Species guides
Bird species guides from every continent
Over 250 common birds from every continent. Search by name or pick a continent. Each guide shows the key marks, the voice and a real photo.
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- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Africa
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
- Cape Turtle DoveStreptopelia capicola
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
Asia
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Asian TitParus cinereus
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Malayan Night HeronGorsachius melanolophus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Crested Serpent-EagleSpilornis cheela
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
North America
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American CootFulica americana
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
South America
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Chimango CaracaraDaptrius chimango
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Yellow-headed CaracaraDaptrius chimachima
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Bare-faced IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
- Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
Oceania
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
- Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Australian Wood DuckChenonetta jubata
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Australian IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
- Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes
- Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Australian BrushturkeyAlectura lathami
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata
- New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Pied CurrawongStrepera graculina
- Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularis
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis
- Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiae
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea