coot	(Fulica americana)	1
American Dipper	(Cinclus mexicanus)	1
American Goldfinch	(Carduelis tristis)	4
American Kestrel	(Falco sparverius)	2
American Oystercatcher	(Haematopus palliatus)	1
American Robin	(Turdus migratorius)	2
American White Pelican	(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)	2
American Wigeon	(Anas americana)	4
Anna's Hummingbird	(Calypte anna)	3
Aplomado Falcon	(Falco femoralis)	2
Arizona Woodpecker	(Picoides arizonae)	2
Bald Eagle	(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)	4
Band-tailed Pigeon	(Patagioenas fasciata)	2
Barn Swallow	(Hirundo rustica)	2
Barred Owl	(Strix varia)	1
Barred Parakeet	(Bolborhynchus lineola)	2
Barrow's Goldeneye	(Bucephala islandica)	2
Belted Kingfisher	(Ceryle alcyon)	2
Bewick's Wren	(Thryomanes bewickii)	1
Black Hawk-Eagle	(Spizaetus tyrannus)	1
Black Oystercatcher	(Haematopus bachmani)	1
Black Phoebe	(Sayornis nigricans)	2
Black Skimmer	(Rynchops niger)	2
Black Tern	(Chlidonias niger)	1
Black Turnstone	(Arenaria melanocephala)	2
Black Vulture	(Coragyps atratus)	2
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle	(Spizastur melanoleucus)	1
Black-bellied Plover	(Pluvialis squatarola)	1
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	(Dendrocygna autumnalis)	3
Black-billed Magpie	(Pica hudsonia)	2
Black-capped Chickadee	(Poecile atricapillus)	2
Black-cheeked Woodpecker	(Melanerpes pucherani)	1
Black-chinned Hummingbird	(Archilochus alexandri)	3
Black-collared Hawk	(Busarellus nigricollis)	1
Black-crested Coquette	(Lophornis helenae)	1
Black-crested Titmouse	(Baeolophus atricristatus)	1
Black-crowned Night-Heron	(Nycticorax nycticorax)	2
Black-headed Grosbeak	(Pheucticus melanocephalus)	2
Black-headed Gull	(Larus ridibundus)	1
Black-headed Trogon	(Trogon melanocephalus)	1
Black-necked Stilt	(Himantopus mexicanus)	2
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	(Polioptila melanura)	2
Black-throated Sparrow	(Amphispiza bilineata)	2
Blue Jay	(Cyanocitta cristata)	3
Blue-capped Hummingbird	(Eupherusa cyanophrys)	1
Blue-winged Teal	(Anas discors)	2
Boat-billed Heron	(Cochlearius cochlearius)	1
Bobolink	(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)	1
Bonaparte's Gull	(Larus philadelphia)	2
Brant	(Branta bernicla)	2
Brewer's Blackbird	(Euphagus cyanocephalus)	2
Brewer's Sparrow	(Spizella breweri)	1
Bridled Titmouse	(Baeolophus wollweberi)	1
Broad-billed Hummingbird	(Cynanthus latirostris)	3
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	(Selasphorus platycercus)	2
Brown Creeper	(Certhia americana)	1
Brown Pelican	(Pelecanus occidentalis)	3
Brown-headed Cowbird	(Molothrus ater)	2
Bufflehead	(Bucephala albeola)	2
Bullock's Oriole	(Icterus bullockii)	1
Burrowing Owl	(Athene cunicularia)	3
Cactus Wren	(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)	2
California Condor	(Gymnogyps californianus)	2
California Gull	(Larus californicus)	2
Calliope Hummingbird	(Stellula calliope)	2
Canada Goose	(Branta canadensis)	2
Canvasback	(Aythya valisineria)	2
Canyon Towhee	(Pipilo fuscus)	1
Cassin's Finch	(Carpodacus cassinii)	2
Cattle Egret	(Bubulcus ibis)	1
Cedar Waxwing	(Bombycilla cedrorum)	2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	(Poecile rufescens)	1
Chipping Sparrow	(Spizella passerina)	2
Cinnamon Hummingbird	(Amazilia rutila)	1
Cinnamon Teal	(Anas cyanoptera)	1
Clapper Rail	(Rallus longirostris)	2
Clark's Nutcracker	(Nucifraga columbiana)	3
