Birds of Canada and the Far North
Range is the quietest ID clue and one of the strongest — plenty of look-alike pairs never overlap. These 151 species are regularly seen in Canada and the Far North, including birds found right across the continent.
151 birds
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Common LoonGavia immer
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
MerlinFalco columbarius
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Common RavenCorvus corax
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
BrantBranta bernicla
Common TernSterna hirundo
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
American CootFulica americana
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American WigeonMareca americana
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
GadwallMareca strepera
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Barred OwlStrix varia
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
SoraPorzana carolina
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
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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