Bird Life
List
Bird Life List: Total US species: 536 (05/14/10)
- Tundra Swan
- Trumpeter Swan
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Ross’ Goose
- Canada Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Mallard
- Mottled Duck
- Gadwall
- Green-winged Teal
- American Widgeon
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shovelor
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Ruddy Duck
- Masked Duck
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Wood Duck
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- White-winged Scoter
- Surf Scoter
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Common Goldeneye
- Bufflehead
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Hooded Merganser
- Plain Chacalaca
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Chukar
- Wild Turkey
- Ruffed Grouse
- Spruce Grouse
- Sooty Grouse
- Dusky Grouse
- Lesser Prairie Chicken
- Gambel’s Quail
- California Quail
- Mountain Quail
- Northern Bobwhite
- Montezuma Quail
- Scaled Quail
- Common Loon
- Red-throated Loon
- Clark’s Grebe
- Western Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Least Grebe
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- American White Pelican
- Brown Pelican
- Northern Gannet
- Anhinga
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Brandt’s Cormorant
- Pelagic Cormorant
- Least Bittern
- American Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Green Heron
- Tricolored Heron
- Little Blue Heron
- Reddish Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Great Egret
- Great Blue Heron
- Wood Stork
- Glossy Ibis
- White-faced Ibis
- White Ibis
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Turkey Vulture
- Black Vulture
- California Condor (bird #70)
- Osprey
- Mississippi Kite
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- White-tailed Kite
- Hook-billed Kite
- Northern Harrier
- Golden Eagle
- Bald Eagle
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Northern Goshawk
- Common Black Hawk
- Harris’ Hawk
- Zone-tailed Hawk
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Gray Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
- White-tailed Hawk
- Aplomado Falcon
- Crested Caracara
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Prairie Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
- King Rail
- Clapper Rail
- Virginia Rail
- Sora
- Purple Gallinule
- Common Moorhen
- American Coot
- Sandhill Crane
- Whooping Crane
- Snowy Plover
- Piping Plover
- Wilson’s Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Killdeer
- Mountain Plover
- Black-bellied Plover
- American Golden Plover
- Northern Jacana
- Black Oystercatcher
- American Oystercatcher
- American Avocet
- Black-necked Stilt
- Marbled Godwit
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Whimberel
- Long-billed Curlew
- Willet
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Wandering Tattler
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Black Turnstone
- Surfbird
- Red Knot
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Upland Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- American Woodcock
- Heerman’s Gull
- Franklin’s Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Boneparte’s Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- California Gull
- Herring Gull
- Western Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Sandwich Tern
- Royal Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Forster’s Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Common Tern
- Least Tern
- Black Tern
- Sooty Tern
- Black Skimmer
- Common Murre
- Pigeon Guillemot
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Red-billed Pigeon
- White-crowned Pigeon
- Rock Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- White-winged Dove
- Common Ground Dove
- Inca Dove
- White-tipped Dove
- Monk Parakeet
- Green Parakeet
- Red-crowned Parrot
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Greater Roadrunner
- Groove-billed Ani
- Barn Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Barred Owl
- Spotted Owl
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Western Screech-owl
- Whiskered Screech-owl
- Flammulated Owl
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
- Elf Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- Lesser Nighthawk
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Paraque
- Chuck-will’s-widow
- Whip-poor-will
- Buff-collared Nightjar
- Common Poorwill
- Black Swift
- Vaux’s Swift
- Chimney Swift
- White-throated Swift
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird
- Lucifer Hummingbird
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
- White-eared Hummingbird
- Blue-throated Hummingbird
- Magnificent Hummingbird
- Plain-capped Starthroat
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Allen’s Hummingbird
- Elegant Trogon
- Belted Kingfisher
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Green Kingfisher
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Acorn Woodpecker
- White-headed Woodpecker
- Lewis’ Woodpecker
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Gila Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Gilded Flicker
- Williamson’s Sapsucker
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker
- Arizona Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Greater Pewee
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Willow Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Gray Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher
- Cordilleran Flycatcher
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
- Eastern Phoebe
- Black Phoebe
- Say’s Phoebe
- Vermillion Flycatcher
