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List of the Bird Species of North America

It is much easier to associate the call, song or other sound of a bird if you have a visual picture of the bird, which is why both the picture and the sounds of the birds are included here (if I have access to them). We provide both the English language common name used in North America, and the scientific name, because many of these birds are known by different names in other languages, and by different names in other countries.

Bird DNA Studies DNA studies reveal new species, and combine other species.

In February of 2007 it was announced that genetic testing among North American birds may have revealed as many as 15 new bird species among 643 types of birds studied between Arctic Canada and Florida. Scientists from the University of Guelph (the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario) and Rockefeller University, along with colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution, the Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Royal Ontario Museum revealed the Canadian-led results were. Read more on T.R.'s Bird, Animal & Wildflower Blog.

Read more interesting articles in the Trinity Mountain Outdoors Natural History & Eco-Tours Magazine.

View Trinity Mountain Outdoor Adventures Birding Areas & Birding Schedule and Big Game & Natural History Areas Schedule 

View T.R. Michels' Minnesota Bird Report.

View the State by State Christmas Bird Count Report.

View and listen to Birds of the World.

View maps of birds in Minnesota. These will show you the best places to find specific bird species in Minnesota.

 

All photographs are Copyrighted. We have tried to secure the best photo available for identification purposes.When the photos available are of poor quality, none will be posted. Thanks to those who allowed us to use their photos, including the National Park Service, US Geological Survery and other public organizations. If no photo is posted, look for a photo of the bird on the internet. This page is a "work in progress". If you have quality photos or recordings we can use on this web site, please e-mail them to us at TRMichels@yahoo.com

Sound recordings are courtesy of ASU-Ask a Biologist, the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and the Macaulay Library of Natural Sound, Cornell University.

Family Listings, Nomenclature and Taxonomy are from the American Ornithologist's Union and are derived from the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America. 

 

Click on the blue asterisk (*) to go to the selection, or look for the name of the bird in the "Find" function of your browser.

 

