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Birds of North America (ABA Area - Continental)

Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocyna bicolor)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
photos added 08/11/23
Ross's Goose (Chen rossii)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Tundra Bean-Goose (Anser serrirostris)
NEW! photos added 08/11/23
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Brant (Branta bernicla)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsonii)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
photos added 08/11/23
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Egyptian Goose (Alopchen aegyptiacus)
NEW! photos added 08/11/23
Muscovy Duck (Carina moschada)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discolors)
Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
Northern Shovelor (Spatula clypeata)
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
wild Mallard possible hybrids
commentary added 08/29/23
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
White-cheeked Pintail (bahamensis)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Redhead (Aythya americana)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)



Cracidae (Curassows, Guans)
Plain Chacalaca (Ortalis vetula)


Odontophoridae (New World Quail)

Mountain Quail (Oreortyx picta)

Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

California Quail (Callipepla californica)

Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)



Phasianidae (Partridges, Grouse, Turkey)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
 

Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Gunnison Sage Grouse (Centrocercus minimus)
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fulginosus)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanchus pallidicinctus)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)
Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Spruce Grouse (Canictes canadensis)
Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
Chukar (Alectoris chukar)




Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)


Podicepedidae (Grebes)
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) 
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

Clark's Grebe (Aechmorphorus clarkii) 



Columbidae (Doves, Pigeons)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)

Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)  
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)



Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Smooth-billed Ani (Cryptophaga ani)
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)





Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii)
Common Paraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)
Buff-collared Nightjar (Antrostomus ridgwayi)
Eastern Whip-poor-will (Anstrostomus vociferus)
Mexican Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus arizonae)



Apodidae (Swifts)
Black Swift (Cypseloides niger)
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatilis)




Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
Rivoli's Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) photos added 08/10/23
Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)
Blue-throated Mountain Gem (Lampornis clemenciae) NEW! photos added 08/10/23
Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
Anna's Hummingbird (Calapte anna) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) NEW!photos added 08/19/23
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasophorus sasin) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)photos added 08/19/23
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cyanthus latirostris)
White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinnus leucotis)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Leucolia violiceps)
Berylline Hummingbird (Saucerottia beryllina) NEW! photos added 08/10/23
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)



Rallidae (Rails)
Rideway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)
King Rail (Rallus elegans)
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus)
Sora (Porzana carolina)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)


Aramidae (Limpkin)
Limpkin (Aramaus guarauna)


Gruidae (Cranes)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Common Crane (Grus grus)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)


Recurvirostridae (Stilts, Avocets)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)



Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
American x Black Oystercatcher hybrid NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmanni)
photos added 08/20/23



Charadriidae (Plovers)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)





Jacanidae (Jacanas)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)


Scolopacidae (Sandpipers)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Whimberel (Numenius phaeopus)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Surfbird (Calidris virgata) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopa)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdi) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) photos added 08/19/23
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) NEW! photos added 08/25/23
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotus)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) photos added 08/19/23
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limondromus griseus) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Eastern Willet (Tringa [semipalmata] semipalmata)
Western Willet (Tringa [semipalmata] inornata)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)



Stercorariidae (Skuas & Jaegers)
South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) NEW! photos added 08/19/23
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)


Alcidae - (Auks, Murres, Puffins)
Common Murre (Uria aalge)
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

Scripp's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Ancient Murrlet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Rhinocerus Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)


Laridae (Gulls, Terns)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Boneparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) photos added 07/30/23
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarenesis) photos added 08/20/23
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
California Gull (Larus californicus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
American Herring Gull (Larus [argentatus] smithsonianus) photos added 07/30/23
"Nelson's" Glaucous x American Herring Gull hybrid NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Kumlein's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides kumleini)
NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Thayer's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides thayeri) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) photos added 07/30/23
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreas) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Black Noddy (Anous minutus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) photos added 07/30/23
Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon niloticus) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Black Tern (Childonias niger) photos added 07/30/23
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli) NEW! photos added 07/30/23
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) photos added 08/20/23
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) photos added 07/30/23
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) photos added 07/30/23
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) photos added 07/30/23


Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)


Gaviidae (Loons)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) photos added 07/31/23
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Common Loon (Gavia immer) photos added 07/31/23
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) NEW! photos added 07/31/23


Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)
Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) NEW! photos added 08/20/23


Oceaniitide (Southern Storm Petrels)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) NEW! photos added 07/31/23

Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)
European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) photos added 08/20/23
Chapman's Leach's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates l. chapmani) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Townsend's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Ashy Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates homochroa)
NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates castro)
photos added 07/31/23
Black Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates melania) NEW! photos added 08/20/23



