Birds of United States of America in taxonomic hierarchy

Birds as they appear in the taxonomic classification. A total of 854 species is included, 202 of them have been observed. Birds not observed yet Yellow-chevroned parakeet Willow ptarmigan Dovekie Hooded merganser Wattled honeyeater Pacific golden plover Buff-banded rail Williamson's sapsucker Flesh-footed shearwater Steller's jay Rough-legged hawk Cliff swallow Belted kingfisher Pacific imperial-pigeon Brandt's cormorant White-breasted nuthatch Spotted sandpiper Lucy's warbler Black-tailed gnatcatcher Bronze mannikin Rufous-backed robin Rhinoceros auklet Yellow-footed gull Indigo bunting Green parakeet Harlequin duck Kirtland's warbler Gilded flicker Pine grosbeak Common poorwill Lark bunting Arizona woodpecker McKay's bunting Snow goose Pacific reef-egret Rufous-crowned sparrow Pygmy nuthatch Bay-breasted warbler Yellow-headed parrot Greater scaup Tanimbar cockatoo Red-throated pipit Ash-throated flycatcher Razorbill Micronesian starling Bahama mockingbird Upland sandpiper Chinese hwamei Diamond dove Antillean mango White-tailed ptarmigan Newell's shearwater Harris's sparrow Pectoral sandpiper Gunnison sage-grouse Black-throated green warbler Bobolink Collared kingfisher Cackling goose American kestrel Baird's sandpiper Zone-tailed hawk Lapland longspur Wilson's warbler Black noddy Juan Fernandez petrel Fulvous whistling-duck Worm-eating warbler Red-masked parakeet Black oystercatcher Flame-colored tanager Lesser sand-plover Inca dove Clark's nutcracker Anna's hummingbird Blue-crowned lorikeet Common waxbill Eastern screech-owl American pipit Java sparrow Pacific kingfisher Northern beardless-tyrannulet Yellow-billed loon Red-vented bulbul Lesser goldfinch Woodhouse's scrub-jay American three-toed woodpecker Evening grosbeak Sharp-shinned hawk Scissor-tailed flycatcher Green-tailed towhee Boreal owl American woodcock Buff-collared nightjar Pinyon jay Black-backed woodpecker Savannah sparrow Blue-breasted quail Orange-fronted parakeet Painted redstart Grey-tailed tattler Micronesian myzomela Trindade petrel Lesser scaup Gray vireo Tinian monarch Townsend's solitaire Wood stork Nanday parakeet Fiji shrikebill Cordilleran flycatcher Red-shouldered hawk Black-headed grosbeak White-throated silverbill Cassia crossbill Great grey owl Lawrence's goldfinch Yellow-fronted canary Bonin petrel Ancient murrelet Crested caracara Bullock's oriole Bristle-thighed curlew Antillean nighthawk White-winged scoter Golden-crowned sparrow Many-colored fruit-dove Short-tailed swift Mangrove cuckoo Wilson's plover Pin-tailed whydah Baird's sparrow Crested auklet Red-crested cardinal Blue-and-yellow macaw Groove-billed ani Laysan albatross Western gull Brown booby Murphy's petrel Black-throated sparrow Buff-bellied hummingbird Virginia rail Pine siskin Nelson's sparrow Saipan reed warbler Swallow-tailed kite Fea's petrel Ladder-backed woodpecker Brewer's blackbird Northern fulmar Acadian flycatcher Yellow-eyed junco Japanese quail Blue grosbeak Chestnut-backed chickadee Mountain chickadee Red-necked grebe Field sparrow Plain pigeon White-crowned sparrow South polar skua Pomarine jaeger Indian peafowl Pacific wren Long-billed curlew Whooping crane Red-tailed tropicbird Black-capped vireo Allen's hummingbird Micronesian scrubfowl White-tailed tropicbird California towhee Red avadavat Alder flycatcher Black-winged petrel Cook's petrel Rock sandpiper Black-whiskered vireo Least grebe White-throated ground-dove Manx shearwater White-rumped sandpiper Bicknell's thrush Venezuelan troupial Black-capped petrel Iceland gull Common ground-dove Pacific loon Yellow-billed magpie Greater yellowlegs Bridled white-eye Band-tailed pigeon Curve-billed thrasher American bittern Common white-tern Townsend's shearwater Pine warbler Lark sparrow Burrowing owl Green kingfisher Yellow-throated warbler Lazuli bunting Crested caracara Guam rail Scott's oriole Black