Birds of the Eastern United States
Range is the quietest ID clue and one of the strongest — plenty of look-alike pairs never overlap. These 213 species are regularly seen in the Eastern United States, including birds found right across the continent.
213 birds
American CootFulica americana
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American WigeonMareca americana
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
GadwallMareca strepera
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Barred OwlStrix varia
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Green HeronButorides virescens
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Purple MartinProgne subis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
WilletTringa semipalmata
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
BrantBranta bernicla
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunlinCalidris alpina
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Least TernSternula antillarum
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Common LoonGavia immer
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
MerlinFalco columbarius
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
SoraPorzana carolina
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Common RavenCorvus corax
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Barn OwlTyto alba
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Northern PintailAnas acuta
RedheadAythya americana
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
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