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List of North American Birds

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Common Name	Scientific Name
Abert's Towhee	(Pipilo aberti)
Acorn Woodpecker	(Melanerpes formicivorus)
Allen's Hummingbird	(Selasphorus sasin)
American Avocet	(Recurvirostra americana)
American Coot	(Fulica americana)
American Dipper	(Cinclus mexicanus)
American Goldfinch	(Carduelis tristis)
American Kestrel	(Falco sparverius)
American Oystercatcher	(Haematopus palliatus)
American Robin	(Turdus migratorius)
American White Pelican	(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
American Wigeon	(Anas americana)
Anna's Hummingbird	(Calypte anna)
Aplomado Falcon	(Falco femoralis)
Arizona Woodpecker	(Picoides arizonae)
Bald Eagle	(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Band-tailed Pigeon	(Patagioenas fasciata)
Barn Swallow	(Hirundo rustica)
Barred Owl	(Strix varia)
Barred Parakeet	(Bolborhynchus lineola)
Barrow's Goldeneye	(Bucephala islandica)
Belted Kingfisher	(Ceryle alcyon)
Bewick's Wren	(Thryomanes bewickii)
Black Hawk-Eagle	(Spizaetus tyrannus)
Black Oystercatcher	(Haematopus bachmani)
Black Phoebe	(Sayornis nigricans)
Black Skimmer	(Rynchops niger)
Black Tern	(Chlidonias niger)
Black Turnstone	(Arenaria melanocephala)
Black Vulture	(Coragyps atratus)
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle	(Spizastur melanoleucus)
Black-bellied Plover	(Pluvialis squatarola)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	(Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Black-billed Magpie	(Pica hudsonia)
Black-capped Chickadee	(Poecile atricapillus)
Black-cheeked Woodpecker	(Melanerpes pucherani)
Black-chinned Hummingbird	(Archilochus alexandri)
Black-collared Hawk	(Busarellus nigricollis)
Black-crested Coquette	(Lophornis helenae)
Black-crested Titmouse	(Baeolophus atricristatus)
Black-crowned Night-Heron	(Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-headed Grosbeak	(Pheucticus melanocephalus)
Black-headed Gull	(Larus ridibundus)
Black-headed Trogon	(Trogon melanocephalus)
Black-necked Stilt	(Himantopus mexicanus)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	(Polioptila melanura)
Black-throated Sparrow	(Amphispiza bilineata)
Blue Jay	(Cyanocitta cristata)
Blue-capped Hummingbird	(Eupherusa cyanophrys)
Blue-winged Teal	(Anas discors)
Boat-billed Heron	(Cochlearius cochlearius)
Bobolink	(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Bonaparte's Gull	(Larus philadelphia)
Brant	(Branta bernicla)
Brewer's Blackbird	(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Brewer's Sparrow	(Spizella breweri)
Bridled Titmouse	(Baeolophus wollweberi)
Broad-billed Hummingbird	(Cynanthus latirostris)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	(Selasphorus platycercus)
Brown Creeper	(Certhia americana)
Brown Pelican	(Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown-headed Cowbird	(Molothrus ater)
Bufflehead	(Bucephala albeola)
Bullock's Oriole	(Icterus bullockii)
Burrowing Owl	(Athene cunicularia)
Cactus Wren	(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
California Condor	(Gymnogyps californianus)
California Gull	(Larus californicus)
Calliope Hummingbird	(Stellula calliope)
Canada Goose	(Branta canadensis)
Canvasback	(Aythya valisineria)
Canyon Towhee	(Pipilo fuscus)
Cassin's Finch	(Carpodacus cassinii)
Cattle Egret	(Bubulcus ibis)
Cedar Waxwing	(Bombycilla cedrorum)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	(Poecile rufescens)