Family Anatidae; Ducks, Geese & Swans *

Whistling Ducks *

Gray Geese *

Snow Goose & Allies *

Canada Goose & Allies *

Swans *

Perching Ducks *

Dabbling / Puddle Ducks *

Bay Ducks *

Eiders *

Scoters *

Mergansers *

Stiff-Tailed Ducks *

Exotic Waterfowl *

Family Cracidae: Curassows & Chachalacas *

Family Phasianidae; Partrides, Grouse & Turkeys *

Partridges and Pheasants *

Forest Grouse & Turkeys *

Ptarmigan *

Prairie Grouse *

New World Quail *

Family Gavidae; Loons *

Family Podicepididae; Grebes *

Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses *

Mollyhawks *

Sooty Albatrosses *

North Pacific Albatrosses *

Family Procellariidae; Shearwaters & Petrels *

Fulmars *

Petrels *

Large *

Family Hydrobaidae; Storm-Petrels *

Family Phaethoetidae; Tropicbirds *

Family Sulidae Family; Boobies & Gannets *

Family Pelicanidae; Pelicans *

Family Phalacrocoracidae; Cormorants *

Family Anhingadae; Darters *

Family Fregatidae; Frigate Birds *

Family Ardeidae; Bitterns, Egrets, Herons & Allies *

Bitterns *

Night-Herons *

Family Threskiornithidae; Ibises & Spoonbills *

Family Ciconiidae; Storks *

Family Cathartidae; New World Vultures *

Osprey *

Sea-Eagles *

Eagles *

Kites *

Accipters *

Near Buteos *

Buteos *

Harriers *

Family Falconidae; Caracaras & Falcons *

Forest Falcons *

Falcons *

Family Rallidae; Rails, Gallinules & Coots *

Typical Rails *

Family Aramidae; Limpkin *

Family Gruidae; Cranes *

Family Burhinidae Family; Thicknees *

Family Charadriidae; Lapings & Plovers *

Lapwings *

Ringed Plovers *

Family Haematopodidae; Oystercatchers *

Family Recurvirostridae; Stilts & Avocets *

Family Jacanidae; Jacanas *

Family Scolopacidae; Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies *

Tringine Sandpipers *

Curlews *

Godwits *

Turnstones *

Caladrine Sandpipers *

Dowitchers *

Snipes *

Phalaropes *

Family Glareolidae Family; Pratincoles *

Laridae; Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers *

Skuas & Jaegers *

Gulls *

Terns *

Skimmers *

Family Alcidae; Auks, Murres & Puffins *

Dovekies, Murres & Auks *

Guillemots *

Murrelets *

Auklets *

Puffins & Rhinoceros Auklet *

Family Columbidae; Doves & Pigeons *

Old World Turtle Doves *

Family Psitticidae: Parkeets, Macaws & Parrots *

Australian Parakeets *

Typical Parrots *

New World Parrots *

Family Cuculidae; Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis *

Old World Cuckoos *

New World Cuckoos *

Roadrunners *

Anis *

Roadrunners *

Family Tytonidae; Barn Owls *

Family Strigidae; Typical Owls *

Scops-Owls *

Screech-Owls *

Eagle-Owls *

Hawk-Owls *

Pygmy-Owls *

Wood-Owls *

Eared-Owls *

Forest-Owls *

Family Caprimulgidae; Nighthawks and Nightjars *

NIghthawks *

Nightjars *

Family Apodidiae; Swifts *

Cyseloidine Swifts *

Spine-tailed Swifts *

Typical Swifts *

Family Trochilidae; Hummingbirds *

Amazilla Hummingbirds *

Black-chinned Hunningbirds *

Helmeted Hummingbirds *

Rufous Hummingbirds *

Family Trogonidae; Trgons *

Family Upupidae; Hoopoes *

Family Alcedinidae; Kingfishers *

Family Picidae; Woodpeckers, Flickers & Sapsuckers *

Sapsuckers *

Flickers *

Family Tyrannidae; Tyrant Flycatchers *

Tyranunulets & Elaenias *

Peewees *

Empids *

Phoebes *

Tyrant Flycatchers *

Kingbirds *

Becards *

Family Laniidae; Shrikes *

Family Vireoindae; Vireos *

Family Corvidae; Jays & Crows *

Crested Jays *

Tropical Jays *

Scrub-Jays *

Nutcrackers *

Magpies *

Crows & Ravens *

Family Alaudidae; Larks *

Family Hirundinidae; Swallows *

Martins *

Family Paridae; Chickadees & Titmice *

Chickadees *

Titmice *

Family Remizidae; Penduline Tits & Verdins *

Family Aegithalidae: Long-tailed Tits & Bushtits *

Family Sittadae; Nuthatches *

Family Certhiidae; Creepers *

Family Troglodytidae; Wrens *

Family Cinclidae; Dippers *

Family Pycnonitidae; Bulbuls *

Family Regulidae; Kinglets *

Family Sylviidae; Old World Warblers & Gnatcatchers *

Gnatcatchers *

Family Muscicpidae; Old World Flycatchers *

Family Turdidae; Thrushes *

Wheatears *

Bluebirds *

Solitaires *

Brown Thrushes *

Robins *

Family Timaliidae; Babblers *

Family Mimidae; Catbirds and Thrashers *

Mockingbirds *

Thrashers *

Family Sturnidae; Starlings *

Family Prunellidae; Accentors *

Family Maticilladae; Wagtails and Pipits *

Wagtails *

Pipits *

Family Bombycillidae; Waxwings *

Family Ptilgonitidae; Silky-Flycatchers *

Family Peucedramidae; Olive Warbler *

Family Parulidae; Wood Warblers *

Yellowthroats *

Whitestarts *

Family (formerly Coerbidae, now undertimined); Bananaquit *

Family Thraupidae; Tanagers *

Family Emberizids; Sparrows, Juncos, Longspurs, Towhees and Old World Buntings *

Towhees *

Juncos *

Longspurs *

Family Cardinalidae; Cardinals, Saltators, Grosbeaks & Allies *

Rosy-Finches *

Buntings *

Blackbirds / Orioles *

Meadowlarks *

Blackbirds *

Cowbirds *

Old World Finches *

"Red" Finches *

Crossbills *

Godlfinches, Redpolls & Siskins *

Evening Grosbeak & Hawfinch *

 