Procellariidae (Shearwaters, Petrels)
Pacific Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus [glacialis] rodgersi) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Trindade Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Fea's Petrel (Pterodroma feae) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii)
NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater (Callonectris diomedea)
photos added 07/31/23
Cory's/Atlantic Shearwater (Callonectris borealis) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Buller's Shearwater (Ardenna bulleri) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) NEW! photos added 07/31/23
Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) NEW! photos added 07/31/23


Ciconiidae (Storks)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) photos added 08/20/23


Fregetidae (Frigatebirds)
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregeta magnificens) photos added 08/20/23



Sulidae (Gannets & Boobies)
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Nazca Booby (Sula granti) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Atlantic Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Pacific Brown Booby (Sula [leucogaster] brewsteri) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) NEW! photos added 08/20/23
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
NEW! photos added 08/20/23



Anhingidae (Darters)
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) photos added 8/21/23


Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus) NEW! photos added 8/21/23
Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus) photos added 8/21/23
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) NEW! photos added 8/21/23
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
photos added 8/21/23
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
photos added 8/21/23




Pelicanidae (Pelicans)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchus) photos added 8/22/23
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) photos added 8/22/23


Ardeidae (Herons & Egrets)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentigninosus) photos added 8/22/23
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)  photos added 8/22/23
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) photos added 8/22/23
Great White Heron (Ardea [herodias] occidentalis)
  NEW! photos added 8/22/23
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  photos added 8/22/23
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) photos added 8/22/23
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)  photos added 8/22/23
Tri-colored Heron (Egretta tricolor) photos added 8/22/23
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) NEW! photos added 8/22/23
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) photos added 8/22/23
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
photos added 8/22/23
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  photos added 8/22/23
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) photos added 8/22/23


Threskiornithidae (Ibises)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) photos added 08/23/23
Glossy Ibis (Plegladis falcinellus)
NEW! photos added 08/23/23
White-faced Ibis (Plegladis chihi)
photos added 08/23/23
Roseate Spoonbill (Platelea ajaja)
photos added 08/23/23



Carthartidae (New World Vultures)
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) photos added 08/23/23
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
photos added 08/23/23
Turkey Vulture (Carthartes aura) photos added 08/23/23




Pandionidae (Osprey)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) photos added 08/23/23


Acciptridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles)
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) NEW! photos added 08/24/23
Hook-billed Kite (Chondroheirax uncinatus)
NEW! photos added 08/24/23
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
photos added 08/24/23
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
photos added 08/24/23
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
NEW! photos added 08/24/23
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
photos added 08/24/23
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
photos added 08/24/23
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
photos added 08/24/23
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi)
photos added 08/24/23
American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus)
NEW! photos added 08/24/23
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
photos added 08/29/23
Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
photos added 08/29/23
Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)
Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonatus)
 

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)




Tytonidae (Barn & Grass Owls)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)


Strigidae (Owls)
Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Megascops trichopsis)
Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicotti)
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
Elf Owl (Microathene whitneyi)
Burrowing Owl (Athene canicularia)

Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)



Trogonidae (Quetzals & Trogons)
Eared Quetzal (Euptilotis neoxenus)
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)



Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquatus)
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)


Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 

Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  



Falconidae (Falcons)
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)



Psittacidae (New World Parrots)


Tityridae (Becards & Tityras)


Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)

Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchi)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melanocholicus)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrranus) 
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)



Vireonidae (Vireos)

Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus)

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)



Laniidae (Shrikes)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)



Corvidae (Crows & Jays)
Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma woodhousei)
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 
Stellar's Jay (Cyanocitta stellari)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

"Northwestern Crow" (Corvus brachyrhynchos "variant")

Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)

Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)



Paridae (Chickadees & Titmice)
Tufted Titmouse (Baelophus bicolor)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Ashy Tit (Parus cinerascens)
Great Tit (Parus major)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)



Remizidae (Penduline-Tits)


Alaudidae (Larks)

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)



Hirudinidae (Swallows)
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo fulva) 

Cave Swallow (Pterochelidon fulva)

Cliff Swallow (Pterochelidon pyrrhonota)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

Tree Swallow (Tachycincta bicolor)



Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits)

Sylviidae (Old World Warblers)


Regulidae (Kinglets)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)


Sittidae (Nuthatches)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)


Certhiidae (Treecreepers)


Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)


Troglodytidae (Wrens)
Cactus Wren (Camplyorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
Bewick's Wren (Thyromanes bewickii)
Carolina Wren (Thyrothorus ludovicianus)

Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)



Cinclidae (Dippers)


Sturnidae (Starlings & Mynas)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)


Turdidae (Thrushes)
Hermit Thrush (Cartharus guttatus)
Swainson's Thrush (Cartharus ustulatus)
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  

Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)


Mimidae (Mimic Thrushes)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottus)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufrum)
Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)



Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)


Bombycillidae (Waxwings)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)


Ptilogonatidae (Silky Flycatchers)
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)


Peucedramidae (Olive Warbler)


Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)


