North American Birds

The species are listed in alphabetical order by common name. They have all either been photographed in, or are native to, North America.  More precise details of the location of individual photographs can be supplied on request.

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Common name	Latin name
American Avocet	Recurvirostra americana
American Coot	Fulica americana
Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicana
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors
Boat-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus major
Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis
Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Clark’s Grebe	Aechmophorus clarkii
Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus
Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna
Fish Crow	Corvus ossifragus
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias
Great Egret	Casmerodius albus
Great White Heron	Ardea herodias (white form)
Green-backed Heron	Butorides striatus
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus
Laughing Gull	Larus atricilla
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea
Marbled Godwit	Limosa fedoa
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Mottled Duck	Anas fulvigula
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker	Colaptes auratus
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Pied-billed Grebe	Podylimbus podiceps
Purple Gallinule	Porphyrula martinica
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus
Reddish Egret	Egretta rufescens
Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo lineatus
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis
Roseate Spoonbill	Ajaia ajaja
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Sandhill Crane	Grus canadensis
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria
Sora Rail	Porzana carolina
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularia
Swallow-tailed Kite	Elanoides forficatus
Townsend’s Solitaire	Myadestes townsendi
Tricolored Heron	Egretta tricolor
Western Grebe	Aechmophorus occidentalis
White Ibis	Eudocimus albus
White-eyed Vireo	Vireo griseus
White-faced Ibis	Plegadis chihi
Willet	Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Wood Stork	Mycteria americana
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Nyctanassa violacea