Species Index: Birds of North America

Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)

Black-footed Albatross

Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)

Parakeet Auklet

Bananaquits (incertae sedis - placement uncertain)

Bananaquit

Barn Owl (Tytonidae)

Barn Owls

Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae)

Least Bittern

Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Audubon's Oriole

Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)

Brown Booby - in flight

Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Bushtits (Aegithalidae)

Bushtit - female

Caracaras and Falcons (Falconidae)

Crested Caracara

Cardinals, Piranga Tanagers and Allies (Cardinalidae)

Summer Tanager

Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)

Boreal Chickadee

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

Red-faced Cormorant in flight

Cranes (Gruidae)

Sandhill Crane

Creepers (Certhiidae)

Brown Creeper

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis (Cuculidae)

Black-billed Cuckoo

Currassows and Guans (Cracidae)

Plain Chachalaca

Darters (Anhingidae)

Anhinga - female

Dippers (Cincllidae)

American Dipper

Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)

Barrow's Goldeneye

Emberizids (Emberizidae)

Henslow's Sparrow

Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)

American Flamingo in flight

Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)

Magnifient Frigatebird male display

Fringilline and Cardueline Finches (Fringillidae)

Evening Grosbeak

Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens (Polioptillidae)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)

Common Poorwill

Grebes (Podicipedidae)

Western Grebe with fish

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)

Franklin's Gull

Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies (Accipitridae)

Harris's Hawk

Hummingbirds (Trochiidae)

Calliope Hummingbird

Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiomithidae)

White Ibis

Jacanas (Jacanidae)

Northern Jacana

Jays and Crows (Corvidae)

Green Jay

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Belted Kingfisher

Kinglets (Regulidae)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae)

Pacific Golden-Plover

Larks (Alaudidae)

Horned Lark

Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae)

Arctic Warbler

Limpkins (Aramidae)

Limpkin

Longspurs and Snow Buntings (Calcariidae)

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Loons (Gaviidae)

Red-throated Loon on nest

Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots (Psittacidae)

Monk Parakeet

Mimids (Mimidae)

Long-billed Thrasher

New World Quail (Odontophoridae)

Scaled Quail

New World Vultures (Cathartidae)

Turkey Vulture

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

Pygmy Nuthatch

Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

Bluethroat

Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

House Sparrow

Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)

Olive Warbler

Ospreys (Pandionidae)

Osprey

Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)

Black Oystercatcher

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail (Phasianidae)

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

American White Pelicans in flight

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

White-winged Dove

placement uncertain (incertae sedis)

Rose-throated Becard

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)

King Rail - female

Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (Scolopacidae)

Wilson's Phalarope - female

Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae)

Cory's Shearwater       Offshore Rhode Island     August 19,   2009 ©John Schwarz

Shrikes (Laniidae)

Loggerhead Shrike

Silky Flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae)

Phainopepla

Skuas and Jaegers (Stercorariidae)

Long-tailed Jaeger in flight

Starlings (Sturnidae)

Hill Myna

Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)

American Avocet - nonbreeding

Storks (Ciconiidae)

Wood Stork

Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae)

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Swallows (Hirundinidae)

Violet-green Swallow

Swifts (Apodidae)

Chimney Swifts

Sylviid Warblers (Sylviidae)

Wrentit

Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Western Spindalis

Thrushes (Turdidae)

Veery

Trogons (Trogonidae)

Elegant Trogon

Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)

Red-billed Tropicbird - in flight

Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Great Gray Owl

Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Verdin (Remizidae)

Verdin

Vireos (Vireonidae)

Philadelphia Vireo

Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)

American Pipit

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

Bohemian Waxwing

Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)

Kirtland's Warbler

Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae)

Red-headed Woodpecker

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Pacific Wren