Birds of Idaho
The 69 most-observed birds in Idaho, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 140 observationsOpen the map →
- 1
MallardAnas platyrhynchos10 obstiming → - 2
Canada GooseBranta canadensis8 obstiming → - 3
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis6 obstiming → - 4Wood DuckAix sponsa5 obstiming →
- 5
American KestrelFalco sparverius4 obstiming → - 6
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus4 obstiming → - 7
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus4 obstiming → - 8
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens4 obstiming → - 9
American CootFulica americana3 obstiming → - 10Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus3 obstiming →
- 11Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria3 obstiming →
- 12
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor3 obstiming → - 13
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus3 obstiming → - 14
Common MerganserMergus merganser3 obstiming → - 15
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias3 obstiming → - 16
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris2 obstiming → - 17Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis2 obstiming →
- 18Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis2 obstiming →
- 19
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2 obstiming → - 20Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta2 obstiming →
- 21
California QuailCallipepla californica2 obstiming → - 22
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys2 obstiming → - 23
Great EgretArdea alba2 obstiming → - 24
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina2 obstiming → - 25
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena2 obstiming → - 26
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides2 obstiming → - 27
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2 obstiming → - 28
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura2 obstiming → - 29
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2 obstiming → - 30
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata2 obstiming → - 31Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata2 obstiming →
- 32
OspreyPandion haliaetus2 obstiming → - 33Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps2 obstiming →
- 34RedheadAythya americana2 obstiming →
- 35
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum2 obstiming → - 36
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus1 obstiming → - 37American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus1 obstiming →
- 38
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota1 obstiming → - 39
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos1 obstiming → - 40
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis1 obstiming → - 41
American RobinTurdus migratorius1 obstiming → - 42
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos1 obstiming → - 43Audubon's WarblerSetophaga auduboni1 obstiming →
- 44
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 obstiming → - 45
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia1 obstiming → - 46Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri1 obstiming →
- 47
Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri1 obstiming → - 48
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater1 obstiming → - 49
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera1 obstiming → - 50
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula1 obstiming → - 51
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas1 obstiming → - 52
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis1 obstiming → - 53
GadwallMareca strepera1 obstiming → - 54
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa1 obstiming → - 55
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana1 obstiming → - 56
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix1 obstiming → - 57
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus1 obstiming → - 58
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli1 obstiming → - 59
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra1 obstiming → - 60Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena1 obstiming →
- 61
Rock DoveColumba livia1 obstiming → - 62
Sagebrush SparrowArtemisiospiza nevadensis1 obstiming → - 63
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus1 obstiming → - 64Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni1 obstiming →
- 65
Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis1 obstiming → - 66
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis1 obstiming → - 67
Western Screech OwlMegascops kennicottii1 obstiming → - 68
Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulus1 obstiming → - 69
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.