Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Black-bellied whistling-duck
West Indian whistling-duck
Fulvous whistling-duck
Emperor goose
Snow goose
Ross’s goose
Graylag goose
Greater white-fronted goose
Lesser white-fronted goose
Taiga bean-goose
Tundra bean-goose
Pink-footed goose
Brant
Barnacle goose
Cackling goose
Canada goose
Hawaiian goose
Mute swan
Black swan
Trumpeter swan
Tundra swan
Whooper swan
Egyptian goose
Common shelduck
Muscovy duck
Wood duck
Baikal teal
Garganey
Blue-winged teal
Cinnamon teal
Northern shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated duck
Eurasian wigeon
American wigeon
Laysan duck
Hawaiian duck
Eastern spot-billed duck
Mallard
Mexican duck
American black duck
Mottled duck
White-cheeked pintail
Northern pintail
Green-winged teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Common pochard
Ring-necked duck
Tufted duck
Greater scaup
Lesser scaup
Steller’s wider
Spectacled wider
King wider
Common wider
Harlequin duck
Labrador duck
Surf scoter
Velvet scoter
White-winged scoter
Stejneger’s scoter
Common scoter
Black scoter
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
Common golden eye
Barrow’s golden eye
Smew
Hooded merganser
Common merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Masked duck
Ruddy duck
Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Plain chachalaca
New World Quail
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Mountain quail
Northern bobwhite
Scaled quail
California quail
Gambel’s quail
Montezuma quail
Find out more about the quail of North America here
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Wild turkey
Ruffed grouse
Spruce grouse
Willow ptarmigan
Rock ptarmigan
White-tailed ptarmigan
Greater sage-grouse
Gunnison sage-grouse
Dusky grouse
Sooty grouse
Sharp-tailed grouse
Greater prairie-chicken
Lesser prairie-chicken
Gray partridge
Ring-necked pheasant
Kalij pheasant
Indian peafowl
Gray francolin
Black francolin
Red junglefowl
Himalayan snowcock
Chukar
Erckel’s francolin
Japanese quail
Find out more about the game birds of North America here
Flamingos
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Phoenicopteridae
American flamingo
Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Least grebe
Pied-billed grebe
Horned grebe
Red-necked grebe
Eared grebe
Western grebe
Clark’s grebe
Find out more about grebes in this article I wrote
Sandgrouse
Order: Pterocliformes
Family: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
Pigeons and doves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Rock pigeon
Scaly-naped pigeon
White-crowned pigeon
Red-billed pigeon
Band-tailed pigeon
Oriental turtle-dove
Eurasian collared-dove
Spotted dove
Zebra dove
Passenger pigeon
Inca dove
Common ground dove
Ruddy ground dove
Ruddy quail-dove
Key West quail-dove
White-tipped dove
White-winged dove
Zenaida dove
Mourning dove
Cuckoos
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Smooth-billed ani
Groove-billed ani
Greater roadrunner
Common cuckoo
Oriental cuckoo
Dark-billed cuckoo
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Mangrove cuckoo
Black-billed cuckoo
Find out more about the cuckoos of North America in this article I wrote.