Family Anatidae; Ducks, Geese & Swans

Whistling Ducks

Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Call

 

 

Fulvous Whislting Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Call

 

 

Gray Geese

Bean Goose Anser fabalis

 

 

Taiga Bean-Goose Anser serrirostris

 

 

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

 

 

Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Call

 

 

Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

 

 

Snow Goose & Allies

Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Call Normal color (in front) and the blue morph "blue goose" (behind). The blue morph is more prevalent in central North American populations.

 

Ross's Goose Chen rossii Call

  

 

Emperor Goose Chen canagica Call

 

Canada Goose & Allies

Brant Branta bernicla Call Pale-bellied (B. b. hrota) subspecie shown, Black brant (B. b. nigricans) has a dark belly.

 

Canada Goose Branta canadensis Call There are seven subspecies of Canada Goose, ranging in size from the large 10-18 pound Giant Canada Goose, to the small 5-7 pound Lesser Canada Goose (B.c. parvipes). The once thought to be extinct Giant Canada Goose (B. c.maxima shown below) was re-discovered on Silver Lake in downtown Rochester, MN, in 1947. Since that time the population in Minnesota alone has reached approximately 250,000 resident geese, many of which live year round in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. About half of the 30,000+ Giant Canada Geese that arrive at the Rochester Goose Refuge during the fall each year stay on the refuge, the other half migrate to areas in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. They nest in the inter-lake region of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis in Saskatchewan. The total population of Canada Geese now exceeds 1,000,000.

View more Canada Goose Photos here.

Learn more about Canada Geese here.

 

Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Call The four subspecies of the small cackling goose, that nest near the Arctic Ocean, were recently split from the former eleven subspecies of Canada goose. Because of the overlap in size between the smaller Canada Goose subspecies, and the larger Cackling goose subspecies, it is likely that many geese previously identified as Cackling geese, may in fact be one of the smaller subspecies of Canada Goose.

 

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopis

 

Swans

Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Call

 

Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Call Note the amount of yellow on the bill.

 

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus

 

 

Mute Swan Cygnus olor Call Any bird is probably descended from escaped domestic birds. Note the red bill.

Learn More about Swans here

View more Swan Photos here

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Perching Ducks

Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata

 

 

Wood Duck Aix sponsa Call

 

 

Dabbling / Puddle Ducks

View more Duck Photos here.

Eurasian Wigeon Anas Penelope Call

 

 

Falcated Duck Anas Falcata

 

 

American Wigeon Anas americanus Call

 

Gadwall Anas streptera Call

 

American Black Duck Anas rubripes Call

 

Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos Call

 

Mottled Duck Anas fulvigata Call

 

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Call

 

Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Call

 

Green-Winged Teal Anas crecca Call

 

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Call

 

 

Garganey Anaqs querquedula

 

 

Baikal Teal Anas formosa

 

 

Northern Pintail Anas acuta Preflight Call

 

White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis

 

 

Bay / Diving Ducks

Common Pochard Aythya ferina

 

 

Canvasback Anas valisneria Call

 

Redhead Aythya americana Call

 

 

Ring-Necked Duck Aythya collaris Call Often referred to as "Ring bill" because of the ring around the tip of the bill. The brown ring around the lower part of the neck is often difficult to distinguish.

 

Tufted-Duck Aythya fuligula

 

Greater Scaup Aythya marila Call The greater scaup has a smoothly rounded head.

 

Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Call The lesser scaup has an angular head.

 

Eiders

Common Eider Somateria mollisima Call

 

 

King Eider Somateria spectabilis Call

 

Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri

 

Steller's Eider Polyscticta stelleri

 

 

Harlequin Duck Histronicus histronicus Call

 

Scoters

Black Scoter Melanitta nigra

 

Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicilatta

 

White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Call

 

 

Long-tailed Duck Clanugula hyemalis Call Winter (left) and summer plumage.

 

 

Bufflehead Bucephela albeola Call

 

Common Goldeneye Bucephela clangula Call

 

Barrow's Goldeneye Bucellphela islandica Call

 

Mergansers

Hooded Merganser Statewide. Mergus cucullatus Call

 

Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Call

 

Common Merganser Mergus merganser Call

 

Smew Mergellus albellus

 

 

Stiff-Tailed Ducks

Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica

 

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Call

 

Exotic Waterfowl  

Swan Goose Anser cygnoides Call

 

 

Graylag Goose Anser anser

 

 

Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus

 

 

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptus

 

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

 

 

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

 

 

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

 

 

Family Cracidae: Curassows & Chachalacas

Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula Call

 

 

Family Phasianidae; Partrides, Grouse & Turkeys

Partridges and Pheasants

Gray Partridge Perdix perdix Call Also known as the Hungarian Partridge, Asian import.

 

Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianius colchicus Crow and Wing Drumming Non-native to North America, Asian import. Many people do not know that pheasants drum their wings immediately after crowing.

 

Himalyan Snowcock Tetragallus himlayensis

 

 

 

Greater Sage Grouse Centrocerus urophasianus Call

 

Gunnison Sage Grouse Centrocirus minima

 

Forest Grouse & Turkeys

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Call Drumming Often heard drumming in the spring.

 

Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Call

 

 

Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis Call

 

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallapavo Hen Yelping and Tom Gobbling, Purr, Cluck

View Wild Turkey Photos here Turkey Fight Video here Turkey Fight Photos here

Turkeys Flying Up To & Down From the Roost Video here Tom Turkey Strutting & Gobbling Video here

 

Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Call

 

 

White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura Call

 

 

Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Call

 

Prairie Grouse

 

Sharp-Tailed Grouse Tympanachus phasianellus Mating Call Often seen dancing and heard calling on their breeding grounds called "leks" in the spring.

 

Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanichus cupida Call

 

 

Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanichus pallidicintus Call

 

New World Quail

Scaled Quail Calipela squamata Call

 

California Quail Callipela californicus Call

 

Gambel's Quail Callipela gambelii Call

 

Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Call Normal and Masked morphs.

 

 

Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Call

 

 

Montezuma Quail Crytonyx montezumae Call

 

Family Gavidae; Loons

Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

 

Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Call

 

 

Common Loon Gavia immer Call

 

Yellow-billed Loon Gacia admasii 

 

 

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Call Call 2

 

Family Podicepididae; Grebes

Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Call

 

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus pociceps Call

 

Red-Necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Call

 

Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Call

  

 

Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Call

 

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Call

  

Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Call

 

Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses

Mollyhawks

Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlorochyncos

 

 

Blackrowed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

 

 

Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta

 

 

Sooty Albatrosses

 Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata

 

 

Great Albatrosses

Light-mantled Albatross Diomedia exulans

 

 

North Pacific Albatrosses

Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria akbatrus Extinct

 

Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigrips Call

 

Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

 

 

Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

 

 

Family Procellariidae; Shearwaters & Petrels

Fulmars

Northeren Fulmar Fulmaris glacialis Call

 

Petrels

Murphy's Petrel Pterodrama ultima

 

Great-winged Petrel Pterodrama macroptera

 

Herald Petrel Pterodrama arminjoniana

 

Mottled Petrel Pterodrama inexpectata

 

Fea's Petrel Pterodrama feae

 

Bermuda Petrel Pterodrama cahow

 

Back-capped Petrel Pterodrama hasitata

 

Hawaiian Petrel Pterodrama sandwichensis Extinct

 

Cooks Petrel Pterodrama cookii

 

Stehneger's Petrel Pterodrama longirostris

 

Bulwer's Petrel ulweria bulwerii

 

Large Shearwaters

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedia

 

Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas

 

Shearwaters

Greater Shwearwater Puffinis gravis

 

Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinis creatopus

 

Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinis caerneipes

 

Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinis temurostris

 

Sooty Shearwter Puffinis griseus

 

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinis pacificus

 

Buller's Shearwater Puffinis bulleri

 

Manx Shearwater Puffinis puffinis

 

Black-vnted Shearwater Puffinis opisthomelas

 

Audubon's Shearwater Puffinis lhermineri

 

Little Shearwater Puffinisassimilis

 

Family Hydrobaidae; Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

 

European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

 

White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagrodoma marina

  

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica

 

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama furcata

 

Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama leucorhoa

 

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama castro

 

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama tethys

  

Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama homochroa

 

Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama melania

 

Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama microsoma

 

Family Phaethoetidae; Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

 

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aetheurus

 

Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda

 

Family Sulidae Family; Boobies & Gannets

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

 

Blue-footed Booby Sula neubouxii

  

Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

 

Red-footed Booby Sula sula

 

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra

 

Nazca Booby Sula granti  

 

Family Pelicanidae; Pelicans

Brown Pelican Pelicanus occidentalis Call

 

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhyncos Call

 

Family Phalacrocoracidae; Cormorants

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Call

 

 

Neotropical Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasialianus Call

 

 

Double-crested Cormorant Phalocrocorax auritus Call

 

Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus Call

 

 

Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile Call

 

 

Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus Call

 

Family Anhingadae; Darters

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Call

 

 

Family Fregatidae; Frigate Birds

Great Frigatebird Fregata minor

 

 

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

 

Family Ardeidae; Bitterns, Egrets, Herons & Allies

View more Egret & Heron Photos here.

 

Bitterns

Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis

 

Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Call Call

 

American Bittern Botaurus lintiginosus Call

 

Great Egret Ardeus alba Call

 

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Call

 

 

Chinese Egret Egretta eulophlotes  

 

 

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

 

 

Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis

 

 

Snowy Egret Egretta thula Call

 

 

Little Blue Heron Egretta caerula Call Blue morph, juvenile (center) and light morph.

 

 

Tri-colored Heron Egretta tricolor Call

 

 

Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Call

 

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Call

 

Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus

 

 

Green Heron Butoride virescens Call

 

Night-Herons  

Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Call

 

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Call

 

Family Threskiornithidae; Ibises & Spoonbills

Roseate Spoonbill Platels ajaja Call

 

 

Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber

 

White Ibis Eudocimus alba Call

 

 

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinells Call Note that the white does not extend around the back of the eye.

 

 

White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Note that the white extends around the back of the eye.

  

 

Family Ciconiidae; Storks

Jabiru Jabiru myceteria

 

 

Wood Stork Myceteria americana Call

 

 

Family Phoenicopteridae; Flamingoes

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Call

 

 

Family Cathartidae; New World Vultures

(This family was moved to this position in 2007 by the AOU.)

Black Vulture Cathartes atrata

 

 

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Call Statewide.

 

 

 California Condor Gymogyps californianus

 

Family Accipitridae; Hawks, Kites, Eagles & Allies

Osprey

Osprey Pandion haliaetus Call

  

Sea-Eagles

Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus

 

 

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephelus Call One of the largest wintering populations in the lower 48 states is along the Mississippi River in the southeastern corner of Minnesota, and in western Wisconsin.

View more Bald Eagle Photos here.

Learn more about Bald Eagles here.

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilia

 

 

Eagles

Golden Eagle Aquila chrsaetos Call

 

Kites

White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Call

 

 

Mississippi Kite Ictina mississippiensis

 

 

Hook-billed Kite Chondrochierax uncinatus

 

Swallow-tailed Kite Elainoides forficatus Call

 

Snail Kite Rostrhamus socialbilis Call

 

 

Accipters

Northern Goshawk Accipter gentilis Call

 

 

Sharp-Shinned Hawk Accipter striatus Call

 

 

Coopers' Hawk Accipter cooperi Call

 

 

Near Buteos

Gray Hawk Asturina nitida

 

 

Common Black-hawk Buteogalus anthracinus

 

 

Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Call

 

Buteos

Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris

 

Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Call

 

 

Red-Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus right Call

 

 

Broad-Winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Call

 

 

Short-tailed Hawk Buteo bracyurus

 

Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Call Light morph, intermediate morph and dark morph.

 

 

White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus Call

 

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Call The dark phase (second from left, pinkish tail not evident on the Harlan's subspecies), rufous phase (not shown) and light phase (left) of the red-tailed hawk may all be seen in the North America. The Harlan's subspecies (B. j. harlani) dark phase (second from right) is dark with banded undertail coverts; the light phase of the Harlan's subspecie is similar to the Krider's supspecie but with darker wings and a malar stripe. Krider's subspecies (B. j. krideri) (on the right) has light head, no malar stripe (from the back corner of the beak down) and light orange tail. Kriders' photo courtesy of Eric Miller. Harlan's photo taken by T.R. Michels in Burnsville, MN.

View more Red-tailed Hawk photos here.

 

 

Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis  Call

 

 

Rough-Legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Call

 

Harriers

Northern Harrier Circu cyaneus Call Statewide. Male (left) gray, female (right) brown.

 

 

Family Falconidae; Caracaras & Falcons

Forest Falcons

Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway

 

 

Falcons

American Kestrel Falco sparverius Call Also called Sparrow Hawk, often seen perching on utility wires.

 

Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

 

 

Merlin Falco columbarius Call

 

 

Red-footed Falcon Falco verpsrtinus

 

 

Alpomado Falcon Falco femoralis

 

 

Gyrfalcon falxo rusticolus Call Light morph.

  

Peregrine Falco paregrinus Call

 

 

Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Call

 

Family Rallidae; Rails, Gallinules & Coots

Corn Crake Crex crex

 

 

Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracnesis

Black Rail Laterallus jamaicaensis

 

Typical Rails  

Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Call

 

Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Call

 

King Rail Rallus elegans Call

 

Sora Porzana carolina Call

 

Paint-billed Crake Neocrex eythriops

 

 

Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus

 

 

Purple Swamphen Porphyria porphyrio

 

 

Purple Gallinule Parphyrio martinica Call

 

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Call

 

Family Aramidae; Limpkin

Limpkin Aramus guarana Call

 

Family Gruidae; Cranes

Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Call

 Sandhill Crane Mating Dance Video here

Common Crane Grus grus

 

 Whooping Crane Grus american  Call

View more Crane Photos here.

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Family Burhinidae Family; Thicknees

Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

 

 

Family Charadriidae; Lapings & Plovers

Lapwings

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

 

 

American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Call

 

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Call

 

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Call

 

Ringed Plovers

Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus

 

 

Greater Sandplover Charadrius leshanaultii

 

 

Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

 

 

Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandeinus Call

 

 

Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Call

 

 

Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Call Whistle

 

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

 

Semi-palmated Plover Charadrius semipalmata Call

 

 

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

 

Kildeer Charadrius vociferous Call

 

Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Call

 

Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus

 

 

Family Haematopodidae; Oystercatchers

American Oystercatcher Haemotopus ostralegus Call

 

Black Oystercatcher Haemotopus bachmani Call

 

Family Recurvirostridae; Stilts & Avocets

Black-winged Stilt Himanotopus himanotopus

 

 

Black-necked Stilt Himanotopus mexicanus  Call

 

Avocet Recurvirostra americana

 

Family Jacanidae; Jacanas

Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

 

 

Family Scolopacidae; Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies

Tringine Sandpipers

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Flight Call

 

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa travipes Call

 

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

 

 

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatalis

 

 

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

 

 

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

 

 

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

 

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

 

 

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Call

 

Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Call

 

Wandering Tattler Heteroscleus incanus Call

 

Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscleus brevipes

 

 

Common Sandpiper Actitus hypoleucus

 

 

Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularius Call Call

 

 

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinerus

 

 

Curlews

Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Call

  

Little Curlew Numenius minutus

 

 

Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Endangered.