phoebe White-tailed kite Broad-winged hawk American white pelican Greater sage-grouse Least auklet Golden-winged warbler Mitred parakeet Scripps's murrelet Hispaniolan parakeet Hawaiian petrel Yellow-billed cardinal Tricolored munia Northern bobwhite Chukar partridge Henslow's sparrow Franklin's gull Rusty blackbird Virginia's warbler Yellow-throated vireo Brown creeper Hispaniolan parrot Blue noddy Orange bishop Sedge wren Purple finch Black-billed magpie Marsh wren Gila woodpecker Nashville warbler Rose-breasted grosbeak Fork-tailed flycatcher Slaty-backed gull White-rumped swiftlet Pelagic cormorant Red-breasted nuthatch Ring-billed gull Grey partridge Pacific black duck American tree sparrow Snowy owl Golden white-eye Ruby-crowned kinglet White-faced ibis Long-toed stint Black-bellied whistling duck Common murre Grasshopper sparrow Pigeon guillemot Olive warbler Northern waterthrush Leconte's sparrow Lucifer hummingbird Harris's hawk La sagra's flycatcher Spotless crake White-rumped shama Sandhill crane Pyrrhuloxia Snail kite Gould's petrel Swainson's warbler Western meadowlark Swinhoe's snipe Lincoln's sparrow Red-footed booby California thrasher Townsend's warbler Scaled quail Western sandpiper Nuttall's woodpecker Grey-crowned rosy-finch Mourning warbler Terek sandpiper Morelet's seedeater Saltmarsh sparrow Double-crested cormorant Wrentit Gray francolin Japanese white-eye Tamaulipas crow Clapper rail Saltmarsh sparrow Gambel's quail Leach's storm-petrel Warbling vireo Aplomado falcon Mexican chickadee Dunlin Band-rumped storm-petrel Spot-breasted oriole Calliope hummingbird Brown-throated parakeet White-throated swift Tropical parula Boreal chickadee Northern shrike Yellow rail Loggerhead shrike Phainopepla White cockatoo Rock wren American oystercatcher Great frigatebird Olive sparrow Chestnut-collared longspur Green-throated carib Thick-billed kingbird Cassin's finch Purple sandpiper Mariana fruit-dove Yellow-breasted chat Swainson's hawk Kentucky warbler Brown noddy Himalayan snowcock Mandarin duck Arctic warbler Tufted puffin Black-bellied plover Long-eared owl Cassin's vireo Sooty shearwater Blue-throated mountain-gem Neotropic cormorant Mountain quail Masked booby Great shearwater Craveri's murrelet Long-tailed koel Roseate tern Thick-billed guillemot Sage thrasher Hudsonian godwit Lesser yellowlegs Caribbean elaenia Grey-backed tern Peach-faced lovebird Redhead Le conte's thrasher Vesper sparrow Little shearwater Lesser prairie-chicken Gyrfalcon Peregrine falcon Grace's warbler American golden-plover Bridled tern Cassin's kingbird Whiskered auklet Ross's gull Buller's shearwater Wedge-tailed shearwater Cactus wren Saffron finch Smith's longspur Broad-tailed hummingbird Solitary sandpiper Hoary redpoll Violet-green swallow Black-chinned sparrow Shiny cowbird White-headed woodpecker Red phalarope Bermuda petrel Horned lark American wigeon Orange-winged parrot Yellow-bellied flycatcher Least tern Barn owl Short-tailed hawk Fox sparrow Yellow-headed blackbird Black-tailed godwit Japanese bush warbler Masked duck Marbled murrelet Bonaparte's gull American coot Brant Eastern towhee Sprague's pipit Western tanager Cardinal myzomela Bell's vireo Erckel's francolin California gnatcatcher Green jay Taiga bean goose Short-tailed albatross Five-striped sparrow Western spindalis Wilson's storm-petrel Audubon's oriole Wood duck Red-cockaded woodpecker Cape may warbler White-tipped dove Spotted towhee Red-legged kittiwake American avocet Crimson-crowned fruit-dove Emperor goose Dickcissel Canvasback Prairie warbler Western screech-owl Mariana kingfisher Juniper titmouse Black-legged kittiwake Common nighthawk Sooty tern Say's phoebe Blue grouse Kalij pheasant Rufous-necked stint Mexican duck Colima warbler Short-tailed shearwater African collared-dove Clay-colored sparrow Snow bunting Marbled godwit Rufous-winged sparrow Antillean euphonia Black-throated blue warbler