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Female Northern Cardinal standing on snow with its crest raised.

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From backyard favorites to birds of the prairie and wetlands, explore the photographs and meet each species. Choose a bird below to open its field guide.

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67 birds to explore

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorusBlackbirdsExplore this bird →

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspiaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Clay-colored Sparrow

Spizella pallidaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Common Loon

Gavia immerWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Dunlin

Calidris alpinaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutillaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Northern Shrike

Lanius borealisShrikesExplore this bird →

Osprey

Pandion haliaetusHawks, falcons & eaglesExplore this bird →

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapillaWarblersExplore this bird →

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotosWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianusCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird →

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensisWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensisFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusillaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitariaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis maculariusWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Melospiza lincolniiFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus buccinatorWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensisWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrysFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollisFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax trailliiFlycatchersExplore this bird →

Winter Wren

Troglodytes hiemalisWrensExplore this bird →

Wood Duck

Aix sponsaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanusCuckoosExplore this bird →

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronataWarblersExplore this bird →

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Corthylio calendulaKingletsExplore this bird →

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivaceaCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird →

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatusWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescensWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodiaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Sora

Porzana carolinaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgianaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolorChickadees & titmiceExplore this bird →

Veery

Catharus fuscescensThrushes & catbirdsExplore this bird →

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensisNuthatchesExplore this bird →

Mute Swan

Cygnus olorWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapillaWarblersExplore this bird →

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennisSwallowsExplore this bird →

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeataWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spuriusBlackbirdsExplore this bird →

Palm Warbler

Setophaga palmarumWarblersExplore this bird →

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podicepsWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Purple Martin

Progne subisSwallowsExplore this bird →

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serratorWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensisHawks, falcons & eaglesExplore this bird →

Green Heron

Butorides virescensWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Green-winged Teal

Anas creccaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatusThrushes & catbirdsExplore this bird →

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatusWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanusFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Northern House Wren

Troglodytes aedonWrensExplore this bird →

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferusWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnoliaWarblersExplore this bird →

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchosWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

European Starling

Sturnus vulgarisStarlingsExplore this bird →

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusillaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliacaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Gadwall

Mareca streperaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Regulus satrapaKingletsExplore this bird →

Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarumFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodiasWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitusFlycatchersExplore this bird →

Great Egret

Ardea albaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifronsWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangulaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Common Merganser

Mergus merganserWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minorNightjarsExplore this bird →

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalisFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Double-crested Cormorant

Nannopterum auritumWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannusFlycatchersExplore this bird →

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magnaBlackbirdsExplore this bird →

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebeFlycatchersExplore this bird →

Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmusFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virensFlycatchersExplore this bird →

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanusWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caeruleaGnatcatchersExplore this bird →

Blue-winged Teal

Spatula discorsWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Brown Creeper

Certhia americanaCreepersExplore this bird →

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufumThrushes & catbirdsExplore this bird →

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeolaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Canada Goose

Branta canadensisWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorumWaxwingsExplore this bird →

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanicaWarblersExplore this bird →

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerinaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchosCrows & jaysExplore this bird →

American Tree Sparrow

Spizelloides arboreaFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird →

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbulaBlackbirdsExplore this bird →

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rusticaSwallowsExplore this bird →

Bell’s Vireo

Vireo belliiVireosExplore this bird →

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyonKingfishersExplore this bird →

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta variaWarblersExplore this bird →

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillusChickadees & titmiceExplore this bird →

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticoraxWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird →

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus aterBlackbirdsExplore this bird

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quisculaBlackbirdsExplore this bird

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceusBlackbirdsExplore this bird

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinusBlackbirdsExplore this bird

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalusBlackbirdsExplore this bird

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caeruleaCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird

Dickcissel

Spiza americanaCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyaneaCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalisCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubraCardinals, buntings & tanagersExplore this bird

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virensChatsExplore this bird

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macrouraDovesExplore this bird

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristisFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird

Henslow’s Sparrow

Centronyx henslowiiFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird

Lark Sparrow

Chondestes grammacusFinches & sparrowsExplore this bird

American Kestrel

Falco sparveriusHawks, falcons & eaglesExplore this bird

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalusHawks, falcons & eaglesExplore this bird

Cooper’s Hawk

Astur cooperiiHawks, falcons & eaglesExplore this bird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubrisHummingbirdsExplore this bird

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristataJaysExplore this bird

Barred Owl

Strix variaOwlsExplore this bird

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianusOwlsExplore this bird

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolorSwallowsExplore this bird

American Robin

Turdus migratoriusThrushes & catbirdsExplore this bird

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialisThrushes & catbirdsExplore this bird

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensisThrushes & catbirdsExplore this bird

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicusTurkeys & pheasantsExplore this bird

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavoTurkeys & pheasantsExplore this bird

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticillaWarblersExplore this bird

Bay-breasted Warbler

Setophaga castaneaWarblersExplore this bird

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga virensWarblersExplore this bird

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fuscaWarblersExplore this bird

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichasWarblersExplore this bird

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga aestivaWarblersExplore this bird

American Coot

Fulica americanaWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchosWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird

American Woodcock

Scolopax minorWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeataWaterbirds & shorebirdsExplore this bird

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescensWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Hairy Woodpecker

Dryobates villosusWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratusWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatusWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinusWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalusWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus variusWoodpeckersExplore this bird

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianusWrensExplore this bird

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustrisWrensExplore this bird

Sedge Wren

Cistothorus stellarisWrensExplore this bird
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) Male Yellow Bird
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
Close view of an American Robin with a rusty orange breast.
American Kestrel showing its patterned back from a wire perch.
American Coot swimming between upright marsh stems.
American Woodcock beside a mossy log on the woodland floor.
American Redstart showing orange wing patches among green leaves.
American White Pelican on the water.
Red-bellied Woodpecker looking upward from a tree trunk against blue sky.
Red-headed Woodpecker perched on a broken wooden stump.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker leaning away from a tree trunk against blue sky.
Pileated Woodpecker perched between weathered tree trunks.
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker clinging to a rough tree trunk.
A male and female Northern Cardinal perched together in falling snow.
Two Bald Eagles perched side by side on a bare branch.
Yellow Warbler facing forward on a branch beneath green leaves.
Blue Jay standing in fresh snow as snowflakes fall.
Cooper's Hawk showing its barred breast on a bare branch.
Common Gallinule standing among dry reeds at the water's edge.
Male Eastern Bluebird showing its rusty breast on a bare branch.
Male Blue Grosbeak standing in sunlit grass with food in its bill.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird with a pale throat perched on a feeder rim.
Tree Swallow perched on a broken stem, showing its blue back and white underside.
Lark Sparrow standing on bare ground among short plants and dry stems.
Two Carolina Wrens standing together on a fallen log.
Marsh Wren showing its pale eyebrow among tall reeds.
Sedge Wren singing from a thin horizontal stem.
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
Male Common Yellowthroat perched above broad green leaves.
Bay-breasted Warbler foraging on a muddy bank beside water.
Henslow's Sparrow balancing on a drooping grass seed head.
Black-throated Green Warbler perched beneath yellow-green leaves.
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Yellow-breasted Chat perched among sunlit green leaves.
Rusty Blackbird leaning forward along a bare branch.
Male Red-winged Blackbird showing a bright red shoulder patch among dry reeds.
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird clinging to a reed among tall marsh plants.
Male Brown-headed Cowbird looking away from the top of a wooden post.
Common Grackle perched on fallen wood, showing an iridescent blue head.
Two Barred Owls resting side by side on a branch.
Great Horned Owl perched in sunlight beside a large tree trunk.
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Male Dickcissel showing its yellow breast and chestnut shoulder on a twig.
Gray Catbird perched on a lichen-covered branch among leaves.
Male Wild Turkey standing in green grass with its head raised.
Mourning Dove facing forward on a sunlit bare branch.
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