Breeding Bird Atlas 1 Species Accounts Find a Bird Search by common name in the box to the right or browse by family below. Search by Common Name: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)Canada GooseBranta canadensisMute SwanCygnus olorWood DuckAix sponsaGadwallAnas streperaAmerican Black DuckAnas rubripesMallardAnas platyrhynchosBlue-winged TealAnas discorsNorthern ShovelerAnas clypeataNorthern PintailAnas acutaGreen-winged TealAnas creccaRing-necked DuckAythya collarisCommon EiderSomateria mollissimaHooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusCommon MerganserMergus merganserRed-breasted MerganserMergus serratorRuddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPhasianidae (Partidges, Grouse, Turkey, and Old World Quail)Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusRuffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoOdontophoridae (New World Quails)Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusGaviidae (Loons)Common LoonGavia immerPodicipedidae (Grebes)Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsHydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)Leach's Storm-PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaPhalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusArdeidae (Herons, Bitterns, and allies)American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusLeast BitternIxobrychus exilisGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasGreat EgretCasmerodius albusSnowy EgretEgretta thulaLittle Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaTricolored HeronEgretta tricolorCattle EgretBubulcus ibisGreen HeronButorides virescensBlack-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticoraxYellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violaceaThreskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusCathartidae (New World Vultures)Turkey VultureCathartes auraAccipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies)OspreyPandion haliaetusNorthern HarrierCircus cyaneusSharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusCooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiNorthern GoshawkAccipiter gentilisRed-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusBroad-winged HawkButeo platypterusRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisFalconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)American KestrelFalco sparveriusRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)Clapper RailRallus longirostrisKing RailRallus elegansVirginia RailRallus limicolaSoraPorzana carolinaCommon MoorhenGallinula chloropusAmerican CootFulica americanaCharadriidae (Lapwings and Plovers)Piping PloverCharadrius melodusKilldeerCharadrius vociferusHaematopodidae (Oystercatchers)American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusScolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariaWilletCatoptrophorus semipalmatusUpland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaLeast SandpiperCalidris minutillaWilson's SnipeGallinago delicataAmerican WoodcockScolopax minorWilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)Laughing GullLarus atricillaHerring GullLarus argentatusGreat Black-backed GullLarus marinusLeast TernSterna antillarumRoseate TernSterna dougalliiCommon TernSterna hirundoArctic TernSterna paradisaeaBlack SkimmerRynchops nigerColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)Rock DoveColumba liviaMourning DoveZenaida macrouraCuculidae (Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis)Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusBlack-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusTytonidae (Barn Owls)Barn OwlTyto albaStrigidae (Typical Owls)Eastern Screech-OwlOtus asioGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusBarred OwlStrix variaLong-eared OwlAsio otusShort-eared OwlAsio flammeusNorthern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusCaprimulgidae (Nighthawks and Allies)Common NighthawkChordeiles minorWhip-poor-willCaprimulgus vociferusApodidae (Swifts)Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaTrochilidae (Hummingbirds)Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisAlcedinidae (Kingfishers)Belted KingfisherCeryle alcyonPicidae (Woodpeckers and Allies)Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusRed-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusDowny WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensHairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusNorthern FlickerColaptes auratusPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus borealisEastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensAcadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensAlder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumWillow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiLeast FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusEastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeGreat Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusEastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusVireonidae (Vireos)White-eyed VireoVireo griseusYellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsBlue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWarbling VireoVireo gilvusRed-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusCorvidae (Crows and Jays)Blue JayCyanocitta cristataAmerican CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosFish CrowCorvus ossifragusAlaudidae (Larks)Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisHirundinidae (Swallows)Purple MartinProgne subisTree SwallowTachycineta bicolorNorthern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisBank SwallowRiparia ripariaCliff SwallowHirundo pyrrhonotaBarn SwallowHirundo rusticaParidae (Chickadees and Titmice)Black-capped ChickadeeParus atricapillusTufted TitmouseParus bicolorSittidae (Nuthatches)Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWhite-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisCerthiidae (Creepers)Brown CreeperCerthia americanaTroglodytidae (Wrens)Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusHouse WrenTroglodytes aedonWinter WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSedge WrenCistothorus platensisMarsh WrenCistothorus palustrisRegulidae (Kinglets)Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaRuby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaSylviidae (Gnatcatchers and Old World Warblers)Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaTurdidae (Thrushes)Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisVeeryCatharus fuscescensSwainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusHermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaAmerican RobinTurdus migratoriusMimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisNorthern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosBrown ThrasherToxostoma rufumSturnidae (Starlings)European StarlingSturnus vulgarisBombycillidae (Waxwings and Allies)Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumParulidae (Wood-warblers)Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusGolden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaNorthern ParulaParula americanaYellow WarblerDendroica petechiaChestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaMagnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaBlack-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensYellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataBlack-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensBlackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaPine WarblerDendroica pinusPrairie WarblerDendroica discolorBlackpoll WarblerDendroica striataBlack-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaAmerican RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWorm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorusOvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillusNorthern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisLouisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaMourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaCommon YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasHooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaCanada WarblerWilsonia canadensisYellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensThraupidae (Tanagers)Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaEmberizidae (Emberizids)Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusChipping SparrowSpizella passerinaField SparrowSpizella pusillaVesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSavannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisGrasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumHenslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiSaltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutusSeaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusSong SparrowMelospiza melodiaSwamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWhite-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisCardinalidae (Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies)Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisNorthern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisRose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusIndigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaIcteridae (Blackbirds and Orioles)BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusRed-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusEastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaRusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusCommon GrackleQuiscalus quisculaBrown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterOrchard OrioleIcterus spuriusBaltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaFringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusHouse FinchCarpodacus mexicanusRed CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPine SiskinCarduelis pinusAmerican GoldfinchCarduelis tristisEvening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusPasseridae (Old World Sparrows)House SparrowPasser domesticus