Red birds of North America
Colour is usually the first thing you notice and the least reliable thing to identify on — light, angle, and season all shift it, and females often look nothing like males. These 93 birds all read as red in the field. Check the field marks on each page to be sure.
93 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
RedheadAythya americana
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
White IbisEudocimus albus
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Green HeronButorides virescens
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
White-headed WoodpeckerDryobates albolarvatus
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
American CootFulica americana
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
ChukarAlectoris chukar
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus
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