Nightjars and allies
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Lesser nighthawk
Common nighthawk
Antillean nighthawk
Common pauraque
Common poorwill
Chuck-will’s-widow
Buff-collared nightjar
Eastern whip-poor-will
Mexican whip-poor-will
Gray nightjar
Swift
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Black swift
White-collared swift
Chimney swift
Vaux’s swift
White-throated needletail
Common swift
Fork-tailed swift
White-throated swift
Antillean palm-swift
Hummingbirds
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Mexican violetear
Green-breasted mango
Rivoli’s hummingbird
Plain-capped starthroat
Amethyst-throated mountain-gem
Blue-throated mountain-gem
Bahama woodstar
Lucifer hummingbird
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Black-chinned hummingbird
Anna’s hummingbird
Costa’s hummingbird
Calliope hummingbird
Rufous hummingbird
Allen’s hummingbird
Broad-tailed hummingbird
Bumblebee hummingbird
Broad-billed hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Xantus’s hummingbird
Violet-crowned hummingbird
Berylline hummingbird
Cinnamon hummingbird
Buff-bellied hummingbird
Rails, gallinules, and coots
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Paint-billed crake
Spotted rail
Rufous-necked wood-rail
Ridgway’s rail
Clapper rail
King rail
Virginia rail
Corn crake
Sora
Common gallinule
Eurasian coot
Hawaiian coot
American coot
Purple gallinule
Purple swamphen
Yellow rail
Black rail
Laysan rail
Hawaiian rail
Finfoots
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Heliornithidae
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Aramidae
Limpkin
Cranes
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae
Sandhill crane
Common crane
Whooping crane
Thick-knees
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Burhinidae
Double-striped thick-knee
Stilts and avocets
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged stilt
Black-necked stilt
American avocet
Oystercatchers
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Haematopodidae
Eurasian oystercatcher
American oystercatcher
Black oystercatcher
Plovers and lapwings
Killdeer
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Northern lapwing
Black-bellied plover
European golden-plover
American golden-plover
Pacific golden-plover
Eurasian dotterel
Killdeer
Common ringed plover
Semipalmated plover
Piping plover
Little ringed plover
Lesser sand-plover
Greater sand-plover
Wilson’s plover
Collared plover
Snowy plover
Mountain plover
Jacanas
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Jacanidae
Northern jacana
Sandpipers and allies
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Upland sandpiper
Bristle-thighed curlew
Whimbrel
Little curlew
Long-billed curlew
Far Eastern curlew
Slender-billed curlew
Eurasian curlew
Bar-tailed godwit
Black-tailed godwit
Hudsonian godwit
Marbled godwit
Ruddy turnstone
Black turnstone
Great knot
Red knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Broad-billed sandpiper
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Stilt sandpiper
Curlew sandpiper
Temminck’s stint
Long-toed stint
Spoon-billed sandpiper
Red-necked stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Rock sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Baird’s sandpiper
Little stint
Least sandpiper
White-rumped sandpiper
Buff-breasted sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper
Semipalmated sandpiper
Western sandpiper
Short-billed dowitcher
Long-billed dowitcher
Jack snipe
Eurasian woodcock
American woodcock
Solitary snipe
Pin-tailed snipe
Common snipe
Wilson’s snipe
Terek sandpiper
Common sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper
Green sandpiper
Solitary sandpiper
Gray-tailed tattler
Wandering tattler
Lesser yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted redshank
Common greenshank
Greater yellowlegs
Common redshank
Wood sandpiper
Marsh sandpiper
Wilson’s phalarope
Red-necked phalarope
Red phalarope
Pratincoles and coursers
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Skuas and Jaegers
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Stercorariidae
Great skua
South polar skua
Pomarine jaeger
Parasitic jaeger
Long-tailed jaeger
Auks, murres, and puffins
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Dovekie
Common murre
Thick-billed murre
Razorbill
Great auk
Black guillemot
Pigeon guillemot
Long-billed murrelet
Marbled murrelet
Kittlitz’s murrelet
Guadalupe murrelet
Craveri’s murrelet
Ancient murrelet
Cassin’s auklet
Parakeet auklet
Least auklet
Whiskered auklet
Crested auklet
Rhinoceros auklet
Atlantic puffin
Horned puffin
Tufted puffin
Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Swallow-tailed gull
Black-legged kittiwake
Red-legged kittiwake
Ivory gull
Sabine’s gull
Bonaparte’s gull
Gray-hooded gull
Black-headed gull
Little gull
Ross’s gull
Laughing gull
Franklin’s gull
Belcher’s gull
Black-tailed gull
Heermann’s gull
Mew gull
Ring-billed gull
Western gull
Yellow-footed gull
California gull
Herring gull
Yellow-legged gull
Iceland gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Slaty-backed gull
Glaucous-winged gull
Glaucous gull
Great black-backed gull
Kelp gull
Brown noddy
Black noddy
Blue-gray noddy
White tern
Sooty tern
Bridled tern
Aleutian tern
Little tern
Least tern
Large-billed tern
Gull-billed tern
Caspian tern
Black tern
White-winged tern
Whiskered tern
Roseate tern
Common tern
Arctic tern
Forster’s tern
Royal tern
Great crested tern
Sandwich tern
Elegant tern
Black skimmer
Tropicbirds
Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae
White-tailed tropicbird
Red-billed tropicbird
Red-tailed tropicbird
Loons
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
Red-throated loon
Arctic loon
Pacific loon
Common loon
Yellow-billed loon
Find out more about the five species of loon in the United States here.
Albatrosses
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Yellow-nosed albatross
White-capped albatross
Chatham albatross
Salvin’s albatross
Black-browed albatross
Light-mantled albatross
Wandering albatross
Laysan albatross
Black-footed albatross
Short-tailed albatross
Southern storm-petrels
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Oceanitidae
Wilson’s storm-petrel
White-faced storm-petrel
Black-bellied storm-petrel
Northern storm-petrels
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae
European storm-petrel
Fork-tailed storm-petrel
Ringed storm-petrel
Swinhoe’s storm-petrel
Leach’s storm-petrel
Towns d’s storm-petrel
Ashy storm-petrel
Band-rumped storm-petrel
Wedge-rumped storm-petrel
Black storm-petrel
Tristram’s storm-petrel
Least storm-petrel
Shearwaters and petrels
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Northern fulmar
Gray-faced petrel
Providence petrel
Kermadec petrel
Trindade petrel
Herald petrel
Murphy’s petrel
Mottled petrel
Bermuda petrel
Black-capped petrel
Juan Fernandez petrel
Hawaiian petrel
White-necked petrel
Bonin petrel
Black-winged petrel
Fea’s petrel
Zino’s petrel
Cook’s petrel
Stejneger’s petrel
Tahiti petrel
Bulwer’s petrel
Jouanin’s petrel
White-chinned petrel
Parkinson’s petrel
Streaked shearwater
Cory’s shearwater
Cape Verde shearwater
Wedge-tailed shearwater
Buller’s shearwater
Short-tailed shearwater
Sooty shearwater
Great shearwater
Pink-footed shearwater
Flesh-footed shearwater
Christmas shearwater
Manx shearwater
Townsend’s shearwater
Newell’s shearwater
Bryan’s shearwater
Black-vented shearwater
Audubon’s shearwater
Barolo shearwater
Storks
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Jabiru
Wood stork
Frigatebirds
Order: Suliformes
Family: Fregatidae
Lesser frigatebird
Magnificent frigatebird
Great frigatebird
Boobies and gannets
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Masked booby
Nazca booby
Blue-footed booby
Brown booby
Red-footed booby
Northern gannet
Anhingas
Order: Suliformes Family: Anhingidae
Anhinga
Cormorants and shags
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phala ocoracidae
Brandt’s cormorant
Red-faced cormorant
Pelagic cormorant
Great cormorant
Double- crested cormorant
Neotropic cormorant
Find out more about the cormorants of North America here
Pelicans
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
American white pelican
Brown pelican
Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
American bittern
Yellow bittern
Least bittern
Bare-throated tiger-heron
Great blue heron
Gray heron
Great egret
Intermediate egret
Chinese egret
Little egret
Western reef-heron
Snowy egret
Little blue heron
Tricolored heron
Reddish egret
Cattle egret
Chinese pond-heron
Green heron
Black-crowned night-heron
Yellow-crowned night-heron
Ibises and spoonbills
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
White ibis
Scarlet ibis
Glossy ibis
White-faced ibis
Roseate spoonbill
New World vultures
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
California condor
Black vulture
Turkey vulture
Osprey
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Pandionidae
Osprey
Hawks, eagles, and kites
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
White-tailed kite
Hook-billed kite
Swallow-tailed kite
Golden eagle
Double-toothed kite
Northern harrier
Chinese sparrowhawk
Sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper’s hawk
Northern goshawk
Black kite
Bald eagle
White-tailed eagle
Steller’s sea-eagle
Mississippi kite
Crane hawk
Snail kite
Common black hawk
Great black hawk
Roadside hawk
Harris’s hawk
White-tailed hawk
Gray hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
Broad-winged hawk
Hawaiian hawk
Short-tailed hawk
Swainson’s hawk
Zone-tailed hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Rough-legged hawk
Ferruginous hawk
Long-legged buzzard
Barn-owls
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Barn owl
Owls
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Oriental scops-owl
Flammulated owl
Whiskered screech owl
Western screech-owl
Eastern screech-owl
Great horned owl
Snowy owl
Northern hawk owl
Northern pygmy-owl
Ferruginous pygmy-owl
Elf owl
Burrowing owl
Mottled owl
Spotted owl
Barred owl
Great gray owl
Long-eared owl
Stygian owl
Short-eared owl
Boreal owl
Northern saw-whet owl
Northern boobook
Trogons
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Elegant trogon
Eared quetzal
Hoopoes
Order: Upupiformes
Family: Upupidae
Eurasian hoopoe
Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Ringed kingfisher
Belted kingfisher
Amazon kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Find out more about the kingfishers of North America here
Woodpeckers
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Eurasian wryneck
Lewis’s woodpecker
Red-headed woodpecker
Acorn woodpecker
Gila woodpecker
Golden-fronted woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Williamson’s sapsucker
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Red-naped sapsucker
Red-breasted sapsucker
American three-toed woodpecker
Black-backed woodpecker
Great spotted woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Nuttall’s woodpecker
Ladder-backed woodpecker
Red-cockaded woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
White-headed woodpecker
Arizona woodpecker
Northern flicker
Gilded flicker
Pileated woodpecker
Falcons and caracaras
Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae
Collared forest-falcon
Crested caracara
Eurasian kestrel
American kestrel
Red-footed falcon
Merlin
Eurasian hobby
Aplomado falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine falcon
Prairie falcon
New World and African parrots
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Monk parakeet
Nanday parakeet
Green parakeet
Mitred parakeet
Thick-billed parrot
White-winged parakeet
Yellow-chevroned parakeet
Red-crowned parrot
Old World parrots
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Rose-ringed parakeet
Rosy-faced lovebird
Tityras and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Masked tityra
Gray-collared becard
Rose-throated becard
Tyrant flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Northern beardless-tyrannulet
Greenish elaenia
White-crested elaenia
Dusky-capped flycatcher
Ash-throated flycatcher
Nutting’s flycatcher
Great crested flycatcher
Brown-crested flycatcher
La Sagra’s flycatcher
Great kiskadee
Social flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied flycatcher
Piratic flycatcher
Variegated flycatcher
Crowned slaty flycatcher
Tropical kingbird
Couch’s kingbird
Cassin’s kingbird
Thick-billed kingbird
Western kingbird
Eastern kingbird
Gray kingbird
Loggerhead kingbird
Scissor-tailed flycatcher
Fork-tailed flycatcher
Tufted flycatcher
Olive-sided flycatcher
Greater pewee
Western wood-pewee
Eastern wood-pewee
Cuban pewee
Yellow-bellied flycatcher
Acadian flycatcher
Alder flycatcher
Willow flycatcher
Least flycatcher
Hammond’s flycatcher
Gray flycatcher
Dusky flycatcher
Pine flycatcher
Pacific-slope flycatcher
Cordilleran flycatcher
Black phoebe
Eastern phoebe
Say’s phoebe
Vermilion flycatcher
Shrikes
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Brown shrike
Red-backed shrike
Loggerhead shrike
Northern shrike
Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Black-capped vireo
White-eyed vireo
Thick-billed vireo
Cuban vireo
Bell’s vireo
Gray vireo
Hutton’s vireo
Yellow-throated vireo
Cassin’s vireo
Blue-headed vireo
Plumbeous vireo
Philadelphia vireo
Warbling vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Yellow-green vireo
Black-whiskered vireo
Yucatan vireo
Crows, jays, and magpies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Canada jay
Brown jay
Green jay
Pinyon jay
Steller’s jay
Blue jay
Florida scrub-jay
Island scrub-jay
California scrub-jay
Woodhouse’s scrub-jay
Mexican jay
Clark’s nutcracker
Black-billed magpie
Yellow-billed magpie
Eurasian jackdaw
Tamaulipas crow
Fish crow
Chihuahuan raven
Common raven
Larks
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Eurasian skylark
Horned lark
Swallows
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Bank swallow
Tree swallow
Bahama swallow
Violet-green swallow
Mangrove swallow
Northern rough-winged swallow
Brown-chested martin
Purple martin
Southern martin
Gray-breasted martin
Cuban martin
Barn swallow
Common house-martin
Cliff swallow
Cave swallow
Tits, chickadees, and titmice
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Carolina chickadee
Black-capped chickadee
Mountain chickadee
Mexican chickadee
Chestnut-backed chickadee
Boreal chickadee
Gray-headed chickadee
Bridled titmouse
Oak titmouse
Juniper titmouse
Tufted titmouse
Black- ested titmouse
Penduline-tits
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Remizidae
Verdin
Long-tailed tits
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae
The long-tailed tits are a Family of small passerine birds
with medium to long tails. They make wov bag nests in trees. Most
eat a mixed diet which includes insects.
