Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
Killdeer
A widespread shorebird recognized by its double black breast bands and its dramatic 'broken-wing' display to lure predators from the nest.
shorebird
Willet
A plain gray-brown sandpiper that transforms in flight, flashing a bold black-and-white wing pattern unlike any other North American shorebird.
shorebird
Muscovy Duck
A large, heavy-bodied waterfowl native to the American tropics, wild birds glossy black-green with white wing patches and bare red facial skin.
waterfowl
Daurian Redstart
A striking small thrush relative; the male shows a grey crown, black face, and vivid orange underparts and rump set off by a white wing patch.
songbird
Eurasian Siskin
A small, active yellow-green finch of conifer forests; the male has a black cap and bib, both sexes showing bright yellow wing bars.
songbird
Sooty Tern
A truly pelagic tern with sooty black-brown upperparts and crisp white underparts that spends most of its life on the wing far out over tropical seas.
seabird
Indian Golden Oriole
A brilliant golden-yellow oriole with black wings and a black eye-stripe, closely related to the Eurasian Golden Oriole.
songbird
Golden Tanager
A glowing golden-yellow Andean tanager patterned with black markings on the face, back, and wings.
songbird
Spotted Towhee
The western counterpart to the Eastern Towhee, distinguished by bold white spotting on its black back and wings.
songbird
Black-hooded Oriole
A vivid golden-yellow oriole with a solid black hood and black-and-yellow wings, often heard before it is seen in leafy canopy.
songbird
Nanday Conure
A green South American parakeet with a striking black head 'hood', blue-washed wings, and red thighs.
parrot
American Goldfinch
A small finch famous for the male's brilliant lemon-yellow breeding plumage and black cap, wings, and tail.
songbird
White-tailed Kite
A pale, elegant hawk with black shoulder patches that hunts by hovering gracefully over open fields on beating wings.
raptor
Hooded Crow
A pale grey-bodied crow with a contrasting black head, wings and tail, closely related to and interbreeding with the Carrion Crow.
songbird
Black-billed Magpie
A striking black-and-white corvid with an extremely long tail and iridescent wings, common across open western rangeland.
songbird
Andean Flamingo
A pale, high-altitude flamingo of the Andes with bright yellow legs and the most black in its wings of any flamingo species.
wading-bird
Painted Stork
A colorful South and Southeast Asian stork with a white and pink body, black-barred wings, and a curved orange-yellow bill.
wading-bird
Greater Coucal
A large, crow-sized cuckoo-family bird with glossy black body, chestnut wings, and a deep, resonant booming call.
other
Budgerigar
A small, nomadic Australian parrot; the wild form is bright green and yellow with fine black scalloping across the back and wings.
parrot
New Holland Honeyeater
A lively black-and-white honeyeater with a bold white eye, yellow flashes in the wings and tail, and a habit of constantly flitting between flowers.
songbird
Purple Honeycreeper
A small tanager relative whose male plumage is a deep, velvety purple set off by black wings and bright yellow legs.
songbird
African Hoopoe
A distinctive cinnamon-colored African bird with a fan-shaped crest, boldly barred black-and-white wings, and a long curved bill.
other
Scarlet Honeyeater
A tiny, brilliant honeyeater in which the male is a vivid scarlet-red with black wings, one of the smallest and most colorful honeyeaters in Australia.
songbird
Black-crowned Night-Heron
A stocky, thick-necked heron active mainly at dusk and night, with a glossy black crown and back, pale grey wings, and striking red eyes.
wading-bird