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 134 species are regularly seen in the Western United States, including birds found right across the continent.
134 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
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
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
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Green HeronButorides virescens
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
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
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Common LoonGavia immer
MerlinFalco columbarius
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
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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