Big Country Birds Picture Index


Ordered according to AOU (American Ornithological Union) Check-List of North American Birds, 7th Edition, 1998

Categories

DUCKS, GEESE, and SWANS WOODPECKERS and ALLIES
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS, and OLD WORLD QUAIL TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
NEW WORLD QUAIL SHRIKES
GREBES VIREOS
PELICANS JAYS, MAGPIES, and CROWS
CORMORANTS LARKS
BITTERNS, HERONS, and ALLIES SWALLOWS
IBISES and SPOONBILLS CHICKADEES and TITMICE
NEW WORLD VULTURES VERDIN
KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, and ALLIES BUSHTITS
CARACARAS and FALCONS NUTHATCHES
RAILS, GALLINULES, and COOTS WRENS
CRANES KINGLETS
PLOVERS and LAPWINGS THRUSHES
STILTS and AVOCETS MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, and ALLIES
SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, and ALLIES STARLINGS and ALLIES
GULLS, TERNS, and SKIMMERS WAGTAILS and PIPITS
SKUAS and JAEGERS WAXWINGS
PIGEONS and DOVES WOOD-WARBLERS
CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, and ANIS TANAGERS
TYPICAL OWLS NEW WORLD SPARROWS and ALLIES
GOATSUCKERS CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, and ALLIES
HUMMINGBIRDS BLACKBIRDS and ALLIES
KINGFISHERS FINCHES and ALLIES
OLD WORLD SPARROWS

* DUCKS, GEESE, and SWANS

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis BBWD
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens SNGO
Canada Goose Branta canadensis CAGO
Wood Duck Male 1 Male 2 Female Aix sponsa WODU
Gadwall Anas strepera GADW
American Wigeon Anas americana AMWI
Mallard 1 2 Anas platyrhynchos MALL
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors BWTE
Northern Shoveler Male 1 Male 2 Male 3 Anas clypeata NSHO
Northern Pintail Anas acuta NOPI
Redhead Aythya americana REDH
Ring-necked Duck Pair Male Aythya collaris RNDU
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis LESC
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola BUFF
Hooded Merganser 1 2 Lophodytes cucullatus HOME
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis RUDU

* PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS, and OLD WORLD QUAIL

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo WITU

* NEW WORLD QUAIL

Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata SCQU
Northern Bobwhite 1 Male Colinus virginianus NOBO

* GREBES

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps PBGR
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus HOGR
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis EAGR

* PELICANS

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos AWPE
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis BRPE

* CORMORANTS

Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus NECO
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus DCCO

* BITTERNS, HERONS, and ALLIES

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias GBHE
Great Egret Ardea alba GREG
Snowy Egret Egretta thula SNEG
Little Blue Heron Adult Juvenile Egretta caerulea LBHE
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens REEG
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis CAEG
Green Heron Juvenile Butorides virescens GRHE
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Nycticorax nycticorax BCNH
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea YCNH

* IBISES and SPOONBILLS

White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi WFIB

* NEW WORLD VULTURES

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus BLVU
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura TUVU

* KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, and ALLIES

Osprey Pandion haliaetus OSPR
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus WTKI
Mississippi Kite 1 2 Ictinia mississippiensis MIKI
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus BAEA
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus NOHA
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus SSHA
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus RSHA
Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni SWHA
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis RTHA

* CARACARAS and FALCONS

Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway CRCA
American Kestrel Male Female Falco sparverius AMKE
Merlin 1 2 Falco columbarius MERL

* RAILS, GALLINULES, and COOTS

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus COMO
American Coot Fulica americana AMCO

* CRANES

Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis SACR

* PLOVERS and LAPWINGS

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola BBPL
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica AMGP
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus SNPL
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus SEPL
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus PIPL
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus KILL

* STILTS and AVOCETS

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus BNST
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana AMAV

* SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, and ALLIES

Spotted Sandpiper, Juvenile Actitis macularia SPSA
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria SOSA
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca GRYE
Willet 1 2 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus WILL
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes LEYE
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda UPSA
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus LBCU
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica HUGO
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa MAGO
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres RUTU
Sanderling Calidris alba SAND
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla SESA
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri WESA
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla LESA
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos PESA
Dunlin Calidris alpina DUNL
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus LBDO
Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata WISN
Amercian Woodcock Scolopax minor AMWO
Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor WIPH

* GULLS, TERNS, and SKIMMERS

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LAGU
Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan FRGU
Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus HERG
Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini SAGU
Least Tern Sterna antillarum LETE
Black Tern Chlidonias niger BLTE
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri FOTE

* SKUAS and JAEGERS

Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus POJA

* PIGEONS and DOVES

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto ECDO
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica WWDO
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura MODO
Inca Dove Columbina inca INDO
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina COGD

* CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, and ANIS

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus YBCU
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus GRRO

* TYPICAL OWLS

Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio EASO
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus GHOW
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia BUOW

* GOATSUCKERS

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor CONI

* HUMMINGBIRDS

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris RTHU
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri BCHU
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus RUHU

* KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher Male Female Ceryle alcyon BEKI

* WOODPECKERS and ALLIES

Red-headed Woodpecker Immature 1 Immature 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus RHWO
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons GFWO
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius YBSA
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Male Female Picoides scalaris LBWO
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens DOWO

* TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens ACFL
Least Flycatcher 1 2 Empidonax minimus LEFL
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans BLPH
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe EAPH
Say’s Phoebe Adult Juvenile Sayornis saya SAPH
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus VEFL
Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 Myiarchus cinerascens ATFL
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus GCFL
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus GKIS
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis WEKI
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus EAKI
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus STFL

* SHRIKES

Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus LOSH

* VIREOS

Bell’s Vireo 1 Vireo bellii BEVI
Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla BCVI

* JAYS, MAGPIES, and CROWS

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata BLJA
Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica WESJ
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos AMCR

* LARKS

Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris HOLA

* SWALLOWS

Purple Martin Male Juvenile Progne subis PUMA
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor TRES
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis NRWS
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia BANS
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota CLSW

* CHICKADEES and TITMICE

Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis CACH
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus BCTI

* VERDIN

Verdin Auriparus flaviceps VERD

* BUSHTITS

Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus BUSH

* NUTHATCHES

Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis RBNU

* WRENS

Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus CACW
Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus ROWR
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus CARW
Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii BEWR
House Wren Troglodytes aedon HOWR
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris MAWR

* KINGLETS

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula RCKI

* THRUSHES

Eastern Bluebird Male Female Sialia sialis EABL
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana WEBL
Mountain Bluebird Male Female Sialia currucoides MOBL
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus HETH
American Robin Turdus migratorius AMRO

* MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, and ALLIES

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis GRCA
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos NOMO
Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus SATH
Curve-billed Thrasher 1 2 Toxostoma curvirostre CBTH

* STARLINGS and ALLIES

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris EUST

* WAGTAILS and PIPITS

American Pipit Anthus rubescens AMPI
Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii SPPI

* WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum CEDW

* WOOD-WARBLERS

Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata OCWA
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla NAWA
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia YWAR
Yellow-rumped Warbler Audubon’s Myrtle’s Dendroica coronata UYRW
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens BTNW
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus PIWA
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia BAWW
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla AMRE
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis NOWA
Common Yellowthroat Male Female Geothlypis trichas COYE
Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla WIWA

* TANAGERS

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra SUTA

* NEW WORLD SPARROWS and ALLIES

Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus GTTO
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus SPTO
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus EATO
Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus CANT
Cassin’s Sparrow Aimophila cassinii CASP
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps RCSP
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina CHSP
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida CCSP
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla FISP
Vesper Sparrow 1 2 Pooecetes gramineus VESP
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus LASP
Black-throated Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza bilineata BTSP
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys LARB
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis SAVS
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum GRSP
Le Conte’s Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii LCSP
Fox Sparrow 1 2 Passerella iliaca FOSP
Song Sparrow 1 2 Melospiza melodia SOSP
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1 2 Melospiza lincolnii LISP
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana SWSP
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis WTSP
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys WCSP
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1 2 Zonotrichia atricapilla GCSP
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis UDEJ

* CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, and ALLIES

Northern Cardinal Male Female Cardinalis cardinalis NOCA
Pyrrhuloxia Male 1 Male 2 Female Cardinalis sinuatus PYRR
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus RBGR
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus BHGR
Blue Grosbeak Male Female Passerina caerulea BLGR
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena LAZB
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea INBU
Painted Bunting Male Female Passerina ciris PABU
Dickcissel Spiza americana DICK

* BLACKBIRDS and ALLIES

Red-winged Blackbird Male Immature Agelaius phoeniceus RWBL
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna EAME
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta WEME
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus YHBL
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula COGR
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus GTGR
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus BROC
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater BHCO
Orchard Oriole Male Female Juvenile Icterus spurius OROR
Bullock’s Oriole Male Female First Year Male Icterus bullockii BUOR
Scott’s Oriole Icterus parisorum SCOR

* FINCHES and ALLIES

Cassin’s Finch Carpodacus cassinii CAFI
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus HOFI
Red Crossbill Male Female Loxia curvirostra RECR
Lesser Goldfinch 1 2 Carduelis psaltria LEGO
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis AMGO

* OLD WORLD SPARROWS

House Sparrow Passer domesticus HOSP

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