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North American Birds

This page is a photo index of all the North American Birds on the site. Although many of the birds on the site have several photos, this page shows only the first picture of each bird. Click on the photo or the text link to go to the detail page for that bird. (The detail pages have larger bird photos, fact sheets and distribution maps).

Ducks, Geese, and Swans
In the breeding season, the male Wood Duck has iridescent green and purple head with long drooping green crest. There is a thin white line from the bill, over the eye, to the back of the crest. The...
Wood Duck
(Aix sponsa)
3 images 		The Northern Pintail is a medium-sized duck with a long thin neck and pointed tail. The male has a dark reddish brown head, white neck and underside, thin white stripe on the neck. The sides and back...
Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta)
2 images 		The male has pinkish brown body with white or cream forehead and dark-green patch from behind the eye to the neck. The bill is blue gray with black tip. The cheeks and chin are gray. there is a white...
American Wigeon
(Anas americana)
4 images 		In the breeding season, the Northern Shoveler has dark glossy green head, black back, white chest and black bill. The sides and belly are chestnut-brown. Eyes are yellow. Outside the breeding season...
Northern Shoveler
(Anas clypeata)
2 images
The Green-winged Teal is a small duck with iridescent green patches on the wings, with white stripe on the shoulder in front of the wing. The male has a reddish head with broad green crescent shaped...
Green-winged Teal
(Anas crecca)
1 image 		In the breeding season, the male Cinnamon Teal has bright cinnamon head and body. The rump and tail are dark. There is a light blue patch on the upper wing, The eyes are red. Outside the breeding...
Cinnamon Teal
(Anas cyanoptera)
1 image 		During the breeding season, the male Blue-winged Teal has blue-gray head with large white crescent between eye and bill. The body is cinnamon-brown with fine black markings. The upper wing has a...
Blue-winged Teal
(Anas discors)
2 images 		The Eurasian Wigeon is a medium-sized duck. The male has a dark reddish brown head with buff colored crown. The sides are gray with large white patch on the wings. The belly is white. The bill is...
Eurasian Wigeon
(Anas penelope)
1 image
The male Mallard duck is brown gray with green head and narrow white neck ring. The breast chestnut-brown, and underside is light gray. The rump is black, and tail is black with white outer feathers....
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
4 images 		The breeding male Gadwall is mottled gray with black rump and rectangular white wing patch. The female is brown with white and buff streaks, similar to a female Mallard. The non-breeding male is...
Gadwall
(Anas strepera)
2 images 		In the breeding season Lesser Scaup males have black head neck, breast and front part of the back. The rest of the back is white with fine black barring. The rump is black and the sides and belly are...
Lesser Scaup
(Aythya affinis)
1 image 		The male Redhead duck has reddish brown head and orange yellow eyes. The back and sides are gray, the chest and tail are black, the belly is a off white. The wings are gray with white flecks. The...
Redhead
(Aythya americana)
1 image
The Ring-necked Duck is a large streamlined duck. The male has a black head, neck and breast, with gray sides. There is a white crescent-shaped marking on either side of the breast. The bill has a...
Ring-necked Duck
(Aythya collaris)
2 images 		The adult male Tufted Duck is all black with white sides and a blue gray bill, and a tuft on the head. The eye is bright yellow. The female is brown with paler brown sides. Tufted ducks are diving...
Tufted Duck
(Aythya fuligula)
1 image 		In breeding plumage, the male Greater Scaup has a black head, neck, upper back, and breast. The head has a green iridescent sheen. The back is white or pale gray with thin wavy black lines. The rump...
Greater Scaup
(Aythya marila)
2 images 		The mal Canvasback duck has reddish head, black chest and white body. It is similar in appearance to the Redhead duck, but the Canvasback has whiter body. The female is duller with sandy brown head...
Canvasback
(Aythya valisineria)
2 images
The Brant is a small goose with black head, neck and chest, and an incomplete white neck collar. The back is dark gray brown, and rump and tail is white. Birds from the Atlantic coast have light gray...
Brant
(Branta bernicla)
2 images 		The Canada Goose is a large goose with a black head and long black neck with broad white chinstrap. The back is brown and breast is pale tan or cream. It has white rump and black tail. The legs and...
Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)
2 images 		The Bufflehead is a black and white diving duck with a gray bill and white patch on side of head. The male has a black back and head, white sides and large white patch on head. In the breeding...
Bufflehead
(Bucephala albeola)
2 images 		The Common Goldeneye is a diving duck with large head and stocky body. In the breeding season, the male has a greenish-black head with a white patch on the side of the face at base of the bill. The...
Common Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
2 images
In the breeding season the male has a black head with purple sheen. There is a white crescent-shaped patch on side of face near the base of the bill. The wings, back and tail are black. The sides and...
Barrow's Goldeneye
(Bucephala islandica)
2 images 		The Snow Goose has two color phases. The white or
Snow Goose
(Chen caerulescens)
3 images 		Ross's Goose is a small goose. It is white with black wing primary feathers. It has a round head with dark eyes and a short triangular pink bill. There is a gray line through eye and a green warty...
Ross's Goose
(Chen rossii)
1 image
Trumpeter Swan
(Cygnus buccinator)
2 images