 

 

Whimbrel Nimenius phaeopus Call

 

 

Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahetiensis

 

Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascarensis

 

 

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris

 

 

Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Call

 

 

Eurasian Curlew Numeniusarquata

 

 

Godwits

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Call

 

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

 

 

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

 

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Call

 

Turnstones

Ruddy Turnstone Arenarai interpres Call

 

Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Call

 

Caladrine Sandpipers

Surfbird Aphriza virgata Call

 

Great Knot Calidris tenurostris

 

 

Red Knot Calidris canutus Call

 

Sanderling Calidris alba Call

 

Semi-palmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Call

 

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

 

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficolis

 

Little Stint Calidris minuta

 

 

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii

 

 

Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta

 

 

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Call

 

 

White-tumped Sandpiper Caladris fusicollis Call

 

Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Call

 

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Call

 

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata

 

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

 

Rock Sandpiper Calidris Ptilocnemis Call

 

Dunlin Calidris alpina Call

 

 

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

 

 

Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Call

 

Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhyncus pygmaeus

 

 

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limcolla falcinellus

 

 

Ruff Philomachus pugnax

 

 

Buff-breased Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis

 

Dowitchers

Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodomus griseus Call

 

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolpaceus Call

 

Snipes

Jack Snipe Lymnocyptes minimus

 

 

Wilsons's Snipe Gallinago delicata Call During spring mating flights the feathers of the wings or tail produce a hu-hu-hu-hu sound.

 

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura

 

 

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

 

 

American Woodcock Scolopax minor Peent Call

 

Phalaropes

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropes tricolor .

 

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

 

Red Phalarope  Phalaropus fulicarius

  

Family Glareolidae Family; Pratincoles

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

 

 

Laridae; Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers

Skuas & Jaegers

Great Skua Stericorarius skua

 

 

South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormacki

 

Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

 

Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

 

 

Long-tailed Jaeger Sterocarius longicaudus

 

Gulls

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Call

 

Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Call

 

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Call Winter plumage

 

Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadlphia Call

 

 

Gray-hooded Gull Lurus cirrocephalus

 

 

Heerman's Gull Larus hermani Call

 

 

Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri

 

 

Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris

 

Mew Gull Larus canus Call

 

Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis Call

 

California Gull Larus californicus Call

 

 

Herring Gull Larus argentatus Call

 

Yellow-legged Gull Laukrus cacchinnans

 

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull Laurus fuscus

 

 

Thayer's Gull Laurus thayeri

 

 

Iceland Gull Laurs glaucoides

 

Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus

Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens

 

 

Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glauescens Call

 

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

 

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Call

 

Western Gull Larus occidentalis Call

 

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

 

 

Sabine's Gull Larus sabini

 

Ross's Gull Rhodestithia rosea

 

 

Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa trydactyla Call

 

Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris

 

 

Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea

 

Terns

Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Call

 

 

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Call Red bill.

 

Royal Tern Sterna maxima Call

 

Elegant Tern Sterna elegans Call

 

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Call

 

 

Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli Call

 

 

Forster's Tern Sterna foresteri Call

 

 

Least Tern Sterna anitllarum Call

 

 

Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica

 

 

Common Tern Sterna hirunda Call Orange Bill.

 

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Call

 

 

Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Adult and juvenile (left).

 

 

Bridled Tern Sterna anathetus

 

 

Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

 

 

Whiskered Tern Chlidonia hybridus

 

 

White-winged Tern Childonia leucopterus

 

 

Black Tern Chlidonias niger Call

 

Brown Noddy Anous stolidus

 

 

Black Noddy Anous minutus

 

 

Skimmers

Black Skimmer Rhycops niger Call_

 

Family Alcidae; Auks, Murres & Puffins

Dovekies, Murres & Auks

Dovekie Alle alle

 

 

Common Murre Uria aalge

 

Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Call

 

Great Auk Pinguinis impennis Extinct.

