White 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 246 birds all read as white in the field. Check the field marks on each page to be sure.
246 birds
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
White IbisEudocimus albus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Barn OwlTyto alba
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Common MerganserMergus merganser
SanderlingCalidris alba
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
California GullLarus californicus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Least TernSternula antillarum
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Barred OwlStrix varia
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Common LoonGavia immer
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
WilletTringa semipalmata
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
BrantBranta bernicla
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
White-headed WoodpeckerDryobates albolarvatus
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American CootFulica americana
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American WigeonMareca americana
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Wood DuckAix sponsa
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
MerlinFalco columbarius
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
DunlinCalidris alpina
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Bridled TitmouseBaeolophus wollweberi
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
ChukarAlectoris chukar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberi
Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
Scaled QuailCallipepla squamata
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
California QuailCallipepla californica
GadwallMareca strepera
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
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