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32 most asked-about birds
See 44 photos of the 32 bird species that visitors to our website ask us to identify most frequently.
Published: September 1, 2005 For more help learning to identify birds, visit our Basics of Bird ID page.
If you need additional help identifying a bird that's not pictured on this page, visit our Bird ID Forum.
If you've found a baby bird, click here. |
Indigo Bunting, male (left, photo by Rod Nabholz) and Blue Grosbeak (right, photo by Patricia Velte). |
Northern Mockingbird (left, photo by Tom Deitrich) and Cedar Waxwing (right, photo by Rod Nabholz). |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, male (left, photo by Wendell Long) and female (right, photo by Jean Kuns). |
Barn Swallow (left, photo courtesy of USFWS) and Red-winged Blackbird, male (right, photo by Nan Moore). |
Red-winged Blackbird, female (left, photo by Ernie Mastroianni) and House Finch, female (right, photo by Gregory Schneider). |
House Finch, male, yellow variant (left, photo by Dick Lee) and red variant, male (right, photo by Christopher Appoldt). |
House Wren (left, photo by Ernie Mastroianni) and House Sparrow (right, photo by Luis Tejo). |
Song Sparrow (left, photo by Rod Nabholz) and Savannah Sparrow (right, photo courtesy of USFWS). |
American Goldfinch, breeding male (left, photo by Judia Deal) and fall plumage (right, photo by Ernie Mastroianni) |
Orchard Oriole, male (left, photo by Nick Kontonicolas) and Baltimore Oriole, male (right, photo by Fernando Cerra). |
Eastern Bluebird, male (left) and female (right). Photos by Wendell Long. |
Green Heron (left) and Great Blue Heron (right). Photos courtesy of USFWS. |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (left, photo by Matt Bruce) and Black-crowned Night-Heron (right, photo by Fernando Cerra). |
Scarlet Tanager, male (left) and American Redstart, male (right). Photos by Fernando Cerra. |
Mourning Dove (left, photo by Wendell Long) and Killdeer (right, photo by Nan Moore). |
Common Snipe (left, photo courtesy USFWS) and American Woodcock (right, photo courtesy of Wisconsin Society for Ornithology). |
European Starling, breeding adult (left, photo courtesy of Wisconsin Society for Ornithology). European Starling, juvenile (right, photo by Patricia Velte). |
Brown-headed Cowbird, female (left), and male (right). Photos by Nick Kontonicolas. |
White-breasted Nuthatch, female (left, photo by Jack Curran) and Dark-eyed Junco, male (right, photo by Robert Strickland). |
Northern Cardinal, normal-looking male (left, photo by Dennis Connell). Northern Cardinal, bald-headed male (right, photo by David Brown). To read about bald birds, click here. |
Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, male (left, photo by Wendell Long) and Female (right, photo by Rod Nabholz). |
Red-shafted Northern Flicker, male (left, photo by David Dudeck) and Female (right, photo by Nan Moore). |
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