Birds of the Western United States
Range is the quietest ID clue and one of the strongest — plenty of look-alike pairs never overlap. These 207 species are regularly seen in the Western United States, including birds found right across the continent.
207 birds
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
California QuailCallipepla californica
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Common RavenCorvus corax
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Barn OwlTyto alba
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
California GullLarus californicus
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus
Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii
ChukarAlectoris chukar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus
Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
White-headed WoodpeckerDryobates albolarvatus
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
RedheadAythya americana
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
WilletTringa semipalmata
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
BrantBranta bernicla
DunlinCalidris alpina
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
American CootFulica americana
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American WigeonMareca americana
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
GadwallMareca strepera
Great EgretArdea alba
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Green HeronButorides virescens
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
SoraPorzana carolina
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Common LoonGavia immer
MerlinFalco columbarius
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Least TernSternula antillarum
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
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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