Cliff Swallow	(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)	1
Collared Aracari	(Pteroglossus torquatus)	2
Common Black-Hawk	(Buteogallus anthracinus)	1
Common Goldeneye	(Bucephala clangula)	2
Common Grackle	(Quiscalus quiscula)	2
Common Loon	(Gavia immer)	2
Common Merganser	(Mergus merganser)	2
Common Moorhen	(Gallinula chloropus)	1
Common Murre	(Uria aalge)	1
Common Nighthawk	(Chordeiles minor)	1
Common Raven	(Corvus corax)	2
Costa's Hummingbird	(Calypte costae)	2
Crane Hawk	(Geranospiza caerulescens)	1
Crested Auklet	(Aethia cristatella)	1
Crested Caracara	(Caracara cheriway)	3
Curve-billed Thrasher	(Toxostoma curvirostre)	2
Dark-eyed Junco	(Junco hyemalis)	1
Double-crested Cormorant	(Phalacrocorax auritus)	2
Downy Woodpecker	(Picoides pubescens)	2
Dunlin	(Calidris alpina)	1
Eared Grebe	(Podiceps nigricollis)	2
Eastern Bluebird	(Sialia sialis)	2
Eastern Kingbird	(Tyrannus tyrannus)	1
Eastern Meadowlark	(Sturnella magna)	1
Elegant Trogon	(Trogon elegans)	2
Emerald Toucanet	(Aulacorhynchus prasinus)	1
Eurasian Kestrel	(Falco tinnunculus)	1
Eurasian Wigeon	(Anas penelope)	1
European Starling	(Sturnus vulgaris)	1
Ferruginous Hawk	(Buteo regalis)	2
Flame-colored Tanager	(Piranga bidentata)	1
Florida Scrub-Jay	(Aphelocoma coerulescens)	1
Forster's Tern	(Sterna forsteri)	1
Fox Sparrow	(Passerella iliaca)	1
Franklin's Gull	(Larus pipixcan)	1
Gadwall	(Anas strepera)	2
Gambel's Quail	(Callipepla gambelii)	2
Gila Woodpecker	(Melanerpes uropygialis)	2
Glossy Ibis	(Plegadis falcinellus)	1
Golden Eagle	(Aquila chrysaetos)	2
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker	(Melanerpes chrysogenys)	1
Golden-crowned Sparrow	(Zonotrichia atricapilla)	1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker	(Melanerpes aurifrons)	2
Golden-hooded Tanager	(Tangara larvata)	1
Gray Catbird	(Dumetella carolinensis)	1
Gray Hawk	(Buteo nitidus)	1
Gray Jay	(Perisoreus canadensis)	1
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	(Leucosticte tephrocotis)	2
Great Black-Hawk	(Buteogallus urubitinga)	1
Great Blue Heron	(Ardea herodias)	3
Great Egret	(Ardea alba)	1
Great Horned Owl	(Bubo virginianus)	3
Great Kiskadee	(Pitangus sulphuratus)	2
Great-tailed Grackle	(Quiscalus mexicanus)	2
Greater Roadrunner	(Geococcyx californianus)	2
Greater Sage-Grouse	(Centrocercus urophasianus)	3
Greater Scaup	(Aythya marila)	2
Green Heron	(Butorides virescens)	2
Green Jay	(Cyanocorax yncas)	2
Green Violetear	(Colibri thalassinus)	2
Green-tailed Towhee	(Pipilo chlorurus)	2
Green-winged Teal	(Anas crecca)	1
Hairy Woodpecker	(Picoides villosus)	1
Harlequin Duck	(Histrionicus histrionicus)	3
Harpy Eagle	(Harpia harpyja)	2
Harris's Hawk	(Parabuteo unicinctus)	2
Heermann's Gull	(Larus heermanni)	3
Hepatic Tanager	(Piranga flava)	3
Herring Gull	(Larus argentatus)	1
Hooded Merganser	(Lophodytes cucullatus)	2
Hooded Oriole	(Icterus cucullatus)	2
Horned Grebe	(Podiceps auritus)	1
Horned Puffin	(Fratercula corniculata)	2
House Finch	(Carpodacus mexicanus)	3
House Sparrow	(Passer domesticus)	2
House Wren	(Troglodytes aedon)	1
Inca Dove	(Columbina inca)	1
Keel-billed Toucan	(Ramphastos sulfuratus)	2
Killdeer	(Charadrius vociferus)	2
King Vulture	(Sarcoramphus papa)	3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	(Picoides scalaris)	2
Lark Sparrow	(Chondestes grammacus)	1
Laughing Falcon	(Herpetotheres cachinnans)	1
Laughing Gull	(Larus atricilla)	2
Lazuli Bunting	(Passerina amoena)	1
Least Auklet	(Aethia pusilla)	2