Mute Swan
(Cygnus olor)
2 images
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
(Dendrocygna autumnalis)
3 images
Harlequin Duck
(Histrionicus histrionicus)
3 images
Hooded Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
2 images

Surf Scoter
(Melanitta perspicillata)
2 images
Common Merganser
(Mergus merganser)
2 images
Red-breasted Merganser
(Mergus serrator)
2 images
Ruddy Duck
(Oxyura jamaicensis)
2 images

Hummingbirds
The Cinnamon Hummingbird is a medium sized hummingbird with bronze green back and cinnamon colored underside. The tail is square and reddish with gold and green edging.
Cinnamon Hummingbird
(Amazilia rutila)
1 image 		The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is mainly green, with a rufous tail and rump. The back and sides are green with a golden tint. The wings are dark. The belly is pale gray. The long straight bill is red...
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
(Amazilia tzacatl)
1 image 		The Black-chinned Hummingbird is a small hummingbird. It is metallic green above with green sides, and white underside. The bill is long, thin and straight. Males have a black face and chin, purple...
Black-chinned Hummingbird
(Archilochus alexandri)
3 images 		Anna's Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird with glossy green back, green sides and grey underside and a dark tail. The bill is long, thin and straight. Males have a red crown and throat. ...
Anna's Hummingbird
(Calypte anna)
3 images
The male Costa's Hummingbird is mainly green above with a small black tail and black wings, and white patches below the throat and tail. The male has a purple cap and throat. The female is...
Costa's Hummingbird
(Calypte costae)
2 images 		The male Green Violetear is green above with bronze brown rump and tail. The tail is square with dark blue band near the tip. It has a violet spot on the breast and a violet band along the chin, and...
Green Violetear
(Colibri thalassinus)
2 images 		The Broad-billed Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird.Males metallic green above and on the breast. The tail is dark above, and tail coverts on the underside of the tail are white. The bill is...
Broad-billed Hummingbird
(Cynanthus latirostris)
3 images 		The Magnificent Hummingbird is a large hummingbird with a long slightly curved black bill. The male is iridescent green-bronze above with bronze tail with a black tip. It has a violet crown and...
Magnificent Hummingbird
(Eugenes fulgens)
3 images

Blue-capped Hummingbird
(Eupherusa cyanophrys)
1 image
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
(Eupherusa eximia)
1 image
White-necked Jacobin
(Florisuga mellivora)
1 image
Black-crested Coquette
(Lophornis helenae)
1 image

Volcano Hummingbird
(Selasphorus flammula)
2 images 		The Broad-tailed hummingbird is iridescent green with a white breast. The male has a bright iridescent rose red throat patch. The female is much duller with rust-colored and mottled throat. Older...
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
(Selasphorus platycercus)
2 images 		The Rufous Hummingbird is a small hummingbird with a long, straight slender bill. The male is reddish brown with a white breast and an iridescent orange-red throat patch. Some males have some green...
Rufous Hummingbird
(Selasphorus rufus)
2 images 		Allen's Hummingbird is a small hummingbird. The male is green with rust-colored flanks, rump, and tail, and an iridescent orange-red throat. The female and immature birds are similar color but have...
Allen's Hummingbird
(Selasphorus sasin)
1 image

Scintillant Hummingbird
(Selasphorus scintilla)
1 image 		The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest bird in North America. It has glossy green back and head with white underparts. The male has wine-red coloured streaks on the throat and a dark tail. Females...
Calliope Hummingbird
(Stellula calliope)
2 images

