Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
Yellow-crowned Amazon
A mostly green Amazon parrot of northern South America with a small patch of yellow feathers on the crown.
parrot
Lilac-crowned Amazon
A green Mexican Amazon parrot with a maroon forehead and a lilac-blue crown, restricted to the Pacific slope.
parrot
Japanese White-eye
A tiny, olive-green songbird instantly recognizable by the bold white ring encircling each eye.
songbird
Black-throated Trogon
A quiet lowland-forest trogon with a black face and throat, green upperparts, and a bright yellow belly.
other
Cape Glossy Starling
A stocky southern African starling whose plumage shimmers with brilliant iridescent blue-green in the sun.
songbird
Rainbow Bee-eater
A slender, jewel-colored bird with a rainbow of green, blue, and chestnut plumage that hawks bees and other insects on the wing.
other
Fischer's Lovebird
A small East African parrot with an olive-green head, orange-red face, and a bold white eye-ring.
parrot
Blue-crowned Conure
A large, mostly green South American parakeet named for the pale blue wash across its forehead and crown.
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
Collared Trogon
A colorful trogon of Neotropical foothill forest, with a green back, red breast, and a narrow white band separating the two.
other
Red-rumped Parrot
A common southeastern Australian grass parrot with bright green upperparts and a small red rump patch in males.
parrot
Lewin's Honeyeater
An olive-green rainforest honeyeater with a distinctive yellow crescent-shaped ear patch and a loud, rattling call.
songbird
Masked Trogon
A brilliantly colored Andean trogon with a glossy green back, black face mask, and a bright red belly.
other
Blue-crowned Trogon
A South American trogon with a green head washed in blue on the crown, a black facial mask, and a yellow belly.
other
Alexandrine Parakeet
A large green parakeet named for Alexander the Great, with a heavy red bill and a distinctive maroon shoulder patch.
parrot
Purple-crested Turaco
A glossy green forest bird of southeastern Africa with a rounded purple crest and crimson flight feathers that flash brilliantly in flight.
other
Olive Sparrow
A skulking, olive-green sparrow of South Texas thornscrub with a striped rufous-and-gray crown and a bouncing-ball trill song.
songbird
Military Macaw
A mostly green macaw with a red forehead patch, found in mountainous forest and river canyons from Mexico south to Argentina.
parrot
Atlantic Canary
A small, streaky yellow-green finch native to the Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira, and the wild ancestor of the familiar Domestic Canary.
songbirdEclectus Parrot
A large rainforest parrot famous for extreme sexual dimorphism, with males bright green and females vivid red and purple.
parrot
Senegal Parrot
A compact West African parrot with a grey head, green back, and a bold yellow-to-orange V on its belly.
parrot
Great Jacamar
The largest and heaviest-billed jacamar, glittering coppery-green with a chestnut belly, favoring the shaded interior of lowland rainforest.
other
Blue-fronted Amazon
A green Amazon parrot of central South America known for its bright blue forehead and variable yellow face.
parrot
Common Teal
The smallest common dabbling duck of Eurasia, with breeding males showing a chestnut head and an iridescent green eye patch.
waterfowl