Large (crow-sized) birds
Nobody estimates a bird in inches, so size here is anchored to birds you already know. These 43 species are large (crow-sized). Size narrows the field fast — pair it with colour and habitat to get to a single species.
43 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Rock PigeonColumba livia
American CootFulica americana
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American WigeonMareca americana
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
California QuailCallipepla californica
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
GadwallMareca strepera
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Barn OwlTyto alba
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Green HeronButorides virescens
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
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