- Brown-crested Flycatcher
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher
- Western Kingbird
- Cassin’s Kingbird
- Tropical Kingbird
- Couch’s Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Gray Kingbird
- Thick-billed Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Great Kiskadee
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Rose-throated Becard
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Black-capped Vireo
- White-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Bell’s Vireo
- Hutton’s Vireo
- Gray Vireo
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Plumbeous Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Philadephia Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Blue Jay
- Stellar’s Jay
- Gray Jay
- Clark’s Nutcracker
- Western Scrub Jay
- Florida Scrub Jay
- Mexican Jay
- Pinyon Jay
- Brown Jay
- Green Jay
- Black-billed Magpie
- Yellow-billed Magpie
- Tamaulipas Crow
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Chihuahuan Raven
- Common Raven
- Horned Lark
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Purple Martin
- Bank Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Cave Swallow
- Wrentit
- Bridled Titmouse
- Oak Titmouse
- Juniper Titmouse
- Tufted Titmouse
- Black-crested Titmouse
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Carolina Chickadee
- Mexican Chickadee
- Mountain Chickadee
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee
- Verdin
- Bushtit
- Brown Creeper
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Pygmy Nuthatch
- Brown-headed Nuthatch
- House Wren
- Winter Wren
- Carolina Wren
- Bewick’s Wren
- Cactus Wren
- Rock Wren
- Canyon Wren
- Marsh Wren
- Sedge Wren
- American Dipper
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- Northern Wheatear
- Eastern Bluebird
- Western Bluebird
- Mountain Bluebird
- Townsend’s Solitaire
- Wood Thrush
- Veery
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Varied Thrush
- American Robin
- Clay-colored Robin
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Long-billed Thrasher
- Sage Thrasher
- Bendire’s Thrasher
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- California Thrasher
- Crissal Thrasher
- European Starling
- American Pipit
- Sprague’s Pipit
- Cedar Waxwing
- Phainopepla
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Tennesee Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Virginia’s Warbler
- Colima Warbler
- Lucy’s Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Tropical Parula
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Cerulean Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Hermit Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Golden-cheeked Warbler
- Grace’s Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Prairie Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- MacGillivray’s Warbler
- Kentucky Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Hooded Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Swainson’s Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Northern Waterthrush
- Common Yellowthroat
- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (* San Ygnacio bird)
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- American Redstart
- Painted Redstart
- Red-faced Warbler
- Olive Warbler
- Summer Tanager
- Hepatic Tanager
- Scarlet Tanager
- Western Tanager
- Flame-colored Tanager
- White-collared Seedeater
- Olive Sparrow
- Green-tailed Towhee
- California Towhee
- Canyon Towhee
- Abert’s Towhee
- Eastern Towhee
- Spotted Towhee
- Bachman’s Sparrow
- Botteri’s Sparrow
- Cassin’s Sparrow
- Rufous-winged Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Sage Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Henslow’s Sparrow
- LeConte’s Sparrow
- Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Seaside Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Savannah Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- Harris’ Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Yellow-eyed Junco
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- McCown’s Longspur
- Smith’s Longspur
- Lapland Longspur
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Northern Cardinal
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Dickcissel
- Blue Grosbeak
- Indigo Bunting
- Lazuli Bunting
- Painted Bunting
- Varied Bunting
- Blue Bunting
- Bobolink
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Western Meadowlark
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Rusty Blackbird
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Bronzed Cowbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Hooded Oriole
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bullock’s Oriole
- Altamira Oriole
- Audubon’s Oriole
- Scott’s Oriole
- Black Rosy-Finch
- Purple Finch
- Cassin’s Finch
- House Finch
- Red Crossbill
- White-winged Crossbill
- Pine Grosbeak
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
- House Sparrow
Mexico Bird List (Birds seen only in Mexico) 5 species
536. Brown-backed Solitaire
537. Maroon-fronted Parrot
538. Rufous-capped Warbler
539. Black-vented Oriole
540. Orange-billed Nightingale
Thrush
European Birds (Birds seen only in Europe) 22 species
541. Great Cormorant
542.
Eurasian Coot
543.
White Stork
544.
Eurasian Kestrel
545.
Wood Pigeon
546.
Common Swift
547.
Great Spotted Woodpecker
548.
Blackbird
549.
Black Redstart
550.
Robin
551.
Mistle Thrush
552.
Blackcap
553.
Spotted Flycatcher
554.
Blue Tit
555.
Great Tit
556.
Marsh Tit
557.
Nuthatch
558.
Magpie
559.
Jay
560.
Carrion Crow
561.
Chaffinch
562.
Yellowhammer
Birds of Africa (Birds seen only in Africa) – 137
Species
563.
Ostrich
564.
Maribou Stork
565.
