Birds of North America

The 250 most-observed species. Each links to its map and seasonal timing.

MallardAnas platyrhynchos American RobinTurdus migratorius Canada GooseBranta canadensis Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Song SparrowMelospiza melodia Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura House SparrowPasser domesticus American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens Blue JayCyanocitta cristata Turkey VultureCathartes aura Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo American GoldfinchSpinus tristis Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Great EgretArdea alba Rock DoveColumba livia Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Wood DuckAix sponsa Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis Common MerganserMergus merganser OspreyPandion haliaetus American CootFulica americana Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Northern RavenCorvus corax KilldeerCharadrius vociferus Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor American WigeonMareca americana Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Snowy EgretEgretta thula Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Common LoonGavia immer Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula American KestrelFalco sparverius GadwallMareca strepera Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Barred OwlStrix varia Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax Eurasian TealAnas crecca Green HeronButorides virescens Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris Northern PintailAnas acuta Iceland GullLarus glaucoides Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri California TowheeMelozone crissalis Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis Western BluebirdSialia mexicana Brown CreeperCerthia americana American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus American White IbisEudocimus albus Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Mute SwanCygnus olor Greater ScaupAythya marila Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto WilletTringa semipalmata Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca American Black DuckAnas rubripes American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea Black VultureCoragyps atratus American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Blue-winged TealSpatula discors Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus Say's PhoebeSayornis saya SanderlingCalidris alba Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Western GullLarus occidentalis Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Horned GrebePodiceps auritus Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus MerlinFalco columbarius Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum Snow GooseAnser caerulescens Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum DunlinCalidris alpina House WrenTroglodytes aedon Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia California QuailCallipepla californica Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla Common EiderSomateria mollissima RedheadAythya americana Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus Common MurreUria aalge AnhingaAnhinga anhinga Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus California GullLarus californicus Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi American AvocetRecurvirostra americana Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Purple MartinProgne subis Horned LarkEremophila alpestris CanvasbackAythya valisineria Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres Forster's TernSterna forsteri Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni Northern ShrikeLanius borealis Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Painted BuntingPasserina ciris Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope Summer TanagerPiranga rubra Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia American DipperCinclus mexicanus Brant GooseBranta bernicla Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus