Bird Encyclopedia

Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.

Short-tailed Hawk

A compact tropical buteo, found in Florida in both dark and light color forms, that hunts songbirds from high overhead.

A compact, short-tailed bird with blue-gray upperparts and white underparts, famous for creeping headfirst down tree trunks.

A small, flat-headed, short-tailed sparrow of grasslands whose thin insect-like song resembles a grasshopper's buzz.

A streaky, ground-dwelling sparrow with a yellow eyebrow patch and short notched tail, widespread across open grassy habitats in North America.