Horned puffin Aleutian tern Black rosy-finch Red siskin Willow flycatcher Eskimo curlew Sabine's gull Bewick's wren Seaside sparrow Wilson's snipe Western grebe Black-crested titmouse Philadelphia vireo Pearly-eyed thrasher Mexican violetear African silverbill Rufous hummingbird Santa cruz jay Mississippi kite Varied bunting Least storm-petrel Surf scoter Black-vented shearwater Caribbean martin Bar-tailed godwit Blackburnian warbler Crissal thrasher Vermilion flycatcher Red-necked phalarope Bachman's sparrow Piping plover Connecticut warbler Elegant trogon Botteri's sparrow Polynesian starling Bendire's thrasher Canyon wren Red-breasted sapsucker Semipalmated plover Blue-winged warbler Violet-crowned hummingbird Mariana crow Spotted owl Veery Caspian tern Yellow-billed cuckoo Cedar waxwing Black guillemot Parakeet auklet Bulwer's petrel Greater Antillean grackle Montezuma quail Flammulated owl Yellow-rumped warbler Black-throated grey warbler Cassin's sparrow Ferruginous hawk Macgillivray's warbler King rail Cassin's auklet Eastern yellow wagtail Wandering tattler Island thrush Tundra bean goose Greater necklaced laughingthrush Gray hawk Chestnut-sided warbler Ruffed grouse Greater prairie chicken Black-chinned hummingbird Golden-cheeked warbler Eastern whip-poor-will Painted bunting Stilt sandpiper Varied thrush Orchard oriole Red-naped sapsucker Costa's hummingbird Ivory-billed woodpecker Killdeer Scrub jay Siberian tit Plain titmouse Verdin Ivory gull Ridgway's rail Ringed kingfisher Pacific-slope flycatcher Least bittern Grey-headed swamphen Berylline hummingbird Rivoli's hummingbird Brown-headed nuthatch Northern gannet Tricolored blackbird Golden-crowned kinglet Blue-winged teal Bachman's warbler Red-throated loon Short-eared owl Lesser Antillean pewee Tennessee warbler Greater pewee Red-faced warbler Sulfur-crested cockatoo Hammond's flycatcher Fork-tailed storm-petrel Western bluebird Cooper's hawk Bufflehead White-winged crossbill Caroline Islands swiftlet Ashy storm-petrel Jungle myna Mexican whip-poor-will Neotropic cormorant Black francolin Lavender waxbill Black-capped gnatcatcher Northern hawk-owl Ruby-throated hummingbird Nutting's flycatcher Brewer's sparrow Hutton's vireo Ring-necked duck Long-tailed duck Hermit warbler Snowy plover White-tailed hawk Brown-capped rosy-finch American dipper King eider Cinnamon teal Gull-billed tern Forster's tern Canada warbler Red-faced cormorant Dusky-capped flycatcher Olive-sided flycatcher Chimney swift Black storm-petrel Siberian grouse Yellow-crowned bishop Pink-footed shearwater California quail Black-backed swamphen Uniform swiftlet Plumbeous vireo Lewis's woodpecker Long-tailed jaeger Black-necked stilt Elf owl Sharp-tailed grouse Acorn woodpecker California gull Tristram's storm-petrel Matsudaira's storm-petrel Lesser nighthawk Gray flycatcher Bushtit Hepatic tanager Greater roadrunner Ruddy duck Collared petrel Gray-cheeked thrush Wilson's phalarope Limpkin Rufous-capped warbler Broad-billed hummingbird Glaucous-winged gull Northern saw-whet owl Red-crowned parrot Townsend's storm-petrel Vaux's swift White-crowned pigeon Rock ptarmigan Common scoter Black rail Christmas shearwater Lesser antillean bullfinch Mountain plover Bridled titmouse Royal tern Tropical shearwater Long-billed thrasher Swamp sparrow Clark's grebe Chestnut munia Sharp-tailed sandpiper Whiskered screech-owl White-necked petrel Magnolia warbler Surfbird Shy ground-dove Audubon's shearwater Blackpoll warbler Prairie falcon Mottled petrel Philippine collared-dove White-faced storm-petrel Canyon towhee Eye-browed thrush Buff-breasted sandpiper Antillean crested hummingbird Little blue heron Cerulean warbler Mexican jay Chuck-will's-widow Hook-billed kite Red-headed woodpecker Ovenbird Red-billed tropicbird Abert's towhee Gray kingbird Winter wren Mountain bluebird Great horned owl Sooty grouse Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse

Class aves (Birds / Vögel):

Order Anseriformes (Ducks, geese and swans / Vögel):

Family Anatidae (Waterfowl / Entenvögel):

Subfamily Anatinae (Dabbling ducks plus extinct):

Tribe Mergini (Seaducks / Meerenten und Säger):

Genus Bucephala:

Common goldeneye / Schellente (Bucephala clangula)

Alternate classification: Anas clangula

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Schellente, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:28:47
First observed in 🇨🇭 on 2021-01-26.

Description

Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel, Wintergast RL R
Etymology: Nabu: Schellenten verdanken ihren Namen dem pfeifenden und wie ein Klingeln («Schellen») tönenden Fluggeräusch. [Vogelwarte.ch erklärt: ]
Appearance and identification: Grüner Kopf mit gelbem Auge (Goldeneye), weisser Kreis zwischen Auge und (schwarzem) Schnabel, weisser Bauch und Seiten mit etwa 5 dünnen schwarzen Streifen, schwarzer Rücken. In Island gibt's eine sehr ähnliche Ente und in kleineren Mengen auch diese.
Seasonal Behavior: Wintergast am Pfäffikersee.
Vocalization:

Male display sound a dry nasal disyllabic "Ka-weerr". First note introductory and second longer and descending. Usually accompanied by back-throwing head motion. Female: dry harsh "aahrrrr aahrrrr aahrrrr ". Wings make a characteristic whistling sound. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 01-01 - 05-21
Migration out: 10-07 - 12-31

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=42-50 cm, wingspan=65-80 cm, weight=650-1200 g
Habitats: River and lake
Details

Bufflehead / Büffelkopfente (Bucephala albeola)

Alternate classification: Anas albeola

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Wikipedia: Bufflehead Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Bucephala-albeola-007.jpg
🔍 Never observed (yet!)

Description

Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America.
General:

The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Anas albeola.^[2] [more]
Details

Barrow's goldeneye / Spatelente (Bucephala islandica)

Alternate classification: Anas islandica

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Spatelenten, Myvatn, Iceland. 2015-06-05 11:20:16
First observed in Iceland on 2015-06-05.

Description

Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America.
General:

Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous, "bull " and kephale, "head", a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name islandica means Iceland.^[2] [more]
Details

Genus Mergus:

Red-breasted merganser / Mittelsäger (Mergus serrator)
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Mittelsäger-Paar im Luppmen in Fehraltorf. 2025-02-03 16:58:13 Luppmen
First observed in 🇨🇭 on 2021-04-06.

Description

Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel, Wintergast RL R
Personal notes:

Zuerst gesehen in Lago Maggiore in Locarno. Jan 2022 auch als Wintergast am Pfäffikersee. [Link]
Appearance and identification:

In winter you can admire a few of these birds with the straggly tuft. [Link]