Bushtit
Nuthatches
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Red-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch
Pygmy nuthatch
Brown-headed nuthatch
Tree creepers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Certhiidae
Brown creeper
Wrens
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Rock wren
Canyon wren
House wren
Pacific wren
Winter wren
Sedge wren
Marsh wren
Carolina wren
Bewick’s wren
Cactus wren
Sinaloa wren
Gnatcatchers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Polioptilidae
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
California gnatcatcher
Black-tailed gnatcatcher
Black-capped gnatcatcher
Dippers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cinclidae
American dipper
Bulbuls
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Red-vented bulbul
Red-whiskered bulbul
Kinglets
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Regulidae
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Did you know there are 28 species of red bird in North America? Find out what they are here
Bush warblers and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Scotocercidae
Japanese bush-warbler
Leaf warblers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Willow warbler
Common chiffchaff
Wood warbler
Dusky warbler
Pallas’s leaf warbler
Yellow-browed warbler
Arctic warbler
Kamchatka leaf warbler
Sylviid warblers, parrotbills,and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Lesser whitethroat
Wrentit
White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Warbling white-eye
Laughingthrushes
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Greater necklaced laughingthrush
Hwamei
Red-billed leiothrix
Reed warblers and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Thick-billed warbler
Sedge warbler
Blyth’s reed warbler
Grassbirds and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Middendorff’s grasshopper-warbler
Lanceolated warbler
River warbler
Old World flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Gray-streaked flycatcher
Asian brown flycatcher
Spotted flycatcher
Dark-sided flycatcher
White-rumped shama
European robin
Siberian blue robin
Rufous-tailed robin
Bluethroat
Siberian rubythroat
Red-flanked bluetail
Narcissus flycatcher
Mugimaki flycatcher
Taiga flycatcher
Common redstart
Stonechat
Northern wheatear
Pied wheatear
Thrushes and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Eastern bluebird
Western bluebird
Mou ain bluebird
Townsend’s solitaire
Brown-backed solitaire
Orange-billed nightingale-thrush
Black-headed nightingale-thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked thrush
Bicknell’s thrush
Swainson’s thrush
Hermit thrush
Wood thrush
Eurasian blackbird
Eyebrowed thrush
Dusky thrush
Fieldfare
Redwing
Song thrush
Clay-colored thrush
White-throated thrush
Rufous-backed robin
American robin
Red-legged thrush
Varied thrush
Aztec thrush
Mockingbirds and thrashers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Blue mockingbird
Gray catbird
Curve-billed thrasher
Brown thrasher
Long-billed thrasher
Bendire’s thrasher
California thrasher
LeConte’s thrasher
Crissal thrasher
Sage thrasher
Bahama mockingbird
Northern mockingbird
Starlings
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
European starling
Common myna
Waxwings
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Bombycillidae
Bohemian waxwing
Cedar waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptiliogonatidae
Gray silky-flycatcher
Phainopepla
Olive warbler
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Peucedramidae
Olive warbler
Accentors
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Prunellidae
Siberian accentor
Waxbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Lavender waxbill
Common waxbill
Red avadavat
Indian silverbill
African silverbill
Java sparrow
Scaly-breasted munia
Old World sparrows
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
House sparrow
Eurasian tree sparrow
Wagtails and pipits
Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae
Eastern yellow wagtail
Citrine wagtail
Gray wagtail
White wagtail
Tree pipit
Olive-backed pipit
Pechora pipit
Red-throated pipit
American pipit
Sprague’s pipit
Finches, euphonias, and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae
Common chaffinch
Brambling
Evening grosbeak
Hawfinch
Common rosefinch
Pallas’s rosefinch
Pine grosbeak
Eurasian bullfinch
Asian rosy-finch
Gray-crowned rosy finch
Black rosy-finch
Brown-capped rosy-finch
House finch
Purple finch
Cassin’s finch
Oriental green finch
Yellow-fronted canary
