Index of Birds by Common Name

There are currently 251 species of bird described on this website.

See also

Aves (birds)

Index of Birds by Scientific Name

Index of Birds by Taxonomy

A

Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
African darter (Anhinga rufa)
African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
American avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
American coot (Fulica americana)
American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus)
American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
American pipit (Anthus rubescens)
American robin (Turdus migratorius)
American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
American wigeon (Anas americana)
Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Australian wood duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana)

B

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)
Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
Black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris)
Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii)
Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Brant (Branta bernicla)
Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri)
Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

C

California quail (Callipepla californica)
California towhee (Pipilo crissalis)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Cassin's finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera)
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Common blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Common raven (Corvus corax)
Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)

D

Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
Double-barred finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

E

Eared dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius)
Eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus)
Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

F

Fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca)

G

Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
Galápagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris)
Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)
Galápagos heron (Butorides sundevalli)
Galápagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus)
Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Golden-breasted starling (Cosmopsarus regius)
Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Great egret (Ardea alba)
Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
Green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)

H

Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni)
Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Hutton's vireo (Vireo huttoni)

I

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

K

Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Knobbed hornbill (Aceros cassidix)

L

Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor)
Lesser goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
Lewin's honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)
Little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)

M

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Mew gull (Larus canus)
Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
Mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)

N

Nashville warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Nuttall's woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)

O

Oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

P

Pacific parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
Peaceful dove (Geopelia placida)
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)
Pied currawong (Strepera graculina)
Pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pine siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

R

Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
Red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
Red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
Rock pigeon (Columba livia)
Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
Ruppell's vulture (Gyps rueppellii)

S

Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola)
Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sarus crane (Grus antigone)
Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
Snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Southern yellow grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)
Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

T

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Thayer's gull (Larus thayeri)
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Tuffed puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

V

Varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

W

Welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Western gull (Larus occidentalis)
Western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
White-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis)
White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
White-headed lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
White-plumed honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)
White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

Y

Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Yellow-billed magpie (Pica nuttalli)
Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Yellow-headed amazon (Amazona oratrix)
Yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)

Z

Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)