Nightjars
Common Nighthawks are medium-sized birds with large mouths and large eyes. They are patterned with bars of browns, grays and white for good camouflage. The tail is notched tail and wings are long...
Common Nighthawk
(Chordeiles minor)
1 image

Auks, Murres, and Puffins
The Crested Auklet is mainly black with a broad orange bill, and thin white stripe behind the eye. They eye is pale yellow white. During the breeding season the Crested Auklet has a prominent crest...
Crested Auklet
(Aethia cristatella)
1 image 		The Parakeet Auklet is a small seabird with a short thick orange bill that is slightly upturned. It is dark colored above and white below, with a white plume behind the yellow eye. In summer its eye...
Parakeet Auklet
(Aethia psittacula)
2 images 		The Least Auklet is the smallest species of auk. It is black above with a white throat and black and white mottled belly. It has a white line behind the eye and white streaks on the forehead. It has...
Least Auklet
(Aethia pusilla)
2 images
Tufted Puffin
(Fratercula cirrhata)
2 images

Horned Puffin
(Fratercula corniculata)
2 images
Common Murre
(Uria aalge)
1 image
Thick-billed Murre
(Uria lomvia)
2 images

Lapwings and Plovers
The Killdeer is a gray brown bird with white underside. It has a prominent black double band on the breast. The top band completely encircles the body. The head is white with brown cap and sides, and...
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
2 images
Black-bellied Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola)
1 image

Oystercatchers

Black Oystercatcher
(Haematopus bachmani)
1 image
American Oystercatcher
(Haematopus palliatus)
1 image

Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes
The Spotted Sandpiper is a medium-sized shorebird. It is brown above with thin white eye stripe. The underside is white with prominent round black spots. The tail is dark with white on the outside....
Spotted Sandpiper
(Actitis macularius)
2 images 		The Surfbird is a medium-sized shore bird. Outside the breeding season it is a gray bird with yellow legs and short bill. The tail is white with black band at the tip. There is also a white stripe on...
Surfbird
(Aphriza virgata)
1 image 		The Ruddy Turnstone is a wading bird with wedge shaped bill and fairly short orange legs. The back and wings are gray brown with black mottling. The head is brownish with white streaks. The breast is...
Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
1 image 		The Black Turnstone is a shorebird with dark wedge shaped bill and dark legs. In the breeding season the adults are black above with white eye stripe, white spots on sides of neck and breast. and...
Black Turnstone
(Arenaria melanocephala)
2 images
The Sanderling is a small sandpiper. In the breeding season the head, breast, back and wings are reddish brown with dark and light markings. The underside is white. It the non-breeding season the...
Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
1 image 		The Dunlin is a medium-sized sandpiper with fairly long dark bill and moderately long dark legs. In the breeding season it has reddish brown back and reddish brown crown, black belly. In the...
Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)
1 image 		The Western Sandpiper is a medium sized shorebird with longish black legs and a short dark bill. The body is mainly gray brown above and white underneath. In the breeding season, the back is more...
Western Sandpiper
(Calidris mauri)
2 images 		The Pectoral Sandpiper is a medium-sized sandpiper with fairly long slightly downward curved bill and fairly long yellowish or greenish legs. The back is reddish brown and black with two thin white...
Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos)
2 images
The Least Sandpiper is a small sandpiper with short neck and longish black bill. The back is reddish brown with black markings, and two thin white lines down the back. The underside is white. The...
Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)
1 image 		The Rock Sandpiper is a medium sized shorebird with medium bill and fairly short yellow legs. In the breeding season, the back is patterned black and reddish brown. The head is white, with grayish...
Rock Sandpiper
(Calidris ptilocnemis)
1 image
Wilson's Snipe
(Gallinago delicata)
2 images
Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
1 image

Marbled Godwit
(Limosa fedoa)
1 image
Long-billed Curlew
(Numenius americanus)
1 image
Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus)
1 image
Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus)
2 images

Wilson's Phalarope
(Phalaropus tricolor)
1 image
Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa flavipes)
1 image
Willet
(Tringa semipalmata)
2 images

Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
In breeding plumage, the Black Tern is dark colored with a black head, neck and chest, and gray wings. In non-breeding plumage the head is white with dark crown and naps; the underside is white and...
Black Tern
(Chlidonias niger)
1 image
Herring Gull
(Larus argentatus)
1 image
Laughing Gull
(Larus atricilla)
2 images
California Gull
(Larus californicus)
2 images