 

 

Razorbill Alca torda Call

 

 

Guillemots

Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle

 

Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba Call

 

Murrelets

Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix 

 

 

Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus Call

 

 

Kittlitz's Murrelet Brabyrhamphus brevirostris

 

 

Xantu's Murrelet Synthiloboramphus hypoleucus

 

 

Craveri's Murrelet Synthiloboramphus craveri

 

 

Ancient Murrlet Synthiloboramphus antiquus

 

 

Auklets

Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus

 

Parakeet Auklet Aethia psiticulla Call

 

Least Auklet Aethia pusilla

 

Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

 

 

Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella On left.

 

Puffins & Rhinoceros Auklet

Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata

 

 

Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Call

 

Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata

 

Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Call

 

Family Columbidae; Doves & Pigeons

Rock Pigeon Columba livia Call Non-native often "feral" (domestic gone wild) species.

 

Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa

 

 

White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephalaCall

 

 

Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris

 

 

Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Call

 

 

Old World Turtle Doves

Oriental Turtle Dove Sreptopella orientalis

 

 

Ringed Turtle Dove Sreptopella risoria

 

 

Spotted Dove Sreptopella chinensis

 

 

Eurasian Collared Dove Sreptopella decocto Call

 

 

White-winged Dove Zenais asiatica Call

 

 

Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita

 

 

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Call

 

Passenger Dove Ectopistes migratorius

 

 

Inca Dove Colimbina inca Call

 

Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina Call

 

Ruddy Dove Columbina talpacota

 

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verauxi Call

 

Key West Quail Dove Geotrygon chrysia

 

Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana

 

 

Family Psitticidae: Parkeets, Macaws & Parrots

Australian Parakeets

 Buderigar Melopsittacus undulatus

 

 

Typical Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psitaculla krameri

 

 

New World Parrots

Monk Parakeet Myiopistta monachus

 

Carlolina Parekeet Conuropsis carolinensis

 

 

Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata

 

 

Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora

 

 

Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys

 

 

Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii

 

 

Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday

 

 

Thick-billed Parrot Rhynocopsitta pachyrhynca

 

 

White-winged Parakeet Brotegeris versicolurus

 

 

Yellow-crowned Parakeet Brotergeris chiriri

 

 

Lilal-crowned Parrot Amazona finschi

 

 

Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix

 

 

Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica

 

 

Family Cuculidae; Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis

Old World Cuckoos

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

 

 

Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus

 

New World Cuckoos

Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor Call

 

 

Black-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Call Black bill

 

 

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Call Yellow lower bill.

 

Roadrunners

Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Call

 

Anis

Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Call

 

 

Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Call

 

Family Tytonidae; Barn Owls

Barn Owl Tuto alba Call

 

Family Strigidae; Typical Owls

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Scops-Owls

Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus Call

 

 

Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia  

 

 

Screech-Owls

Eastern Screech Owl Megacscops asio Call Gray morph (left), red moph (right).

 

 

Whiskered Screech-owl Megacscops trichopsis

 

 

Westerrn Screech-owl Megacscops Kennicotti Call

 

 

Eagle-Owls

Great-Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Two Great Horned Owls Calling

 

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Call

 

Hawk-Owls

Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula Call

 

Pygmy-Owls

Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma

 

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

Elf Owl Microthene whitneyi

 

 

Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Call

 

Wood-Owls

Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata

 

 

Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Call

 

Barred Owl Strix varia Call

 

Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Call Call

 

Eared-Owls

Long-Eared Owl Asio otus Call Call 2

 

Stygian Owl Asio stygius

 

 

Short-Eared Owl Asio flammeus Call Call

  

 

Forest-Owls

Boreal Owl Aegolius funerous Call

 

Northern Saw-Whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Call

 

Family Caprimulgidae; Nighthawks and Nightjars

NIghthawks

Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachi

 

 

Lesser Ni