Birds of Arkansas
The 79 most-observed birds in Arkansas, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 134 observationsOpen the map →
- 1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus5 obstiming → - 2
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe4 obstiming → - 3
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis4 obstiming → - 4
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius3 obstiming → - 5
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis3 obstiming → - 6
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura3 obstiming → - 7Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus3 obstiming →
- 8
Black VultureCoragyps atratus3 obstiming → - 9Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus3 obstiming →
- 10
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias3 obstiming → - 11
American WoodcockScolopax minor3 obstiming → - 12
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis3 obstiming → - 13
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra3 obstiming → - 14
Brown CreeperCerthia americana3 obstiming → - 15
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea3 obstiming → - 16
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca2 obstiming → - 17
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina2 obstiming → - 18
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis2 obstiming → - 19
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis2 obstiming → - 20
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum2 obstiming → - 21
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2 obstiming → - 22Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus2 obstiming →
- 23Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus2 obstiming →
- 24Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus2 obstiming →
- 25Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula2 obstiming →
- 26
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis2 obstiming → - 27
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor2 obstiming → - 28
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos2 obstiming → - 29
Turkey VultureCathartes aura2 obstiming → - 30
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis2 obstiming → - 31
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius2 obstiming → - 32
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens2 obstiming → - 33Painted BuntingPasserina ciris2 obstiming →
- 34
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum2 obstiming → - 35Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus2 obstiming →
- 36
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys2 obstiming → - 37Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris1 obstiming →
- 38
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus1 obstiming → - 39
Snowy EgretEgretta thula1 obstiming → - 40
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis1 obstiming → - 41
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo1 obstiming → - 42
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata1 obstiming → - 43Wood DuckAix sponsa1 obstiming →
- 44
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus1 obstiming → - 45
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos1 obstiming → - 46
American KestrelFalco sparverius1 obstiming → - 47
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos1 obstiming → - 48
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 obstiming → - 49
Barred OwlStrix varia1 obstiming → - 50
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia1 obstiming → - 51
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata1 obstiming → - 52
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus1 obstiming → - 53
Canada GooseBranta canadensis1 obstiming → - 54Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus1 obstiming →
- 55
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor1 obstiming → - 56
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas1 obstiming → - 57
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis1 obstiming → - 58Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna1 obstiming →
- 59
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens1 obstiming → - 60
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 obstiming → - 61
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto1 obstiming → - 62Field SparrowSpizella pusilla1 obstiming →
- 63
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus1 obstiming → - 64
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus1 obstiming → - 65
Great EgretArdea alba1 obstiming → - 66
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus1 obstiming → - 67
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana1 obstiming → - 68Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina1 obstiming →
- 69
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa1 obstiming → - 70
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus1 obstiming → - 71
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata1 obstiming → - 72
Northern PintailAnas acuta1 obstiming → - 73Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata1 obstiming →
- 74
OspreyPandion haliaetus1 obstiming → - 75
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus1 obstiming → - 76
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus1 obstiming → - 77
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis1 obstiming → - 78
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus1 obstiming → - 79
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.