Mew Gull
(Larus canus)
1 image
Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
2 images
Heermann's Gull
(Larus heermanni)
3 images
Western Gull
(Larus occidentalis)
2 images

Bonaparte's Gull
(Larus philadelphia)
2 images
Franklin's Gull
(Larus pipixcan)
1 image
Black-headed Gull
(Larus ridibundus)
1 image
Black Skimmer
(Rynchops niger)
2 images

Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri)
1 image
Least Tern
(Sternula antillarum)
1 image
Royal Tern
(Thalasseus maximus)
2 images

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt
(Himantopus mexicanus)
2 images
American Avocet
(Recurvirostra americana)
3 images

Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets
The Great Egret is a large white water bird with yellow bill. The neck is about one and a half times as long as the body. It has dark grey or black legs. The bill becomes very dark almost black in...
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
1 image 		The Great Blue Heron is the largest North American heron. It is blue-gray heron with a reddish gray neck with black and white streaks down the front. The thighs are brown. The face is white with...
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
3 images 		The Cattle Egret is a small white egret. During he breeding season it has long, buff reddish feathers on the crown, chest, and back. At the peak of the breeding season the bill, legs, and eyes are...
Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis)
1 image 		The Green Heron is a small heron. The wings are black with green or blue gloss. The head has greenish black crown. The face and neck are reddish brown. The chest is reddish brown with white steaks....
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)
2 images
The Boat-billed Heron is an unusual heron with a large broad scoop-shaped black bill and a crest. The crown and upper back are dark gray. The wings and lower back are light grey. The face, throat...
Boat-billed Heron
(Cochlearius cochlearius)
1 image
Little Blue Heron
(Egretta caerulea)
1 image
Reddish Egret
(Egretta rufescens)
2 images
Snowy Egret
(Egretta thula)
2 images

Tricolored Heron
(Egretta tricolor)
3 images
Least Bittern
(Ixobrychus exilis)
1 image
Black-crowned Night-Heron
(Nycticorax nycticorax)
2 images 		The Rufescent Tiger-heron has a gray body with chestnut head, chest and neck, and a prominent white stripe down the front of the neck. The immature has broad black bars on a brown-buff background.
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
(Tigrisoma lineatum)
1 image

Ibises and Spoonbills

White Ibis
(Eudocimus albus)
3 images
Roseate Spoonbill
(Platalea ajaja)
1 image
Glossy Ibis
(Plegadis falcinellus)
1 image

New World Vultures
The Turkey Vulture is a large black-brown bird with a bare red head. The flight feathers are gray on the underside. It can soar for long periods, holding its long wings held in a shallow v-shape. The...
Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)
2 images 		The American Black Vulture is a large glossy black vulture. The head and neck are bare with dark gray wrinkled skin. The legs are pale gray. The feet are flat and not adapted to grasping prey. It is...
Black Vulture
(Coragyps atratus)
2 images
California Condor
(Gymnogyps californianus)
2 images
King Vulture
(Sarcoramphus papa)
3 images

Pigeons and Doves
The typical Rock Pigeon has a dark blue gray head, neck, and chest with greenish, and purple iridescence on the neck and wings. The bill is gray with off-white cere. The feet are reddish. The female...
Rock Pigeon
(Columba livia)
1 image 		The Inca Dove is a small dove with a light brown body with dark brown edges to the feathers giving it a scaly appearance. The tail is fairly long with white outer feathers. The wings have some darker...
Inca Dove
(Columbina inca)
1 image
Band-tailed Pigeon
(Patagioenas fasciata)
2 images
White-winged Dove
(Zenaida asiatica)
2 images

Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura)
2 images

River Kingfishers
The Belted Kingfisher is a blue gray stocky bird with a white collar and white belly. The chest is gray and females also have a reddish brown chest band. The head and bill are large relative to the...
Belted Kingfisher
(Ceryle alcyon)
2 images

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

Greater Roadrunner
(Geococcyx californianus)
2 images

Caracaras and Falcons
The Crested Caracara is a large black-brown bird with black crown and crest. The throat and sides of the neck are pale buff color and face has bare red skin. The legs are yellow and the bill is...
Crested Caracara
(Caracara cheriway)
3 images
Aplomado Falcon
(Falco femoralis)
2 images
Prairie Falcon
(Falco mexicanus)
1 image
Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus)
2 images

American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
2 images
Eurasian Kestrel
(Falco tinnunculus)
1 image
Laughing Falcon
(Herpetotheres cachinnans)
1 image

Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
The Northern Goshawk has a blue gray back and pale gray underside, with fine bars on the chest. The top of the head is dark gray and it has a white stripe above the eyes. The wings are broad and...
Northern Goshawk
(Accipiter gentilis)
1 image 		Golden Eagles are large raptors with long, broad wings. They are mainly dark brown with golden feathers on the head, neck and face. The tail is gray brown. In flight the underside of the wings appear...
Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos)
2 images 		The Black-collared Hawk is a reddish brown hawk with off white head and bold black crescent shaped mark on the upper chest. The back has scattered black stripes. The flight feathers are black. The...
Black-collared Hawk
(Busarellus nigricollis)
1 image 		The White-tailed Hawk has gray head and back, white underside and reddish patch on the shoulder. The tail is white with a black band near the tip. Males and females are similar in appearance,...
White-tailed Hawk
(Buteo albicaudatus)
1 image
The Short-tailed Hawk is a small buzzard with broad rounded wings, and broad tail. There are two color morphs - light and dark. The light morph is dark brown above with white face and white...
Short-tailed Hawk
(Buteo brachyurus)
1 image 		The Red-tailed Hawk is a large hawk with broad wings and broad red tail with dark band near the tip. There are light and dark color morphs. The light form has dark brown head, white chest with...
Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
3 images 		The Rough-legged Hawk is a large hawk with long broad wings and pale white feathers with dark training wing edges. The tail is white at base with broad dark band at tip. There are light and dark...
Rough-legged Hawk
(Buteo lagopus)
2 images 		The Red-shouldered Hawk has reddish shoulders and chest and reddish belly with white bars. The wings are dark gray to black. The tail has broad black bands separated by thinner white bands. It has a...
Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
1 image
The Grey Hawk has a light gray body. Birds from southern part of range have fine white barring, while birds from northern parts of the range are plain gray above. The tail is black with three white...
Gray Hawk
(Buteo nitidus)
1 image 		The Ferruginous Hawk is a large hawk with white or pale gray tail. There are two color morphs - light and dark. The light morph has white and pal gray head, reddish brown back and shoulders , mainly...
Ferruginous Hawk
(Buteo regalis)
2 images 		Swainson's Hawk is a medium hawk with brown head and white face, dark chest band, light tail with dark bands. There is alight form with white belly, and a dark form that is mainly brown with white...
Swainson's Hawk
(Buteo swainsoni)
2 images 		The Common Black Hawk is a black or dark gray hawk with broad wings. The tail is short and black with a broad white band and a white tail tip. The bill is black. The legs and cere are yellow. Males...
Common Black-Hawk
(Buteogallus anthracinus)
1 image
The Great Black Hawk is mainly black with short white tail with a broad black tip. The bill is black. The legs and cere are yellow. Males and females are similar. Immature birds are dark brown above...
Great Black-Hawk
(Buteogallus urubitinga)
1 image 		The Northern Harrier is a medium-sized hawk with long tail and slender, rounded wings. It has a ruff of feathers around face. The bill is dark with blue base and yellow skin at base of bill. The eyes...
Northern Harrier
(Circus cyaneus)
2 images
Swallow-tailed Kite
(Elanoides forficatus)
1 image
White-tailed Kite
(Elanus leucurus)
1 image

Crane Hawk
(Geranospiza caerulescens)
1 image
White-tailed Eagle
(Haliaeetus albicilla)
1 image
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
4 images
Steller's Sea-Eagle
(Haliaeetus pelagicus)
2 images

Harpy Eagle
(Harpia harpyja)
2 images
Mississippi Kite
(Ictinia mississippiensis)
1 image
Plumbeous Kite
(Ictinia plumbea)
1 image
White Hawk
(Leucopternis albicollis)
1 image

Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
2 images
Harris's Hawk
(Parabuteo unicinctus)
2 images
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus ornatus)
2 images
Black Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus tyrannus)
1 image

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
(Spizastur melanoleucus)
1 image

Curassows and Guans

Plain Chachalaca
(Ortalis vetula)
2 images

New World Quail
Gambel's Quail is a medium sized quail. The body is mainly gray with chestnut brown sides streaked with white. It has a narrow forward-facing crest or topknot on the head. Males have black face,...
Gambel's Quail
(Callipepla gambelii)
2 images 		The Northern Bobwhite is a medium sized quail. It has a rounded body, short tail, round head with short crest. The body is reddish brown, black and white in a cryptic scaly pattern. The male has...
Northern Bobwhite
(Colinus virginianus)
1 image

