Birds in the USA – Gallery

On this page, you can find an overview of all birds in the United States. If you are looking for birds in a specific state of the United States, just navigate to our Homepage and click on your state. To learn more about the bird species, just click on the images or the link below the image.

Birds in the United States

These are all birds that can be found in the United States. Click on the images or links to learn more about them and in what States they can be found.

Acanthis Flammea – Common Redpoll

Accipiter Cooperii – Cooper’s Hawk

Accipiter Striatus – Sharp-Shinned Hawk

Actitis Macularius – Spotted Sandpiper

Aechmophorus Carkia – Clark’s Grebe

Aechmophorus Occidentalis – Western Grebe

Aeronautes Saxatalis – White-Throated Swift

Agelaius Phoeniceus – Red-winged Blackbird

Aix Sponsa – Wood Duck

Alectoris Chukar – Chukar

American Redstart – Setophaga Ruticilla

Ammodramus Savannarum – Grasshopper Sparrow

Amphispiza Bilineata – Black-Throated Sparrow

Anas Acuta – Northern Pintail

Anas Crecca – Green-Winged Teal

Anas Platyrhynchos – Mallard

Anas Rubripes – American Black Duck

Anhinga Anhinga – Anhinga

Anser Albifrons – Greater White-Fronted Goose

Anser Caerulescens – Snow Geese

Anser Rossii – Ross’s Geese

Anthus Cervinus – Red-Throated Pipit

Anthus Rubescens – American Pipit

Anthus Spragueii – Sprague’s Pipit

Antigone Canadensis – Sandhill Crane

Antrostomus Arizonae – Mexican Whip-Poor-Will

Antrostomus Carolinensis – Chuck-Will’s-Widow

Antrostomus Vociferus – Eastern Whip-Poor-Will

Aphelocoma Californica – California Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma Woodhouseii – Woodhouse’s scrub-Jay

Aquila Chrysaetos – Golden Eagle

Archilochus Alexandri – Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus Colubris – Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Ardea Alba – Great Egret

Ardea Herodias – Great Blue Heron

Arenaria Interpres – Ruddy Turnstone

Auriparus Flaviceps- Verdin

Aythya Affinis – Lesser Scaup

Aythya Alisineria – Canvasback

Aythya Americana – Redhead

Aythya Collaris – Ring-Necked Duck

Aythya Marila – Greater Scaup

Baeolophus Bicolor – Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus Ridgwayi – Juniper Titmouse

Bartramia Longicauda – Upland Sandpipers

Bombycilla Cedrorum – Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla Garrulus – Bohemian Waxwing

Bonasa Umbellus – Ruffed Grouse

Botaurus Lentiginosus – American Bittern

Branta Canadensis – Canada Geese

Branta Hutchinsii – Cackling Goose

Bubo Virginianus – Great Horned Owl

Bubulcus Ibis – Cattle Egret

Bucephala Albeola – Bufflehead

Bucephala Clangula – Common Goldeneye

Bucephala Islandica – Barrow’s Goldeneye

Buteo Jamaicensis – Red-Tailed Hawk

Buteo Lineatus – Red-Shouldered Hawk

Buteo Platypterus – Broad-Winged Hawk

Butorides Virescens – Green Heron

Calcarius Ornatus – Chestnut-Collared Longspur

Calcarius Pictus – Smith’s Longspur

Calidris Alba – Sanderling

Calidris Alpina – Dunlin

Calidris Bairdii – Baird’s Sandpiper

Calidris Ferruginea – Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris Fuscicollis – White-Rumped Sandpiper

Calidris Himantopus – Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris Maritima – Purple Sandpiper

Calidris Mauri – Western Sandpiper

Calidris Melanotos – Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris Minutilla – Least Sandpiper

Calidris Pugnax – Ruff

Calidris Pusilla – Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris Subruficollis – Buff-Breasted Sandpiper

Callipepla Californica – California Quail

Callipepla Squamata – Scaled Quail

Calypte Anna – Anna’s hummingbird

Campylorhynchus Brunneicapillus – Cactus Wren

Caracara Plancus – Crested Caracara

Cardellina Canadensis – Canada Warbler

Cardellina Pusilla – Wilson’s Warbler

Cardellina Rubrifrons – Red-Faced Warbler

Cardinalis Cardinalis – Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis Sinuatus – Pyrrhuloxia

Cathartes Aura – Turkey Vulture

Catharus fuscescens – Veery

Catharus Guttatus – Hermit Thrush

Catharus Minimus – Gray-Cheeked Thrush

Catharus Ustulatus – Swainson’s Thrush

Catherpes Mexicanus – Canyon Wren

Centrocercus Urophasianus – Greater Sage-Grouse

Certhia Americana – Brown Creeper

Chaetura Pelagica – Chimney Swift

Chaetura Vauxi – Vaux’s Swift

Charadrius Melodus – Piping Plover

Charadrius Montanus – Mountain Plover

Charadrius Nivosus – Snowy Plover

Charadrius Vociferus – Killdeer

Chlidonias Niger – Black Tern

Chondestes Grammacus – Lark Sparrow

Chordeiles Acutipennis – Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles Minor – Common Nighthawk

Chroicocephalus Philadelphia – Bonaparte’s Gull

Circus Hudsonius – Northern Harrier

Cistothorus Palustris – Marsh Wren

Cistothorus Platensis – Sedge Wren

Coccothraustes Vespertinus – Evening Grosbeak

Coccyzus Americanus – Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus Erythropthalmus – Black-Billed Cuckoo

Colaptes Auratus – Northern Flicker

Colinus Virginianus – Northern Bobwhite

Columba Livia – Rock Pigeon

Columbina Inca – Inca Dove

Columbina Passerina – Common Ground Dove

Contopus Cooperi – Olive-Sided Flycatcher

Contopus Sordidulus – Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus Virens – Eastern Wood-Pewee

Coragyps Atratus – Black Vulture

Corthylio Calendula – Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Corvus Brachyrhynchos- American Crow

Corvus Corax- Common Raven

Coturnicops Noveboracensis – Yellow Rail

Cyanocitta Cristata – Blue Jay

Cyanocitta Stelleri – Steller’s Jay

Cygnus Buccinator – Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus Columbianus – Tundra Swan

Cypseloides Niger – Black Swift

Dendragapus Obscurus – Dusky Grouse

Dendrocygna Autumnalis – Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna Bicolor – Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dolichonyx Oryzivorus – Bobolink

Dryobates Pubescens – Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates Scalaris – Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Dryobates Villosus – Hairy Woodpecker

Dryocopus Pileatus – Pileated Woodpecker

Dumetella Carolinensis – Gray Catbird

Egretta Caerulea – Little Blue Heron

Egretta Rufescens – Reddish Egret

Egretta Thula – Snowy Egrets

Egretta Tricolor – Tricolored Heron

Empidonax Alnorum – Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax Difficilis – Pacific-Slope Flycatcher

Empidonax Flavive – Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax Hammondii – Hammond’s Flycatcher

Empidonax Minimus – Least Flycatcher

Empidonax Oberholseri – Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax Occidentalis – Cordilleran Flycatcher

Empidonax Traillii – Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax Virescens – Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax Wrightii – Gray Flycatcher

Eremophila Alpestris – Horned Lark

Eudocimus Albus – White Ibis

Euphagus Carolinus – Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus Cyanocephalus – Brewer’s Blackbird

Falco columbarius – Merlin

Falco Mexicanus – Prairie Falcon

Falco Peregrinus – Peregrine Falcon

Falco Sparverius – American Kestrel

Fulica Americana – American Coot

Gallinago Delicata – Wilson’s Snipe

Gallinula Galeata – Common Gallinule

Gavia Immer – Common Loon

Gelochelidon Nilotica – Gull-Billed Tern

Geococcyx Californianus – Greater Roadrunner

Geothlypis Formosa – Kentucky Warblers

Geothlypis Philadelphia – Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis Tolmiei – MacGillivray’s Warbler

Geothlypis Trichas – Common Yellowthroat

Grus Americana – Whooping Crane

Gymnorhinus Cyanocephalus – Pinyon Jay

Haemorhous Cassinii – Cassin’s Finch

Haemorhous Mexicanus – House Finch

Haemorhous Purpureus – Purple Finch

Haliaeetus Leucocephalus – Bald Eagle

Helmitheros Vermivorum – Worm-Eating Warbler

Himantopus Mexicanus – Black-Necked Stilt

Hirundo Rustica – Barn Swallow

Hydrocoloeus Minutus – Little Gull

Hydroprogne Caspia – Caspian Tern

Hylocichla Mustelina – Wood Thrush

Icteria Virens – Yellow-Breasted Chat

Icterus Bullockii – Bullock’s Oriole

Icterus Cucullatus – Hooded Oriole

Icterus Galbula – Baltimore Oriole

Icterus Parisorum – Scott’s Oriole

Icterus Spurius – Orchard Oriole

Ixobrychus Exilis – Least Bittern

Ixoreus Naevius – Varied Thrush

Junco Hyemalis – Dark-Eyed Junco

Lanius Borealis – Northern Shrike

Lanius Ludovicianus – Loggerhead Shrike

Larus Argentatus – Herring Gull

Larus Californicus – California Gull

Larus Delawarensis – Ring-Billed Gulls

Larus Fuscus – Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Larus Glaucescens – Glaucous-Winged Gull

