Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
Domestic Pigeon
The familiar pigeon of city streets and parks, descended from escaped and released domesticated Rock Doves and now established in urban areas worldwide.
other
Domestic Canary
The domesticated form of the wild Atlantic Canary, bred over centuries into many color and song varieties from its natural yellow-green ancestor.
songbird
Greater Coucal
A large, crow-sized cuckoo-family bird with glossy black body, chestnut wings, and a deep, resonant booming call.
other
Thick-billed Murre
A stocky Arctic auk similar to the Common Murre but with a shorter, thicker bill marked by a pale gape stripe.
seabird
House Finch
A common backyard finch with the male showing rosy red on the head and breast and heavily streaked brown flanks.
songbird
Crimson Rosella
A deep crimson-red parrot with blue cheeks and wings, common in forested and suburban parts of eastern Australia.
parrot
Baglafecht Weaver
A common East African highland weaver with a variable black-and-yellow head pattern that differs by region.
songbird
Tufted Titmouse
A gray, crested songbird with a black forehead patch, white underparts, and rusty flanks, common at eastern U.S. feeders.
songbird
Southern Boobook
Australia's smallest and most common owl, best known for its distinctive two-note 'boobook' or 'mopoke' call.
owl
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
Red-rumped Parrot
A common southeastern Australian grass parrot with bright green upperparts and a small red rump patch in males.
parrot
Laughing Gull
A common, noisy coastal gull of the eastern and Gulf coasts, named for its raucous, laugh-like call.
seabird
Galah
A common Australian cockatoo with a rose-pink face and underparts contrasting sharply with a pale grey back and crown.
parrot
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
A common southern African savanna hornbill instantly recognizable by its black-and-white plumage and oversized curved yellow bill.
other
Hoary Redpoll
A pale, frosty-looking arctic finch, closely resembling the Common Redpoll but adapted to even colder, higher-latitude habitat.
songbird
California Towhee
A plain, uniformly brown towhee with a rusty undertail, common in California backyards and known for its sharp metallic chip call.
songbird
Welcome Swallow
A glossy blue-black swallow with a rufous forehead and throat, common across Australia and long regarded as a harbinger of spring.
songbird
Lesser Nighthawk
A desert-dwelling nighthawk, smaller and buffier than the Common Nighthawk, with a low, soft trilling call and lower flight.
other
Little Pied Cormorant
A small black-and-white Australasian cormorant with a short stubby yellow bill, common on both fresh and salt water.
seabird
Black-billed Magpie
A striking black-and-white corvid with an extremely long tail and iridescent wings, common across open western rangeland.
songbird
Pied Kingfisher
A striking black-and-white kingfisher famed for hovering over water before plunge-diving for fish, common across Africa and Asia.
other
Semipalmated Plover
A small, compact plover with a single black breast band and orange legs, common on beaches and mudflats throughout the Americas during migration.
shorebird
Red-legged Honeycreeper
A small, vivid violet-blue tanager relative with bright red legs and a slender curved bill, common at flowering and fruiting trees.
songbird
Pacific Loon
A mid-sized loon with a smooth pale grey nape and a crisp black chin strap, common along the Pacific coast in winter.
seabird