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 107 species are regularly seen in Canada and the Far North, including birds found right across the continent.
107 birds
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Common LoonGavia immer
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
MerlinFalco columbarius
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
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
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
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
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
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
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
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
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
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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