Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
Black-collared Barbet
A stocky African barbet with a vivid red face and throat bordered by a black collar, famous for its synchronized duet calls.
other
Black-throated Trogon
A quiet lowland-forest trogon with a black face and throat, green upperparts, and a bright yellow belly.
other
Ring-necked Pheasant
An Asian-native, farmland-loving pheasant with an iridescent green head, red face wattles, and a long pointed tail on the flashy male.
gamebird
Field Sparrow
A small, pink-billed sparrow with a plain gray face and rusty cap, known for its sweet accelerating 'bouncing ball' song.
songbird
Crested Caracara
A bold, long-legged raptor with a black cap and bare orange face, often seen walking on the ground scavenging alongside vultures.
raptor
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
A small, gregarious Australasian finch with a chestnut breast band and black face, often seen feeding in flocks on grass seed heads.
songbird
Varied Tit
A striking, boldly patterned tit with chestnut underparts, a black-and-white face, and a habit of caching seeds for later.
songbird
Shore Lark
A striking ground-dwelling lark with a black-and-yellow face pattern and small black feather 'horns' on the crown.
songbird
Orange-winged Amazon
A common and widespread Amazon parrot with a blue-and-yellow face and an orange patch visible in the wing during flight.
parrot
Lawrence's Goldfinch
A gray-and-yellow goldfinch with a black face, restricted to California and Baja California and famously unpredictable in its movements.
songbird
Masked Trogon
A brilliantly colored Andean trogon with a glossy green back, black face mask, and a bright red belly.
other
Meadow Bunting
A warm chestnut-backed bunting with a bold black-and-white striped face and a rufous wash across the breast.
songbird
White-cheeked Starling
A sooty grey-brown starling with a bold white face patch and orange-yellow bill, common in farmland and cities across East Asia.
songbird
Grey-cheeked Parakeet
A small green South American parakeet with a gray face and orange underwing patches, native to the dry forests of coastal Ecuador and northern Peru.
parrot
Lesser Whitethroat
A neat, grey-toned warbler distinguished from its cousin the Common Whitethroat by a darker face mask and a distinctive, unmusical rattling song.
songbird
Egyptian Vulture
A small, distinctive Old World vulture with dirty-white plumage and a bare yellow face, notable for using tools to crack open eggs.
raptor
European Goldfinch
A strikingly colorful European finch with a bright red face, black-and-white head, and golden-yellow wing bars.
songbird
Blue-fronted Amazon
A green Amazon parrot of central South America known for its bright blue forehead and variable yellow face.
parrot
Barnacle Goose
A compact black, white, and grey goose with a striking cream-white face, famous for nesting on sheer Arctic cliffs.
waterfowl
Cirl Bunting
A scarce, sedentary bunting of warm farmland, the male showing a black-and-yellow striped face and an olive breast band.
songbird
Superb Parrot
A slender, bright green Australian parrot with a yellow face and red throat band in males, tied closely to river red gum woodlands of the Riverina.
parrotWhite-plumed Antbird
A striking chestnut Amazonian antbird with a shock of white plumes on its face, famous as a dominant attendant at army ant swarms.
songbird
Blackburnian Warbler
A dazzling warbler with a blazing orange throat and face on breeding males, often glimpsed high in conifer treetops and nicknamed the 'firethroat.'
songbird
Sora
A secretive, plump little marsh rail with a short yellow bill, black face mask, and gray-brown streaked body.
wading-bird