South African Shellduck
566.
Red-billed Teal
567.
Secretarybird
568.
White-backed Vulture
569.
Lappet-faced Vulture
570.
Bateleur
571.
Tawny Eagle
572.
Booted Eagle
573.
African Hawk Eagle
574.
Martial Eagle
575.
Black-chested Snake Eagle
576.
Brown Snake Eagle
577.
Augur Buzzard
578.
Gabar Goshawk
579.
Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk
580.
Little Sparrowhawk
581.
Lanner Falcon
582.
Red-necked Falcon
583.
Rock Kestrel
584.
Greater Kestrel
585.
Pygmy Falcon
586.
Red-billed Francolin
587.
Orange River Francolin
588.
Crested Francolin
589.
Helmeted Guineafowl
590.
Small Buttonquail
591.
Kori Bustard
592.
Ludwig’s Bustard
593.
Red-crested Koorhan
594.
Northern Black Koorhan
595.
Rüppel’s Koorhan
596.
Crowned Lapwing
597.
Blacksmith Lapwing
598.
Burchell’s Sandgrouse
599.
Namaqua Sandgrouse
600.
Rock Pigeon
601.
Cape Turtle Dove
602.
Laughing Dove
603.
Emerald Spotted Wood Dove
604.
Namaqua Dove
605.
Rosy-faced Lovebird
606.
Gray Go-Away-Bird
607.
Spotted Eagle Owl
608.
Alpine Swift
609.
Bradfield’s Swift
610.
Little Swift
611.
African Palm Swift
612.
White-backed Mousebird
613.
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
614.
Lilac-breasted Roller
615.
Purple Roller
616.
Bradfield’s Hornbill
617.
Montiero’s Hornbill
618.
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
619.
Red-billed Hornbill
620.
Damara Hornbill
621.
Greater Scimitarbill
622.
African Hoopoe
623.
Acacia Pied Barbet
624.
Cardinal Woodpecker
625.
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
626.
Bearded Woodpecker
627.
Monotonous Lark
628.
Sabota Lark
629.
Eastern Clapper Lark
630.
Spike-heeled Lark
631.
Red-capped Lark
632.
Karoo Long-billed Lark
633.
Rock Martin
634.
Fork-tailed Drongo
635.
Cape Crow
636.
Ashy Tit
637.
Carp’s Tit
638.
Bare-cheeked Babbler
639.
Southern Pied Babbler
640.
African Red-eyed Bulbul
641.
Groundscraper Thrush
642.
Short-toed Rock Thrush
643.
Familiar Chat
644.
Anteating Chat
645.
Tractrac Chat
646.
Karoo Chat
647.
Herero Chat
648.
Mountain Wheatear
649.
White-browed Scrub Robin
650.
Kalahari Scrub Robin
651.
Yellow-bellied Eromomela
652.
Cape Penduline Tit
653.
Rockrunner
654.
Barred Wren Warbler
655.
Gray-backed Camaroptera
656.
Chestnut-vented Titbabbler
657.
Long-billed Crombec
658.
Desert Cisticola
659.
Tinkling Cisticola
660.
Black-chested Prinia
661.
Marico Flycatcher
662.
Pririt Batis
663.
African Grassveld Pipit
664.
Crimson-breasted Shrike
665.
Common Fiscal
666.
Brown-crowned Tchagra
667.
White-crested Helmet Shrike
668.
Southern White-crowned Shrike
669.
Brubru
670.
Black-backed Puffback
671.
White-tailed Shrike
672.
Cape Glossy Starling
673.
Burchell’s Starling
674.
Pale-winged Starling
675.
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
676.
White-bellied Sunbird
677.
Dusky Sunbird
678.
Marico Sunbird
679.
Great Sparrow
680.
Cape Sparrow
681.
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
682.
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
683.
White-browed Sparrow-weaver
684.
Sociable Weaver
685.
Southern Masked Weaver
686.
Lesser Masked Weaver
687.
Red-billed Quelea
688.
Shaft-tailed Wydah
689.
Violet-eared Waxbill
690.
Black-faced Waxbill
691.
Common Waxbill
692.
Blue Waxbill
693.
Red-headed Finch
694.
Scaly-feathered Finch
695.
Green-winged Pytilia
696.
Yellow Canary
697.
Black-throated Canary
698.
Golden-breasted Bunting
699.
Cape Bunting
700.
Larklike Bunting