Backyard Bird Identification Guide
Not sure what just landed on your feeder? Search or browse 204 of the most common backyard birds in North America — field marks, male-vs-female differences, look-alikes, and a photo for each.
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Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
American WigeonMareca americana
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Barn OwlTyto alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Barred OwlStrix varia
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
California QuailCallipepla californica
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Common LoonGavia immer
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Common RavenCorvus corax
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
DickcisselSpiza americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
GadwallMareca strepera
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Green HeronButorides virescens
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
MerlinFalco columbarius
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
OspreyPandion haliaetus
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Purple MartinProgne subis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
White IbisEudocimus albus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
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