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
The Ruffed Grouse is a stocky chicken-shaped bird. The male has a large dark neck ruff and crest, with two or more white spots on the rump feathers. The female has smaller crest and ruff, and only a...
Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)
2 images 		The Sage grouse is a chicken like bird, and is the largest grouse in North American. Males have a dark grey head, black throat and yellow lores. The upper parts of the chest is brown and it has a...
Greater Sage-Grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus)
3 images
Wild Turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo)
2 images
Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
1 image

Loons

Common Loon
(Gavia immer)
2 images
Pacific Loon
(Gavia pacifica)
1 image
Red-throated Loon
(Gavia stellata)
1 image

Cranes

Whooping Crane
(Grus americana)
1 image
Sandhill Crane
(Grus canadensis)
3 images

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

American Coot
(Fulica americana)
1 image
Common Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus)
1 image
Clapper Rail
(Rallus longirostris)
2 images

American sparrows, Towhees, Juncos, and Longspurs
The Black-throated Sparrow has gray body with white underside. The throat is black, and has a white face stripe above the eye. The bill is dark and conical. The tail is long and rounded, and mainly...
Black-throated Sparrow
(Amphispiza bilineata)
2 images 		The Olive Sparrow has olive back and wings. (It is the only sparrow with an olive back). It has a gray head with brown eye streak and a brown stripe on the crown. The breast is buff colored, and the...
Olive Sparrow
(Arremonops rufivirgatus)
1 image 		The Lark Sparrow is a small bird with distinctive head markings with white or pale brown stripe on the crown bordered by chestnut brown. There are chestnut brown patches on side of the head below...
Lark Sparrow
(Chondestes grammacus)
1 image
Dark-eyed Junco
(Junco hyemalis)
1 image

Lincoln's Sparrow
(Melospiza lincolnii)
1 image
Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)
3 images
Savannah Sparrow
(Passerculus sandwichensis)
1 image
Fox Sparrow
(Passerella iliaca)
1 image

Abert's Towhee
(Pipilo aberti)
1 image
Green-tailed Towhee
(Pipilo chlorurus)
2 images
Canyon Towhee
(Pipilo fuscus)
1 image
Spotted Towhee
(Pipilo maculatus)
2 images

Brewer's Sparrow
(Spizella breweri)
1 image
Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina)
2 images
Golden-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia atricapilla)
1 image
White-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
2 images

Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Cowbirds, Grackles, and Orioles
The male Red-winged Blackbird is black with a red patch on the bend of the wing. Some subspecies have a yellow border below the red patch. The female is brown with heavy streaks across the chest and...
Red-winged Blackbird
(Agelaius phoeniceus)
2 images
Bobolink
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
1 image
Brewer's Blackbird
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
2 images
Bullock's Oriole
(Icterus bullockii)
1 image

Hooded Oriole
(Icterus cucullatus)
2 images
Brown-headed Cowbird
(Molothrus ater)
2 images
Great-tailed Grackle
(Quiscalus mexicanus)
2 images
Common Grackle
(Quiscalus quiscula)
2 images

Eastern Meadowlark
(Sturnella magna)
1 image
Western Meadowlark
(Sturnella neglecta)
1 image
Yellow-headed Blackbird
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
3 images

Cardinals, Saltators, and Grosbeaks
the Northern Cardinals is a medium-sized songbird with a prominent crest on top of the head and a long tail. Males are bright red with black on the front of the face. Females are pale gray brown with...
Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)
2 images 		The Pyrrhuloxia is related to the Northern Cardinal. It has a prominent reddish crest on the head, and conical pale yellow bill. The male is gray with a red face and broad red band from chin to...
Pyrrhuloxia
(Cardinalis sinuatus)
3 images
Lazuli Bunting
(Passerina amoena)
1 image
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
(Pheucticus ludovicianus)
1 image

Black-headed Grosbeak
(Pheucticus melanocephalus)
2 images

Chickadees and Titmice
The Black-crested Titmouse is a small gray bird with a short black crest on its head. The forehead is white, there is white around the eyes. The sides have reddish brown wash, the chest and...
Black-crested Titmouse
(Baeolophus atricristatus)
1 image 		The Bridled Titmouse is a small gray bird with small black and gray crest. The face is white with black line through eye, black bib on throat, and black line behind ear joining the eye stripe to the...
Bridled Titmouse
(Baeolophus wollweberi)
1 image
Black-capped Chickadee
(Poecile atricapillus)
2 images
Mountain Chickadee
(Poecile gambeli)
2 images

Chestnut-backed Chickadee
(Poecile rufescens)
1 image

Dippers
The American Dipper is a stocky gray bird with short neck and thin bill. It has white feathers on the eyelids that are noticeable when the bird blinks. It has long legs and a short tail. It has a...
American Dipper
(Cinclus mexicanus)
1 image

Finches
The Lesser Goldfinch is a small finch with conical bill and short tail. Males have bright yellow underside. The top of the head is black. Back color varies from black to greenish depending on region....
Lesser Goldfinch
(Carduelis psaltria)
2 images 		The American Goldfinch is a small finch with conical bill. In the breeding season, the male is bright yellow with black cap and black wings with white wing bars. The female is dull olive green with...
American Goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis)
4 images 		Cassin's Finch is a medium sized finch. The male has pink head with brighter pink cap. The throat and upper breast are rose pink, and belly is pinkish white. The back is gray with reddish wash and...
Cassin's Finch
(Carpodacus cassinii)
2 images 		The House Finch is a medium-sized finch with a thick bill. The male has red head, throat, chest. The sides and underside is white with heavy brown stripes. The back, wings, and tail are brown. The...
House Finch
(Carpodacus mexicanus)
3 images
The Purple Finch has brown wings and a slightly forked tail. The male Purple Finch has reddish head and neck, with darker ear patch. There is a reddish wash over the back. Female Purple Finches are...
Purple Finch
(Carpodacus purpureus)
2 images
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
(Leucosticte tephrocotis)
2 images
Red Crossbill
(Loxia curvirostra)
3 images

Jays, Crows, Magpies, and Ravens
The Western Scrub-Jay has blue head, wings and tail. The throat is white with narrow blue band separating the throat from gray belly color. The back is gray brown and underside is pale gray. It has a...
Western Scrub-Jay
(Aphelocoma californica)
1 image 		The Florida Scrub-Jay is similar in appearance to the Western Scrub-Jay. It has blue head, wings, and tail. The back is pale gray brown and underside is pale gray. The throat is white. It has white...
Florida Scrub-Jay
(Aphelocoma coerulescens)
1 image 		The Mexican Jay has blue head, wings and tail, and a white throat. The back is gray blue, and underside is off white. It has long tail with white underside. The bill and legs are black, and eyes are...
Mexican Jay
(Aphelocoma ultramarina)
1 image
Northwestern Crow
(Corvus caurinus)
1 image

Common Raven
(Corvus corax)
2 images
Blue Jay
(Cyanocitta cristata)
3 images
Steller's Jay
(Cyanocitta stelleri)
2 images
Purplish-backed Jay
(Cyanocorax beecheii)
2 images

Green Jay
(Cyanocorax yncas)
2 images
Pinyon Jay
(Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
2 images
Clark's Nutcracker
(Nucifraga columbiana)
3 images
Gray Jay
(Perisoreus canadensis)
1 image

Black-billed Magpie
(Pica hudsonia)
2 images

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus calendula)
2 images

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Gray Catbird
(Dumetella carolinensis)
1 image
Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)
2 images
Sage Thrasher
(Oreoscoptes montanus)
2 images
Curve-billed Thrasher
(Toxostoma curvirostre)
2 images

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
1 image
White-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta carolinensis)
2 images
Pygmy Nuthatch
(Sitta pygmaea)
2 images

Old World sparrows

House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
2 images

Old World warblers and Gnatcatchers

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
(Polioptila melanura)
2 images

Penduline Tits
The Verdin is a species of penduline tit, and is one of the smallest perching birds in North America. It is mainly gray with yellow head and a reddish patch on the shoulders. The underside is paler...
Verdin
(Auriparus flaviceps)
2 images

Shrikes

Northern Shrike
(Lanius excubitor)
1 image

Silky-flycatchers

Phainopepla
(Phainopepla nitens)
3 images

Starlings

European Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris)
1 image

Swallows and Martins

Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rustica)
2 images
Cliff Swallow
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
1 image
Tree Swallow
(Tachycineta bicolor)
1 image
Violet-green Swallow
(Tachycineta thalassina)
1 image

