Common birds
The birds everyone meets first. Backyard and city species reported hundreds of thousands of times a year. 952 species carry this tier.
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- American CootFulica americana
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- California TowheeMelozone crissalis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- California GullLarus californicus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Western GullLarus occidentalis
- RedheadAythya americana
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- California QuailCallipepla californica
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita