Birds of District of Columbia
The 60 most-observed birds in District of Columbia, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 215 observationsOpen the map →
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MallardAnas platyrhynchos22 obstiming → - 2
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis14 obstiming → - 3
House SparrowPasser domesticus13 obstiming → - 4
American RobinTurdus migratorius12 obstiming → - 5
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris10 obstiming → - 6
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos10 obstiming → - 7
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura9 obstiming → - 8
Rock DoveColumba livia8 obstiming → - 9Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus7 obstiming →
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White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis6 obstiming → - 11
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis6 obstiming → - 12
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor6 obstiming → - 13Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula5 obstiming →
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American GoldfinchSpinus tristis5 obstiming → - 15
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus5 obstiming → - 16Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus4 obstiming →
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Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens4 obstiming → - 18Wood DuckAix sponsa4 obstiming →
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Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus4 obstiming → - 20
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis4 obstiming → - 21
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus3 obstiming → - 22
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus3 obstiming → - 23
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata3 obstiming → - 24
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis3 obstiming → - 25
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia3 obstiming → - 26
Turkey VultureCathartes aura2 obstiming → - 27Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris2 obstiming →
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OspreyPandion haliaetus2 obstiming → - 29
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis2 obstiming → - 30
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias2 obstiming → - 31
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis2 obstiming → - 32Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus2 obstiming →
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Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea1 obstiming → - 34
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 obstiming → - 35
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon1 obstiming → - 36
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata1 obstiming → - 37
Black VultureCoragyps atratus1 obstiming → - 38
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea1 obstiming → - 39
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum1 obstiming → - 40
Canada GooseBranta canadensis1 obstiming → - 41
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis1 obstiming → - 42
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas1 obstiming → - 43
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis1 obstiming → - 44
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe1 obstiming → - 45Field SparrowSpizella pusilla1 obstiming →
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Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus1 obstiming → - 47
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus1 obstiming → - 48
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis1 obstiming → - 49
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla1 obstiming → - 50
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus1 obstiming → - 51Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis1 obstiming →
- 52Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata1 obstiming →
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Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus1 obstiming → - 54
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus1 obstiming → - 55
Purple MartinProgne subis1 obstiming → - 56
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus1 obstiming → - 57
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus1 obstiming → - 58
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor1 obstiming → - 59
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius1 obstiming → - 60
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.