Motacilliade (Pipits & Wagtails)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)


Fringillidae (Finches)
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis saltria)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii)

House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)

Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)


Calcariidae (Longspurs & Snow Buntings)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)


Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)
Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis)
Cassin's Sparrow (Aimophila cassinii)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodrammus savannarum)

Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hymenalis)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolni)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Green-tailed Towhee (Papilio chlorurus)

Eastern Towhee (Papilio erythrophthalmus)

Canyon Towhee (Papilio fuscus)

Spotted Towhee (Papilio maculatus)

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Harris's Sparrow (Zonotricha querula)


Spindalidae (Spindalises)


Ictariidae (Yellow-breasted Chat)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)



Icteridae (Orioles & Blackbirds)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Hooded Oriole (Icterus guttatus)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) 
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscala)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sternella magna)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)


Parulidae (Wood Warblers)
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
   
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
Virginia's Warbler (Oreothlypis virginiae)

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)

Ovenbird (Seirus aurocapilla)
 
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
  
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
 
Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pennsylvanica)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Stetophaga virens)

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)


Cardinalidae (Cardinals & Grosbeaks)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)    
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)

Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludovicianus)

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

Dicksissel (Spiza americana)
 
  


Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)
Morelet's Seedeater (Sporophila moreletti)

Birds of Europe
Columbidae (Doves, Pigeons)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)


Apodidae (Swifts)
Common Swift (Apus apus)


Rallidae (Rails)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
 

Ciconiidae (Storks)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)





Paridae (Chickadees & Titmice)
Great Tit (Parus major)



Turdidae (Thrushes)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)  
Birds of Africa
Struthionidae (Ostriches, Emus, Rheas)
Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)
Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha)

Numididae (Guineafowl)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)


Phasianidae (Partridges, Grouse, Turkey)
Red-billed Francolin (Pternistes adspersus)


Columbidae (Doves, Pigeons)
Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis) 
Cape Turtle Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) 


Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua)


Otididae (Bustards)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Rüppell's Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppellii)


Musophagidae (Turacos)
Gray Lourie (Corythaixoides concolor)


Charadriidae (Plovers)
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)



Acciptridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus)
Gabar Goshawk (Melierax gabar)



Tytonidae (Barn & Grass Owls)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)


Coliidae (Mousebirds)
White-backed Mousebird (Colius colius)


Upupidae (Hoopoes)
African Hoopoe (Upupa africana)


Bucerotidae (Hornbills)
Bradfield's Hornbill (Tockus bradfieldi)
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
 
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)


Meropidae (Bee-eaters)
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)

Coraciidae (Rollers)
Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)  


Capitonidae (Barbets)
Acacia Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) 

Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)  
Bearded Woodpecker (Dendropicos namaquus)


Falconidae (Falcons)
Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolis)
Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)


Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots)
Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)


Platysteiridae (Batises)
Pririt Batis (Batis pririt)


Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
Crimson-breasted Shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus)
 
Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)


Dicruridae (Drongos)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)



Laniidae (Shrikes)
Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris)


Paridae (Chickadees & Titmice)
Ashy Tit (Parus cinerascens)


Remizidae (Penduline-Tits)
Cape Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus minutus) 


Alaudidae (Larks)
Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota)  


Macrosphenidae (African Warblers)
Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)


Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies)
Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus)
Gray-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata)
Yellow-bellied Eromomela (Eromomela icteropygialis)
 
Black-chested Prinia (Prinia flavicans)


Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pyconotus nigricans)  


Leiothricidae (Laughingthrushes & African Babblers)
Southern Pied Babbler (Turdoides bicolor)


Sturnidae (Starlings)
Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis)
Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)


Turdidae (Thrushes)
Groundscraper Thrush (Psophocichla litsitsirupa) 


Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)
Marico Flycatcher (Bradornis mariquensis)
Familiar Chat (Cercomela familiaris)

Kalahari Scrub-robin (Cercotrichas paena) 
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) 
Short-toed Rockthrush (Monticola brevipes)
Southern Anteating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)

Mountain Wheatear (Oenanthe monticola)
 


Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)    
Dusky Sunbird (Cinnyris fuscus)  
Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
 
White-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala)


Ploceidae (Weavers)
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis niger)
White-browed Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius)
 
Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) 
 
Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)


Estrillidae (Waxbills)
Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala)
Black-faced Waxbill (Estrilda erythronotus)

Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina)
Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)
Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)


Viduidae (Wydahs, Indigobirds)
Shaft-tailed Wydah (Vidua regia)


Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus)
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
 
Great Sparrow (Passer motitensis)
 


Motacilliade (Pipits & Wagtails)
African Grassveld Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)



Fringillidae (Finches)
Black-throated Canary (Serinus atrogularis)
Yellow Canary (Serinus flaviventris)
 


Emberizidae (Buntings)
Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)