Very large (goose-sized) birds
Nobody estimates a bird in inches, so size here is anchored to birds you already know. These 48 species are very large (goose-sized). Size narrows the field fast — pair it with colour and habitat to get to a single species.
48 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Common RavenCorvus corax
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
White IbisEudocimus albus
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Barred OwlStrix varia
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common LoonGavia immer
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
BrantBranta bernicla
California GullLarus californicus
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
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