Common redpoll
Hoary redpoll
Red crossbill
Cassia crossbill
White-winged crossbill
Eurasian siskin
Pine siskin
Lesser goldfinch
Lawrence’s goldfinch
American goldfinch
Island canary
Longspurs and snow buntings
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Calcariidae
Lapland longspur
Chestnut-collared longspur
Smith’s longspur
Thick-billed longspur
Snow bunting
McKay’s bunting
Old World buntings
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Pine bunting
Yellow-browed bunting
Little bunting
Rustic bunting
Yellow-throated bunting
Yellow-breasted bunting
Gray bunting
Pallas’s bunting
Reed bunting
New World sparrows
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Rufous-winged sparrow
Botteri’s sparrow
Cassin’s sparrow
Bachman’s sparrow
Grasshopper sparrow
Olive sparrow
Five-striped sparrow
Black-throated sparrow
Lark sparrow
Lark bunting
Chipping sparrow
Clay-colored sparrow
Black-chinned sparrow
Field sparrow
Brewer’s sparrow
Worthen’s sparrow
Fox sparrow
American tree sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Yellow-eyed junco
White-crowned sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow
Harris’s sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Sagebrush sparrow
Bell’s sparrow
Vesper sparrow
LeConte’s sparrow
Seaside sparrow
Nelson’s sparrow
Saltmarsh sparrow
Baird’s sparrow
Henslow’s sparrow
Savannah sparrow
Song sparrow
Lincoln’s sparrow
Swamp sparrow
Canyon towhee
Abert’s towhee
California towhee
Rufous-crowned sparrow
Green-tailed towhee
Spotted towhee
Eastern towhee
Spindalises
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Spindalidae
Western spindalis
Jamaican spindalis
Hispaniolan spindalis
Puerto Rican spindalis
Yellow-breasted chat
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteriidae
Yellow-breasted chat
Troupials and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Yellow-headed blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern meadowlark
Western meadowlark
Black-vented oriole
Orchard oriole
Hooded oriole
Streak-backed oriole
Bullock’s oriole
Spot-breasted oriole
Altamira oriole
Audubon’s oriole
Baltimore oriole
Black-backed oriole
Scott’s oriole
Red-winged blackbird
Tricolored blackbird
Tawny-shouldered blackbird
Shiny cowbird
Bronzed cowbird
Brown-headed cowbird
Rusty blackbird
Brewer’s blackbird
Common grackle
Boat-tailed grackle
Great-tailed grackle
New World warblers
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Ovenbird
Worm-eating warbler
Louisiana waterthrush
Northern waterthrush
Bachman’s warbler
Golden-winged warbler
Blue-winged warbler
Black-and-white warbler
Prothonotary warbler
Swainson’s warbler
Crescent-chested warbler
Tennessee warbler
Orange-crowned warbler
Colima warbler
Lucy’s warbler
Nashville warbler
Virginia’s warbler
Connecticut warbler
Gray-crowned yellowthroat
MacGillivray’s warbler
Mourning warbler
Kentucky warbler
Common yellowthroat
Hooded warbler
American redstart
Kirtland’s warbler
Cape May warbler
Cerulean warbler
Northern parula
Tropical parula
Magnolia warbler
Bay-breasted warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Yellow warbler
Chestnut-sided warbler
Blackpoll warbler
Black-throated blue warbler
Palm warbler
Pine warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Yellow-throated warbler
Prairie warbler
Grace’s warbler
Black-throated grey warbler
Townsend’s warbler
Hermit warbler
Gold -cheeked warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Fan-tailed warbler
Rufous-capped warbler
Golden-crowned warbler
Canada warbler
Wilson’s warbler
Red-faced warbler
Painted redstart
Slate-throated redstart
Cardinals and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Hepatic tanager
Summer tanager
Scarlet tanager
Western tanager
Flame-colored tanager
Crimson-collared grosbeak
Northern cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Yellow grosbeak
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Black-headed grosbeak
Blue bunting
Blue grosbeak
Lazuli bunting
Indigo bunting
Varied bunting
Painted bunting
Dickcissel
Tanagers and allies
Order: Passeriformes
Family: ThraupidaeLesser
Red-crested cardinal
Yellow-billed cardinal
Saffron finch
Red-legged honeycreeper
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced grassquit
Black-faced grassquit
Morelet’s seedeater
Bryan Harding is a member of the American Society of Mammalogists and a member of the American Birding Association. Bryan is especially fond of mammals and has studied and worked with them around the world. Bryan serves as owner, writer, and publisher of North American Nature.