Larus Glaucoides – Iceland Gull

Larus Hyperboreus – Glaucous Gull

Larus Marinus – Great Black-Backed Gull

Leiothlypis Celata – Orange-Crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis Luciae – Lucy’s Warbler

Leiothlypis Peregrina – Tennessee Warblers

Leiothlypis Ruficapilla – Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis Virginiae – Virginia Warbler

Leucophaeus Atricilla – Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus Pipixcan – Franklin’s Gull

Leucosticte Tephrocoti – Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch

Limnodromus Griseus – Short-Billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus Scolopaceus- Long-Billed Dowitcher

Limnothlypis Swainsonii – Swainson’s Warbler

Limosa Fedoa – Marbled Godwits

Limosa Haemastica – Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa Limosa – Black- Tailed Godwit

Lophodytes Cucullatus – Hooded Merganser

Loxia Curvirostra – Red Crossbill

Mareca Americana – American Wigeon

Mareca Penelope – Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca Strepera – Gadwall

Megaceryle Alcyon – Belted Kingfisher

Megascops Asio – Eastern Screech – Owl

Megascops Kennicottii – Western Screech Owl

Melanerpes Carolinus – Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes Erythrocephalus – Red-Headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes Formicivorus – Acorn Woodpecker

Melanitta Americana – Black Scoter

Melanitta Deglandi – White-Winged Scoter

Meleagris Gallopavo – Wild Turkey

Melospiza Melodia – Song Sparrow

Mergus Merganser – Common Merganser

Mergus Serrator – Red-Breasted Merganser

Mimus Polyglottos – Northern Mockingbird

Mniotilta Varia – Black-And-White Warbler

Molothrus Aeneus – Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus Ater – Brown-headed Cowbird

Myadestes Townsendi – Townsend’s Solitaire

Mycteria Americana – Wood Stork

Myiarchus Cinerascens – Ash-Throated Flycatcher

Myiarchus Crinitus – Great Crested Flycatcher

Myioborus Pictus – Painted Redstart

Nannopterum Auritum – Double-crested Cormorant

Nannopterum Brasilianum – Neotropic Cormorant

Nucifraga Columbiana – Clark’s Nutcracker

Numenius Americanus – Long-Billed Curlew

Numenius Phaeopus – Whimbrel

Nyctanassa Violacea – Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Oporornis Agilis – Connecticut Warbler

Oreortyx Pictus – Mountain Quail

Oreoscoptes Montanus – Sage Thrashe

Oxyura Jamaicensis – Ruddy Duck

Pandion Haliaetus – Osprey

Parkesia Motacilla – Louisiana Waterthrush

Parkesia Noveboracensis – Northern Waterthrush

Paroaria Capitata – Yellow-Billed Cardinal

Paroaria Coronata – Red-Crested Cardinal

Passer Domesticus – House Sparrow

Passerculus Sandwichensis – Savannah Sparrow

Passerella Iliaca – Fox Sparrow

Passerina Amoena – Lazuli Bunting

Passerina Caerulea – Blue Grosbeak

Passerina Ciris – Painted Bunting

Passerina Cyanea – Indigo Bunting

Passerina Versicolor – Varied Bunting

Patagioenas Fasciata – Band-Tailed Pigeon

Pelecanus Erythrorhynchos – American White Pelican

Pelecanus Occidentalis – Brown Pelican

Perdix Perdix – Gray Partridge

Perisoreus Canadensis – Canada Jay

Petrochelidon Fulva – Cave Swallow

Petrochelidon Pyrrhonota – Cliff Swallow

Peucedramus Taeniatus – Olive Warbler

Phainopepla nitens – Phainopepla

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii – Common Poorwill

Phalaropus Lobatus – Red-Necked Phalarope

Phalaropus Tricolor – Wilson’s Phalarope

Phasianus Colchicus – Ring-necked Pheasant

Pheucticus Ludovicianus – Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus Melanocephalus – Black-Headed Grosbeak

Pica Hudsonia – Black-billed Magpie

Pinicola Enucleator – Pine Grosbeak

Piranga Bidentata – Flame-Colored Tanager

Piranga Flava – Hepatic Tanager

Piranga Ludoviciana – Western Tanager

Piranga Olivacea – Scarlet Tanager

Piranga Rubra – Summer Tanager

Plegadis Chihi – White-faced Ibis

Pluvialis Dominica – American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis Squatarola – Black-Bellied Plover

Podiceps Auratus – Horned Grebe

Podiceps Grisegena – Red-Necked Grebe

Podiceps Nigricollis – Eared Grebe

Podilymbus Podiceps – Pied-Billed Grebe

Poecile Atricapillus – Black-Capped Chickadee

Poecile Gambeli – Mountain Chickadee

Polioptila caerulea – Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Polioptila Melanura – Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher

Pooecetes Gramineus – Vesper Sparrow

Porphyrio Martinicus – Purple Gallinule

Porzana Carolina – Sora

Progne Subis – Purple Martin

Protonotaria Citrea – Prothonotary Warbler

Psaltriparus Minimus – Bushtit

Pyrocephalus Obscurus – Vermilion Flycatcher

Quiscalus Guiscula – Common Grackle

Rallus Elegans – King Rail

Rallus Limicola – Virginia Rail

Recurvirostra Americana – American Avocet

Regulus Satrapa – Golden-Crowned Kinglet

Rhynchophanes Mccownii – Thick-Billed Longspur

Riparia Riparia – Bank Swallow

Salpinctes Obsoletus – Rock Wren

Sayornis Nigricans – Black Phoebe

Sayornis Phoebe – Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis Saya – Say’s Phoebe

Scolopax Minor – American Woodcock

Seiurus Aurocapilla – Ovenbird

Selasphorus Calliope – Calliope Hummingbird

Selasphorus Rufus – Rufous Hummingbird

Setophaga Americana – Northern Parula

Setophaga Caerulescens – Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga Castanea – Bay-Breasted Warbler

Setophaga Cerulea – Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga Citrina – Hooded Warbler

Setophaga Coronata – Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Setophaga Discolor – Prairie Warbler

Setophaga Dominica – Yellow-Throated Warblers

Setophaga Fusca – Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga Graciae – Grace’s Warbler

Setophaga Kirtlandii – Kirtland’s Warbler

Setophaga Magnolia – Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga Nigrescens – Black-Throated Gray Warbler

Setophaga Occidentalis – Hermit Warbler

Setophaga Palmarum – Palm Warbler

Setophaga Pensylvanica – Chestnut-Sided Warbler

Setophaga Petechia – Yellow Warbler

Setophaga Pinus – Pine Warbler

Setophaga Striata – Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga Tigrina – Cape May Warbler

Setophaga Townsendi – Townsend’s Warbler

Setophaga Virens – Black-Throated Green Warbler

Sialia Currucoides – Mountain Bluebird

Sialia Mexicana – Western Bluebird

Sialia Sialis – Eastern Bluebird

Sicalis Flaveola – Saffron Finch

Sitta Canadensis – Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Sitta Carolinensis – White-Breasted Nuthatch

Sitta Pygmaea – Pygmy Nuthatch

Spatula Clypeata – Northern Shoveler

Spatula Cyanoptera – Cinnamon Teal

Spatula Discors – Blue-Winged Teal

Sphyrapicus Varius – Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

Spinus Pinus – Pine Siskin

Spinus Psaltria – Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus Tristis – American Goldfinch

Spiza americana – Dickcissel

Spizella Passerine – Chipping Sparrow

Spizelloides Arborea – American Tree Sparrow

Stelgidopteryx Serripennis – Northern rough-winged Swallow

Sterna Forsteri – Forster’s Tern

Sterna Hirundo – Common Tern

Sternula Antillarum – Least Tern

Streptopelia Decaocto – Eurasian Collared-Dove

Strix Nebulosa – Great Gray Owl

Strix Varia – Barred Owl

Sturnella Magna – Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella Neglect – Western Meadowlark

Sturnus Vulgaris – European Starling

Tachycineta Bicolor – Tree Swallow

Tachycineta Thalassina – Violet-Green Swallow

Thryomanes Bewickii – Bewick’s Wren

Thryothorus Ludovicianus – Carolina Wren

Toxostoma Bendirei – Bendire’s Thrasher

Toxostoma Crissale – Crissal Thrasher

Toxostoma Curvirostre – Curve-Billed Thrasher

Toxostoma Lecontei – LeConte’s Thrasher

Toxostoma Redivivum – California Thrasher

Toxostoma Rufum – Brown Thrasher

Tringa Flavipes – Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa Melanoleuca – Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa Semipalmata – Willet

Tringa Solitaria – Solitary Sandpiper

Troglodytes Aedon – House Wren

Troglodytes Hiemalis – Winter Wren

Troglodytes Pacificus – Pacific Wren

Turdus Migratorius – American Robin

Tympanuchus Phasianellus – Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tyrannus Forficatus – Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus Melancholicus – Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus Savana – Fork-Tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus Tyrannus – Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus Verticalis – Western Kingbird

Tyrannus Vociferans – Cassin’s Kingbird

Tyto Alba – Barn Owl

Vermivora Chrysoptera – Golden-Winged Warbler

Vermivora Cyanoptera – Blue-Winged Warblers

Xanthocephalus Xanthocephalus – Yellow-headed Blackbird

Zenaida Asiatica – White-Winged Dove

Zenaida Macroura – Mourning Dove

Zonotrichia Albicollis – White-Throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia Atricapilla – Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia Leucophrys – White-Crowned Sparrow