Birds of Maryland
The 150 most-observed birds in Maryland, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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- 1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias48 obstiming → - 2
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos36 obstiming → - 3
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis31 obstiming → - 4Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus31 obstiming →
- 5
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis31 obstiming → - 6
American RobinTurdus migratorius30 obstiming → - 7
MallardAnas platyrhynchos29 obstiming → - 8
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus28 obstiming → - 9
Canada GooseBranta canadensis27 obstiming → - 10
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata25 obstiming → - 11
OspreyPandion haliaetus25 obstiming → - 12
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis23 obstiming → - 13
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus23 obstiming → - 14Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus22 obstiming →
- 15
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura21 obstiming → - 16
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus19 obstiming → - 17
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon19 obstiming → - 18
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens19 obstiming → - 19
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus19 obstiming → - 20
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus19 obstiming → - 21Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus18 obstiming →
- 22
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis18 obstiming → - 23
Green HeronButorides virescens18 obstiming → - 24Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus18 obstiming →
- 25
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica18 obstiming → - 26
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis17 obstiming → - 27
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius17 obstiming → - 28
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus16 obstiming → - 29
House SparrowPasser domesticus16 obstiming → - 30
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota16 obstiming → - 31
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor15 obstiming → - 32
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia14 obstiming → - 33
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis14 obstiming → - 34
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata14 obstiming → - 35
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum13 obstiming → - 36
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos13 obstiming → - 37
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus13 obstiming → - 38
Great EgretArdea alba12 obstiming → - 39
Turkey VultureCathartes aura12 obstiming → - 40
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea12 obstiming → - 41
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas12 obstiming → - 42
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla12 obstiming → - 43
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea11 obstiming → - 44
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus11 obstiming → - 45
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea11 obstiming → - 46
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis10 obstiming → - 47
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana10 obstiming → - 48
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor10 obstiming → - 49
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius10 obstiming → - 50
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula10 obstiming → - 51Wood DuckAix sponsa10 obstiming →
- 52Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria9 obstiming →
- 53
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum9 obstiming → - 54
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris9 obstiming → - 55Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris9 obstiming →
- 56
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus9 obstiming → - 57
BuffleheadBucephala albeola8 obstiming → - 58
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca8 obstiming → - 59Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula8 obstiming →
- 60
Purple MartinProgne subis8 obstiming → - 61
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens8 obstiming → - 62
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis8 obstiming → - 63
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes8 obstiming → - 64
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater8 obstiming → - 65
Black VultureCoragyps atratus7 obstiming → - 66
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina7 obstiming → - 67
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus7 obstiming → - 68Field SparrowSpizella pusilla7 obstiming →
- 69
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe7 obstiming → - 70
GadwallMareca strepera7 obstiming → - 71
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis7 obstiming → - 72MerlinFalco columbarius6 obstiming →
- 73RedheadAythya americana6 obstiming →
- 74Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula6 obstiming →
- 75Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris6 obstiming →
- 76
American KestrelFalco sparverius6 obstiming → - 77
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus6 obstiming → - 78Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis6 obstiming →
- 79Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps6 obstiming →
- 80
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis6 obstiming → - 81
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla5 obstiming → - 82
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis5 obstiming → - 83
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius5 obstiming → - 84
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca5 obstiming → - 85
American CootFulica americana5 obstiming → - 86
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus5 obstiming → - 87
Eurasian TealAnas crecca5 obstiming → - 88
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla5 obstiming → - 89Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis5 obstiming →
- 90
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica5 obstiming → - 91
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana5 obstiming → - 92American Black DuckAnas rubripes5 obstiming →
- 93CanvasbackAythya valisineria4 obstiming →
- 94
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus4 obstiming → - 95
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla4 obstiming → - 96
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo4 obstiming → - 97
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens4 obstiming → - 98
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea4 obstiming → - 99
Snowy EgretEgretta thula4 obstiming → - 100
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla4 obstiming → - 101
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea4 obstiming → - 102
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus4 obstiming → - 103
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea4 obstiming → - 104Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens4 obstiming →
- 105
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis4 obstiming → - 106
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus4 obstiming → - 107
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis4 obstiming → - 108
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens4 obstiming → - 109
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla4 obstiming → - 110Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus4 obstiming →
- 111
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa4 obstiming → - 112
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus4 obstiming → - 113
American WigeonMareca americana4 obstiming → - 114
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus4 obstiming → - 115
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca4 obstiming → - 116White-eyed VireoVireo griseus4 obstiming →
- 117Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus4 obstiming →
- 118
Northern PintailAnas acuta4 obstiming → - 119
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata4 obstiming → - 120
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus3 obstiming → - 121
Common MerganserMergus merganser3 obstiming → - 122Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus3 obstiming →
- 123
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii3 obstiming → - 124
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax3 obstiming → - 125
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus3 obstiming → - 126
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor3 obstiming → - 127House WrenTroglodytes aedon3 obstiming →
- 128
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica3 obstiming → - 129Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata3 obstiming →
- 130
Brown CreeperCerthia americana3 obstiming → - 131
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum3 obstiming → - 132
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus3 obstiming → - 133
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus3 obstiming → - 134
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis3 obstiming → - 135
Rock DoveColumba livia3 obstiming → - 136
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus3 obstiming → - 137
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica2 obstiming → - 138
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata2 obstiming → - 139
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris2 obstiming → - 140
Northern RavenCorvus corax2 obstiming → - 141American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus2 obstiming →
- 142
VeeryCatharus fuscescens2 obstiming → - 143
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica2 obstiming → - 144Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2 obstiming →
- 145
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos2 obstiming → - 146
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus2 obstiming → - 147
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos2 obstiming → - 148Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis2 obstiming →
- 149
Barred OwlStrix varia2 obstiming → - 150
American WoodcockScolopax minor2 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.