Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
White-fronted Bee-eater
A colorful, colonially nesting African bee-eater with a white forehead, crimson throat patch, and green body, best known for its cooperative breeding system.
other
Red-billed Leiothrix
A vividly colored, red-billed songbird nicknamed the Pekin Robin, olive-green above with orange-yellow throat and colorful wing patches.
songbird
Woodchat Shrike
A striking Mediterranean shrike with a chestnut crown, black mask, and bold white wing patches.
songbird
Pale Chanting Goshawk
A pale gray hawk of southern Africa's arid regions, known for its melodious whistled call and habit of hunting alongside mammals that flush prey.
raptor
Whinchat
A migratory chat of rough grassland and moorland edges, identified by its bold white eyebrow stripe and orange-buff breast.
songbird
Whitehead
A small, sociable North Island endemic songbird with a plain grey-brown body and a distinctive whitish head, usually encountered in noisy, active foraging flocks.
songbird
Umbrella Cockatoo
A large, entirely white Indonesian cockatoo named for its broad, rounded white crest that fans open like an umbrella.
parrot
Oriental Stork
A large East Asian stork closely related to the White Stork, distinguished by its black bill and endangered status due to wetland habitat loss.
wading-bird
Chihuahuan Raven
A desert grassland raven, smaller than the Common Raven, with white-based neck feathers normally hidden beneath black plumage.
songbird
Himalayan Bulbul
A crested bulbul of Himalayan foothill gardens and scrub, with a black head, a white cheek patch, and a bright yellow vent.
songbird
Snowy Owl
A large, powerful white owl of the Arctic tundra, occasionally seen far south in winter hunting open fields by day.
owl
Mute Swan
A large, all-white swan with an orange bill and black knob, famous for its graceful, S-curved neck and elegant presence on lakes and parks.
waterfowl
European Stonechat
A small, perky chat of gorse-covered heathland, the male showing a black head, white collar patches, and a bright orange breast, with a call like clicking stones.
songbird
Black-throated Sparrow
A striking desert sparrow with a bold black throat framed by crisp white eyebrow and whisker stripes.
songbird
Mountain Chickadee
A gray-and-black chickadee of western mountain conifer forests, distinguished by a bold white eyebrow stripe.
songbird
Siberian Crane
A critically endangered white crane that breeds on remote Russian Arctic tundra and undertakes one of the longest migrations of any crane to wintering wetlands in China.
wading-bird
Glaucous Gull
A huge, pale Arctic gull with wingtips lacking black, a formidable predator and scavenger of the far north.
seabird
Northern Goshawk
The largest and most powerful accipiter, a fierce forest hawk of mature woodlands with a bold white eyebrow and blazing red eyes.
raptor
Carolina Wren
A small, round, reddish-brown wren with a bold white eyebrow stripe and a surprisingly loud, ringing song for its size.
songbird
Bluethroat
A dazzling relative of the robin, the breeding male showing a brilliant blue throat patch with a central spot, and rufous flashes at the base of the tail.
songbird
Common Whitethroat
An animated scrubland warbler with a grey head, bright white throat, and chestnut-fringed wings, often seen bursting into a brief song-flight above the hedgerow.
songbird
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
Tree Swallow
A gleaming blue-green and white cavity-nesting swallow, one of the earliest swallows to arrive each spring and among the most cold-hardy.
songbird
Red-eyed Vireo
A tireless singer of eastern and northern forests, nicknamed the 'preacher bird' for its endless repeated phrases, with a gray cap, white eyebrow, and red eye.
songbird