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Assorted North American Bird Photos

Below is a list of bird photos of species which have been recorded in North America (United States & Canada), although the images shown may or may not have been taken in North America. Each photo will be labeled with the location and date where and when it was shot. I will be adding more species on a regular basis, so please check back again. Thanks!

WATERFOWL (ANATIDAE)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) and Ross's Geese (Chen rossii) together
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Gadwall (Anas strpera)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) X Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) hybrid
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Redhead (Aythya americana)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

GUANS (CRACIDAE)
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)

PHEASANTS, GROUSE & TURKEYS (PHASIANIDAE)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis)
Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
"Attwater's" Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)
Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

NEW WORLD QUAIL (ODONTOPHORIDAE)
Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)
California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)

LOONS (GAVIIDAE)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

GREBES (PODICIPEDIDAE)
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Horned Grebe (Megadyptes antipodes)
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)

TROPICBIRDS (PHAETHONTIDAE)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

PELICANS (PELECANIDAE)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORACIDAE)
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

DARTERS (ANHINGIDAE)
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

FRIGATEBIRDS (FREGATIDAE)
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

HERONS (ARDEIDAE)
Assorted Wading Birds, Florida
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

IBISES & SPOONBILLS (THRESKIORNITHIDAE)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)

STORKS (CICONIIDAE)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

NEW WORLD VULTURES (CATHARTIDAE)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

FLAMINGOS (PHOENICOPTERIDAE)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

HAWKS, EAGLES & KITES (ACCIPITRIDAE)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Gray Hawk (Asturina nitida)
Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

FALCONS & CARACARAS (FALCONIDAE)
Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

RAILS & COOTS (RALLIDAE)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
American Coot (Fulica americana)

LIMPKIN (ARAMIDAE)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

CRANES (GRUIDAE)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

PLOVERS & LAPWINGS (CHARADRIIDAE)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

AVOCETS & STILTS (RECURVIROSTRIDAE)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

OYSTERCATCHERS (HAEMATOPODIDAE)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)

SANDPIPERS (SCOLOPACIDAE)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

GULLS, TERNS, and SKIMMER (LARIDAE)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
Little Gull (Larus minutus)
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

PIGEONS & DOVES (COLUMBIDAE)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia)

PARROTS (PSITTACIDAE)
Green Parakeet (Aratinga holochlora)

CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS & ANIS (CUCULIDAE)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

BARN OWLS (TYTONIDAE)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

OWLS (STRIGIDAE)
Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)
Western Screech-Owl (Otus kennicottii)
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Otus trichopis)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi)
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata)
Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

NIGHTJARS (CAPRIMULGIDAE)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)

SWIFTS (APODIDAE)
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

HUMMINGBIRDS (TROCHILIDAE)
Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia violiceps)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

KINGFISHERS (ALCENINIDAE)
Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata)
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)

WOODPECKERS (PICIDAE)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (TYRANNIDAE)
Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Tropical Kingbird (Coccyzus minor)
Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii)
Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)

SHRIKES (LANIIDAE)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

VIREOS (VIREONIDAE)
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)

CROWS & JAYS (CORVIDAE)
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)

LARKS (ALAUDIDAE)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

SWALLOWS (HIRUNDINIDAE)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

CHICKADEES & TITMICE (PARIDAE)
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi)
Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

VERDIN (REMIZIDAE)
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)

BUSHTITS (AEGITHALIDAE)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

NUTHATCHES (SITTIDAE)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)

WRENS (TROGLODYTIDAE)
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

KINGLETS (REGULIDAE)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

OLD WORLD WARBLERS AND GNATCATCHERS (SYLVIIDAE)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

THRUSHES (TURDIDAE)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi)
White-throated Robin (Turdus assimilis)
Rufous-backed Robin (Turdus rufopalliatus)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS (MIMIDAE)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
Bendire's Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

WAGTAILS & PIPITS (MOTACILLIDAE)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (PTILOGONATIDAE)
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)

WOOD WARBLERS (PARULIDAE)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
Lucy's Warbler (Vermivora luciae)
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Yellow "Mangrove" Warbler (Dendroica petechia bryanti)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)
Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor)
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)

TANAGERS (THRAUPIDAE)
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata)

SPARROWS & ALLIES (EMBERIZIDAE)
Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus)
Abert's Towhee (Pipilo aberti)
Rufous-winged Sparrow (Aimophila carpalis)
Cassin's Sparrow (Aimophila cassinii)
Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis)
Botteri's Sparrow (Aimophila botterii)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
Worthen's Sparrow (Spizella wortheni)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli)
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Baird's Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
McCown's Longspur (Calcarius mccownii)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS (CARDINALIDAE)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina)
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

BLACKBIRDS & ALLIES (ICTERIDAE)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

FINCHES (FRINGILLIDAE)
Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)

OLD WORLD SPARROWS (PASSERIDAE)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)