Least Bittern	(Ixobrychus exilis)	1
Least Grebe	(Tachybaptus dominicus)	1
Least Sandpiper	(Calidris minutilla)	1
Least Tern	(Sternula antillarum)	1
Lesser Goldfinch	(Carduelis psaltria)	2
Lesser Scaup	(Aythya affinis)	1
Lesser Yellowlegs	(Tringa flavipes)	1
Lewis's Woodpecker	(Melanerpes lewis)	1
Lilac-crowned Parrot	(Amazona finschi)	1
Lincoln's Sparrow	(Melospiza lincolnii)	1
Lineated Woodpecker	(Dryocopus lineatus)	1
Little Blue Heron	(Egretta caerulea)	1
Long-billed Curlew	(Numenius americanus)	1
Long-billed Dowitcher	(Limnodromus scolopaceus)	1
Long-eared Owl	(Asio otus)	2
Magnificent Hummingbird	(Eugenes fulgens)	3
Mallard	(Anas platyrhynchos)	4
Marbled Godwit	(Limosa fedoa)	1
Marsh Wren	(Cistothorus palustris)	1
Mealy Parrot	(Amazona farinosa)	2
Mew Gull	(Larus canus)	1
Mexican Jay	(Aphelocoma ultramarina)	1
Military Macaw	(Ara militaris)	2
Mississippi Kite	(Ictinia mississippiensis)	1
Mountain Bluebird	(Sialia currucoides)	1
Mountain Chickadee	(Poecile gambeli)	2
Mourning Dove	(Zenaida macroura)	2
Mute Swan	(Cygnus olor)	2
Northern Bobwhite	(Colinus virginianus)	1
Northern Cardinal	(Cardinalis cardinalis)	2
Northern Flicker	(Colaptes auratus)	2
Northern Gannet	(Morus bassanus)	3
Northern Goshawk	(Accipiter gentilis)	1
Northern Harrier	(Circus cyaneus)	2
Northern Mockingbird	(Mimus polyglottos)	2
Northern Pintail	(Anas acuta)	2
Northern Shoveler	(Anas clypeata)	2
Northern Shrike	(Lanius excubitor)	1
Northwestern Crow	(Corvus caurinus)	1
Olive Sparrow	(Arremonops rufivirgatus)	1
Orange-chinned Parakeet	(Brotogeris jugularis)	1
Orange-fronted Parakeet	(Aratinga canicularis)	1
Ornate Hawk-Eagle	(Spizaetus ornatus)	2
Osprey	(Pandion haliaetus)	2
Pacific Loon	(Gavia pacifica)	1
Pale-billed Woodpecker	(Campephilus guatemalensis)	1
Parakeet Auklet	(Aethia psittacula)	2
Pectoral Sandpiper	(Calidris melanotos)	2
Peregrine Falcon	(Falco peregrinus)	2
Phainopepla	(Phainopepla nitens)	3
Pied-billed Grebe	(Podilymbus podiceps)	2
Pileated Woodpecker	(Dryocopus pileatus)	2
Pinyon Jay	(Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)	2
Plain Chachalaca	(Ortalis vetula)	2
Plumbeous Kite	(Ictinia plumbea)	1
Prairie Falcon	(Falco mexicanus)	1
Purple Finch	(Carpodacus purpureus)	2
Purplish-backed Jay	(Cyanocorax beecheii)	2
Pygmy Nuthatch	(Sitta pygmaea)	2
Pyrrhuloxia	(Cardinalis sinuatus)	3
Red Crossbill	(Loxia curvirostra)	3
Red-bellied Woodpecker	(Melanerpes carolinus)	1
Red-breasted Merganser	(Mergus serrator)	2
Red-breasted Nuthatch	(Sitta canadensis)	1
Red-breasted Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus ruber)	1
Red-crowned Parrot	(Amazona viridigenalis)	2
Red-headed Woodpecker	(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)	1
Red-lored Parrot	(Amazona autumnalis)	2
Red-naped Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus nuchalis)	1
Red-necked Phalarope	(Phalaropus lobatus)	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	(Buteo lineatus)	1
Red-tailed Hawk	(Buteo jamaicensis)	3
Red-throated Loon	(Gavia stellata)	1
Red-winged Blackbird	(Agelaius phoeniceus)	2
Reddish Egret	(Egretta rufescens)	2
Redhead	(Aythya americana)	1
Resplendent Quetzal	(Pharomachrus mocinno)	2
Ring-billed Gull	(Larus delawarensis)	2
Ring-necked Duck	(Aythya collaris)	2
Ring-necked Pheasant	(Phasianus colchicus)	1
Rock Pigeon	(Columba livia)	1
Rock Sandpiper	(Calidris ptilocnemis)	1
Rock Wren	(Salpinctes obsoletus)	1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	(Pheucticus ludovicianus)	1