Tanagers

Flame-colored Tanager
(Piranga bidentata)
1 image
Hepatic Tanager
(Piranga flava)
3 images
Western Tanager
(Piranga ludoviciana)
2 images
Scarlet Tanager
(Piranga olivacea)
1 image

Golden-hooded Tanager
(Tangara larvata)
1 image

Thrushes

Townsend's Solitaire
(Myadestes townsendi)
1 image
Mountain Bluebird
(Sialia currucoides)
1 image
Western Bluebird
(Sialia mexicana)
2 images
Eastern Bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
2 images

American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)
2 images

Treecreepers
Brown creepers are the only treecreepers in North America. They are dark brown above with heavily streaked white markings on the head, shoulders, back and wings. They have a brown stripe through the...
Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
1 image

Tyrant flycatchers
The Western Wood-Pewee is a flycatcher with small crest on the head. The bird is mainly mid gray above, and light gray below. The wings have gray flight feathers with whitish wing bars. The bird...
Western Wood-Pewee
(Contopus sordidulus)
1 image
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
(Empidonax flaviventris)
1 image
Great Kiskadee
(Pitangus sulphuratus)
2 images
Black Phoebe
(Sayornis nigricans)
2 images

Eastern Kingbird
(Tyrannus tyrannus)
1 image
Western Kingbird
(Tyrannus verticalis)
2 images

Waxwings
The Cedar Waxwing has a reddish brown head and upper body and gray back, wings and tail. The head has a short crest, and face has a black mask, and black chin. The tip of the tail is yellow, and the...
Cedar Waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
2 images

Wood-warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Dendroica coronata)
2 images

Wrens
The Cactus Wren is a large wren. The head has brown crown, white stripe over the eye and brown through the eye. The back is gray brown with black and white streaks. The throat is dark. The underside...
Cactus Wren
(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
2 images 		The Marsh Wren is a small brown bird. The back is streaked with black and white and the chest is whitish. The tail is held fairly upright. It has a brown cap and pale line above the eye. The bill is...
Marsh Wren
(Cistothorus palustris)
1 image
Rock Wren
(Salpinctes obsoletus)
1 image
Bewick's Wren
(Thryomanes bewickii)
1 image

House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon)
1 image

Boobies and Gannets

Northern Gannet
(Morus bassanus)
3 images

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus)
2 images

Pelicans

American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
2 images
Brown Pelican
(Pelecanus occidentalis)
3 images

Toucans
The Emerald Toucanet is the smallest toucan. They are mainly green, and there are a number of subspecies have different throat color and eye ring color. Throat varies from gray, white to blue. The...
Emerald Toucanet
(Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
1 image
Collared Aracari
(Pteroglossus torquatus)
2 images
Keel-billed Toucan
(Ramphastos sulfuratus)
2 images

Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers, and Flickers
The Pale-billed Woodpecker is a large woodpecker with pale bill. The male has a red head and red crest. The female has a red head and black crest. The wings and back are mainly black. The throat is...
Pale-billed Woodpecker
(Campephilus guatemalensis)
1 image 		The Northern Flicker is a medium to large woodpecker. The back is gray brown with dark bars. The underside is off white with small black spots. It has a black crescent on the chest. The rump is...
Northern Flicker
(Colaptes auratus)
2 images
Lineated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus lineatus)
1 image
Pileated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
2 images

Golden-fronted Woodpecker
(Melanerpes aurifrons)
2 images
Red-bellied Woodpecker
(Melanerpes carolinus)
1 image
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker
(Melanerpes chrysogenys)
1 image
Red-headed Woodpecker
(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
1 image

Acorn Woodpecker
(Melanerpes formicivorus)
2 images 		Lewis's Woodpecker is a large gray-green woodpecker with a red face, black rump and pink-red breast. It has a pale gray collar and upper breast and pink belly. The wings are broad giving it a slow...
Lewis's Woodpecker
(Melanerpes lewis)
1 image
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
(Melanerpes pucherani)
1 image
Gila Woodpecker
(Melanerpes uropygialis)
2 images

White-headed Woodpecker
(Picoides albolarvatus)
3 images
Arizona Woodpecker
(Picoides arizonae)
2 images
Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)
2 images
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
(Picoides scalaris)
2 images

Hairy Woodpecker
(Picoides villosus)
1 image
Red-naped Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
1 image
Red-breasted Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus ruber)
1 image
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus varius)
2 images


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