Chipping Sparrow	(Spizella passerina)
Cinnamon Hummingbird	(Amazilia rutila)
Cinnamon Teal	(Anas cyanoptera)
Clapper Rail	(Rallus longirostris)
Clark's Nutcracker	(Nucifraga columbiana)
Cliff Swallow	(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Collared Aracari	(Pteroglossus torquatus)
Common Black-Hawk	(Buteogallus anthracinus)
Common Goldeneye	(Bucephala clangula)
Common Grackle	(Quiscalus quiscula)
Common Loon	(Gavia immer)
Common Merganser	(Mergus merganser)
Common Moorhen	(Gallinula chloropus)
Common Murre	(Uria aalge)
Common Nighthawk	(Chordeiles minor)
Common Raven	(Corvus corax)
Costa's Hummingbird	(Calypte costae)
Crane Hawk	(Geranospiza caerulescens)
Crested Auklet	(Aethia cristatella)
Crested Caracara	(Caracara cheriway)
Curve-billed Thrasher	(Toxostoma curvirostre)
Dark-eyed Junco	(Junco hyemalis)
Double-crested Cormorant	(Phalacrocorax auritus)
Downy Woodpecker	(Picoides pubescens)
Dunlin	(Calidris alpina)
Eared Grebe	(Podiceps nigricollis)
Eastern Bluebird	(Sialia sialis)
Eastern Kingbird	(Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern Meadowlark	(Sturnella magna)
Elegant Trogon	(Trogon elegans)
Emerald Toucanet	(Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
Eurasian Kestrel	(Falco tinnunculus)
Eurasian Wigeon	(Anas penelope)
European Starling	(Sturnus vulgaris)
Ferruginous Hawk	(Buteo regalis)
Flame-colored Tanager	(Piranga bidentata)
Florida Scrub-Jay	(Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Forster's Tern	(Sterna forsteri)
Fox Sparrow	(Passerella iliaca)
Franklin's Gull	(Larus pipixcan)
Gadwall	(Anas strepera)
Gambel's Quail	(Callipepla gambelii)
Gila Woodpecker	(Melanerpes uropygialis)
Glossy Ibis	(Plegadis falcinellus)
Golden Eagle	(Aquila chrysaetos)
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker	(Melanerpes chrysogenys)
Golden-crowned Sparrow	(Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Golden-fronted Woodpecker	(Melanerpes aurifrons)
Golden-hooded Tanager	(Tangara larvata)
Gray Catbird	(Dumetella carolinensis)
Gray Hawk	(Buteo nitidus)
Gray Jay	(Perisoreus canadensis)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	(Leucosticte tephrocotis)
Great Black-Hawk	(Buteogallus urubitinga)
Great Blue Heron	(Ardea herodias)
Great Egret	(Ardea alba)
Great Horned Owl	(Bubo virginianus)
Great Kiskadee	(Pitangus sulphuratus)
Great-tailed Grackle	(Quiscalus mexicanus)
Greater Roadrunner	(Geococcyx californianus)
Greater Sage-Grouse	(Centrocercus urophasianus)
Greater Scaup	(Aythya marila)
Green Heron	(Butorides virescens)
Green Jay	(Cyanocorax yncas)
Green Violetear	(Colibri thalassinus)
Green-tailed Towhee	(Pipilo chlorurus)
Green-winged Teal	(Anas crecca)
Hairy Woodpecker	(Picoides villosus)
Harlequin Duck	(Histrionicus histrionicus)
Harpy Eagle	(Harpia harpyja)
Harris's Hawk	(Parabuteo unicinctus)
Heermann's Gull	(Larus heermanni)
Hepatic Tanager	(Piranga flava)
Herring Gull	(Larus argentatus)
Hooded Merganser	(Lophodytes cucullatus)
Hooded Oriole	(Icterus cucullatus)
Horned Grebe	(Podiceps auritus)
Horned Puffin	(Fratercula corniculata)
House Finch	(Carpodacus mexicanus)
House Sparrow	(Passer domesticus)
House Wren	(Troglodytes aedon)
Inca Dove	(Columbina inca)
Keel-billed Toucan	(Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Killdeer	(Charadrius vociferus)
King Vulture	(Sarcoramphus papa)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	(Picoides scalaris)
Lark Sparrow	(Chondestes grammacus)