Roseate Spoonbill	(Platalea ajaja)	1
Ross's Goose	(Chen rossii)	1
Rough-legged Hawk	(Buteo lagopus)	2
Royal Tern	(Thalasseus maximus)	2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	(Regulus calendula)	2
Ruddy Duck	(Oxyura jamaicensis)	2
Ruddy Turnstone	(Arenaria interpres)	1
Rufescent Tiger-Heron	(Tigrisoma lineatum)	1
Ruffed Grouse	(Bonasa umbellus)	2
Rufous Hummingbird	(Selasphorus rufus)	2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird	(Amazilia tzacatl)	1
Sage Thrasher	(Oreoscoptes montanus)	2
Sanderling	(Calidris alba)	1
Sandhill Crane	(Grus canadensis)	3
Savannah Sparrow	(Passerculus sandwichensis)	1
Scarlet Macaw	(Ara macao)	2
Scarlet Tanager	(Piranga olivacea)	1
Scintillant Hummingbird	(Selasphorus scintilla)	1
Short-tailed Hawk	(Buteo brachyurus)	1
Slaty-tailed Trogon	(Trogon massena)	1
Snow Goose	(Chen caerulescens)	3
Snowy Egret	(Egretta thula)	2
Snowy Owl	(Bubo scandiacus)	3
Song Sparrow	(Melospiza melodia)	3
Spotted Sandpiper	(Actitis macularius)	2
Spotted Towhee	(Pipilo maculatus)	2
Steller's Jay	(Cyanocitta stelleri)	2
Steller's Sea-Eagle	(Haliaeetus pelagicus)	2
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird	(Eupherusa eximia)	1
Surf Scoter	(Melanitta perspicillata)	2
Surfbird	(Aphriza virgata)	1
Swainson's Hawk	(Buteo swainsoni)	2
Swallow-tailed Kite	(Elanoides forficatus)	1
Thick-billed Murre	(Uria lomvia)	2
Thick-billed Parrot	(Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)	1
Townsend's Solitaire	(Myadestes townsendi)	1
Tree Swallow	(Tachycineta bicolor)	1
Tricolored Heron	(Egretta tricolor)	3
Trumpeter Swan	(Cygnus buccinator)	2
Tufted Duck	(Aythya fuligula)	1
Tufted Puffin	(Fratercula cirrhata)	2
Turkey Vulture	(Cathartes aura)	2
Verdin	(Auriparus flaviceps)	2
Violaceous Trogon	(Trogon violaceus)	1
Violet-green Swallow	(Tachycineta thalassina)	1
Volcano Hummingbird	(Selasphorus flammula)	2
Western Bluebird	(Sialia mexicana)	2
Western Grebe	(Aechmophorus occidentalis)	2
Western Gull	(Larus occidentalis)	2
Western Kingbird	(Tyrannus verticalis)	2
Western Meadowlark	(Sturnella neglecta)	1
Western Sandpiper	(Calidris mauri)	2
Western Scrub-Jay	(Aphelocoma californica)	1
Western Tanager	(Piranga ludoviciana)	2
Western Wood-Pewee	(Contopus sordidulus)	1
Whimbrel	(Numenius phaeopus)	1
White Hawk	(Leucopternis albicollis)	1
White Ibis	(Eudocimus albus)	3
White-breasted Nuthatch	(Sitta carolinensis)	2
White-crowned Parrot	(Pionus senilis)	2
White-crowned Sparrow	(Zonotrichia leucophrys)	2
White-fronted Parrot	(Amazona albifrons)	2
White-headed Woodpecker	(Picoides albolarvatus)	3
White-necked Jacobin	(Florisuga mellivora)	1
White-tailed Eagle	(Haliaeetus albicilla)	1
White-tailed Hawk	(Buteo albicaudatus)	1
White-tailed Kite	(Elanus leucurus)	1
White-winged Dove	(Zenaida asiatica)	2
Whooping Crane	(Grus americana)	1
Wild Turkey	(Meleagris gallopavo)	2
Willet	(Tringa semipalmata)	2
Wilson's Phalarope	(Phalaropus tricolor)	1
Wilson's Snipe	(Gallinago delicata)	2
Wood Duck	(Aix sponsa)	3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	(Empidonax flaviventris)	1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus varius)	2
Yellow-crowned Parrot	(Amazona ochrocephala)	2
Yellow-headed Blackbird	(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)	3
Yellow-headed Parrot	(Amazona oratrix)	2
Yellow-lored Parrot	(Amazona xantholora)	1
Yellow-naped Parrot	(Amazona auropalliata)	2
Yellow-rumped Warbler	(Dendroica coronata)	2