Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
Corn Bunting
A large, chunky, streaky-brown bunting of open farmland, best known for its jangling song likened to a bunch of keys.
songbird
Boreal Chickadee
A brown-capped chickadee of the northern boreal forest, quieter and less familiar than its black-capped relative.
songbird
Blue-headed Parrot
A stocky, short-tailed parrot with a rich blue head and neck, green body, and a bare pinkish-red patch of skin around the eye.
parrot
Buff-tailed Coronet
An Andean hummingbird with green body plumage and a bold buffy-orange patch flashing in the wings and tail during flight.
hummingbird
Black-necked Swan
A striking South American swan with a snow-white body, jet-black head and neck, and a bright red knob at the base of its bill.
waterfowl
Broad-billed Hummingbird
A jewel-toned hummingbird of southwestern canyons, easily recognized by its bright red bill with a black tip.
hummingbird
Crested Tit
A distinctive small tit with a spiky black-and-white speckled crest, closely tied to mature coniferous forest.
songbird
Barn Swallow
The most widespread swallow in the world, easily known by its deeply forked tail, steel-blue back, and rufous throat.
songbird
Bourke's Parrot
A small, soft pink-and-brown Australian grass parrot known for its gentle nature and dawn-and-dusk feeding habits.
parrot
White-tailed Kite
A pale, elegant hawk with black shoulder patches that hunts by hovering gracefully over open fields on beating wings.
raptor
White-eyed Vireo
A skulking thicket-dweller with a pale eye, yellow spectacles, and a sharp, variable song, more often heard than seen.
songbird
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
A stocky grey heron with a bold black-and-white striped face and a pale yellowish crown, specialized for hunting crabs and crayfish.
wading-bird
Trumpeter Hornbill
A large black-and-white forest hornbill of eastern and southern Africa, named for its loud, wailing, trumpet-like calls.
other
Yellow-rumped Cacique
A noisy, colonial black-and-yellow icterid with a bright yellow rump and wing patch, often nesting near wasp colonies for protection.
songbird
Speckled Tanager
A small, brightly patterned tanager whose yellow-green plumage is covered in a fine scattering of black spots.
songbird
Steller's Sea Eagle
A massive coastal eagle of the Russian Far East with a huge yellow bill and bold white shoulder, thigh, and tail patches.
raptor
Short-tailed Hawk
A compact tropical buteo, found in Florida in both dark and light color forms, that hunts songbirds from high overhead.
raptor
Penduline Tit
A tiny wetland songbird famed for weaving an elaborate, purse-shaped hanging nest, with a grey head and black eye-mask.
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
Ring Ouzel
A blackbird of high, wild upland moors and crags, the male distinguished by a striking white crescent across the breast.
songbird
House Martin
A glossy blue-black swallow relative with a clean white rump and underparts, famous for building mud-cup nests under building eaves.
songbird
Maguari Stork
A South American stork closely resembling the White Stork, with white plumage, black flight feathers, and pale blue-grey bill.
wading-bird
Green Honeycreeper
A striking tanager relative with males a shimmering turquoise-green set off by a black head and a bright yellow bill.
songbird
Indian Robin
A small, confiding chat of dry open country, the male glossy black with a white shoulder flash and chestnut under the tail.
songbird