Laughing Falcon	(Herpetotheres cachinnans)
Laughing Gull	(Larus atricilla)
Lazuli Bunting	(Passerina amoena)
Least Auklet	(Aethia pusilla)
Least Bittern	(Ixobrychus exilis)
Least Grebe	(Tachybaptus dominicus)
Least Sandpiper	(Calidris minutilla)
Least Tern	(Sternula antillarum)
Lesser Goldfinch	(Carduelis psaltria)
Lesser Scaup	(Aythya affinis)
Lesser Yellowlegs	(Tringa flavipes)
Lewis's Woodpecker	(Melanerpes lewis)
Lilac-crowned Parrot	(Amazona finschi)
Lincoln's Sparrow	(Melospiza lincolnii)
Lineated Woodpecker	(Dryocopus lineatus)
Little Blue Heron	(Egretta caerulea)
Long-billed Curlew	(Numenius americanus)
Long-billed Dowitcher	(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Long-eared Owl	(Asio otus)
Magnificent Hummingbird	(Eugenes fulgens)
Mallard	(Anas platyrhynchos)
Marbled Godwit	(Limosa fedoa)
Marsh Wren	(Cistothorus palustris)
Mealy Parrot	(Amazona farinosa)
Mew Gull	(Larus canus)
Mexican Jay	(Aphelocoma ultramarina)
Military Macaw	(Ara militaris)
Mississippi Kite	(Ictinia mississippiensis)
Mountain Bluebird	(Sialia currucoides)
Mountain Chickadee	(Poecile gambeli)
Mourning Dove	(Zenaida macroura)
Mute Swan	(Cygnus olor)
Northern Bobwhite	(Colinus virginianus)
Northern Cardinal	(Cardinalis cardinalis)
Northern Flicker	(Colaptes auratus)
Northern Gannet	(Morus bassanus)
Northern Goshawk	(Accipiter gentilis)
Northern Harrier	(Circus cyaneus)
Northern Mockingbird	(Mimus polyglottos)
Northern Pintail	(Anas acuta)
Northern Shoveler	(Anas clypeata)
Northern Shrike	(Lanius excubitor)
Northwestern Crow	(Corvus caurinus)
Olive Sparrow	(Arremonops rufivirgatus)
Orange-chinned Parakeet	(Brotogeris jugularis)
Orange-fronted Parakeet	(Aratinga canicularis)
Ornate Hawk-Eagle	(Spizaetus ornatus)
Osprey	(Pandion haliaetus)
Pacific Loon	(Gavia pacifica)
Pale-billed Woodpecker	(Campephilus guatemalensis)
Parakeet Auklet	(Aethia psittacula)
Pectoral Sandpiper	(Calidris melanotos)
Peregrine Falcon	(Falco peregrinus)
Phainopepla	(Phainopepla nitens)
Pied-billed Grebe	(Podilymbus podiceps)
Pileated Woodpecker	(Dryocopus pileatus)
Pinyon Jay	(Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
Plain Chachalaca	(Ortalis vetula)
Plumbeous Kite	(Ictinia plumbea)
Prairie Falcon	(Falco mexicanus)
Purple Finch	(Carpodacus purpureus)
Purplish-backed Jay	(Cyanocorax beecheii)
Pygmy Nuthatch	(Sitta pygmaea)
Pyrrhuloxia	(Cardinalis sinuatus)
Red Crossbill	(Loxia curvirostra)
Red-bellied Woodpecker	(Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-breasted Merganser	(Mergus serrator)
Red-breasted Nuthatch	(Sitta canadensis)
Red-breasted Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus ruber)
Red-crowned Parrot	(Amazona viridigenalis)
Red-headed Woodpecker	(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Red-lored Parrot	(Amazona autumnalis)
Red-naped Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
Red-necked Phalarope	(Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-shouldered Hawk	(Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed Hawk	(Buteo jamaicensis)
Red-throated Loon	(Gavia stellata)
Red-winged Blackbird	(Agelaius phoeniceus)
Reddish Egret	(Egretta rufescens)
Redhead	(Aythya americana)
Resplendent Quetzal	(Pharomachrus mocinno)
Ring-billed Gull	(Larus delawarensis)
Ring-necked Duck	(Aythya collaris)
Ring-necked Pheasant	(Phasianus colchicus)
Rock Pigeon	(Columba livia)
Rock Sandpiper	(Calidris ptilocnemis)
