Backyard Bird Identification Guide
Not sure what just landed on your feeder? Search or browse 309 of the most common backyard birds in North America — field marks, male-vs-female differences, look-alikes, and a photo for each.
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Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
American WigeonMareca americana
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Barn OwlTyto alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Barred OwlStrix varia
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
BrantBranta bernicla
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Bridled TitmouseBaeolophus wollweberi
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
California GullLarus californicus
California QuailCallipepla californica
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
ChukarAlectoris chukar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Common LoonGavia immer
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Common RavenCorvus corax
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Common TernSterna hirundo
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
DickcisselSpiza americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
DunlinCalidris alpina
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
GadwallMareca strepera
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Green HeronButorides virescens
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Least TernSternula antillarum
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
MerlinFalco columbarius
Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberi
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
OspreyPandion haliaetus
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus
Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Purple MartinProgne subis
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Scaled QuailCallipepla squamata
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
SoraPorzana carolina
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
White IbisEudocimus albus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
White-headed WoodpeckerDryobates albolarvatus
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
WilletTringa semipalmata
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
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