Rock Wren	(Salpinctes obsoletus)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	(Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Roseate Spoonbill	(Platalea ajaja)
Ross's Goose	(Chen rossii)
Rough-legged Hawk	(Buteo lagopus)
Royal Tern	(Thalasseus maximus)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	(Regulus calendula)
Ruddy Duck	(Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy Turnstone	(Arenaria interpres)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron	(Tigrisoma lineatum)
Ruffed Grouse	(Bonasa umbellus)
Rufous Hummingbird	(Selasphorus rufus)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird	(Amazilia tzacatl)
Sage Thrasher	(Oreoscoptes montanus)
Sanderling	(Calidris alba)
Sandhill Crane	(Grus canadensis)
Savannah Sparrow	(Passerculus sandwichensis)
Scarlet Macaw	(Ara macao)
Scarlet Tanager	(Piranga olivacea)
Scintillant Hummingbird	(Selasphorus scintilla)
Short-tailed Hawk	(Buteo brachyurus)
Slaty-tailed Trogon	(Trogon massena)
Snow Goose	(Chen caerulescens)
Snowy Egret	(Egretta thula)
Snowy Owl	(Bubo scandiacus)
Song Sparrow	(Melospiza melodia)
Spotted Sandpiper	(Actitis macularius)
Spotted Towhee	(Pipilo maculatus)
Steller's Jay	(Cyanocitta stelleri)
Steller's Sea-Eagle	(Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird	(Eupherusa eximia)
Surf Scoter	(Melanitta perspicillata)
Surfbird	(Aphriza virgata)
Swainson's Hawk	(Buteo swainsoni)
Swallow-tailed Kite	(Elanoides forficatus)
Thick-billed Murre	(Uria lomvia)
Thick-billed Parrot	(Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)
Townsend's Solitaire	(Myadestes townsendi)
Tree Swallow	(Tachycineta bicolor)
Tricolored Heron	(Egretta tricolor)
Trumpeter Swan	(Cygnus buccinator)
Tufted Duck	(Aythya fuligula)
Tufted Puffin	(Fratercula cirrhata)
Turkey Vulture	(Cathartes aura)
Verdin	(Auriparus flaviceps)
Violaceous Trogon	(Trogon violaceus)
Violet-green Swallow	(Tachycineta thalassina)
Volcano Hummingbird	(Selasphorus flammula)
Western Bluebird	(Sialia mexicana)
Western Grebe	(Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Western Gull	(Larus occidentalis)
Western Kingbird	(Tyrannus verticalis)
Western Meadowlark	(Sturnella neglecta)
Western Scrub-Jay	(Aphelocoma californica)
Western Tanager	(Piranga ludoviciana)
Western Wood-Pewee	(Contopus sordidulus)
Whimbrel	(Numenius phaeopus)
White Hawk	(Leucopternis albicollis)
White Ibis	(Eudocimus albus)
White-breasted Nuthatch	(Sitta carolinensis)
White-crowned Parrot	(Pionus senilis)
White-crowned Sparrow	(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
White-fronted Parrot	(Amazona albifrons)
White-headed Woodpecker	(Picoides albolarvatus)
White-necked Jacobin	(Florisuga mellivora)
White-tailed Eagle	(Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-tailed Hawk	(Buteo albicaudatus)
White-tailed Kite	(Elanus leucurus)
White-winged Dove	(Zenaida asiatica)
Whooping Crane	(Grus americana)
Wild Turkey	(Meleagris gallopavo)
Willet	(Tringa semipalmata)
Wilson's Phalarope	(Phalaropus tricolor)
Wilson's Snipe	(Gallinago delicata)
Wood Duck	(Aix sponsa)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	(Empidonax flaviventris)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	(Sphyrapicus varius)
Yellow-crowned Parrot	(Amazona ochrocephala)
Yellow-headed Blackbird	(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Yellow-headed Parrot	(Amazona oratrix)
Yellow-lored Parrot	(Amazona xantholora)
Yellow-naped Parrot	(Amazona auropalliata)
Yellow-rumped Warbler	(Dendroica coronata)

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