The Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is a small American songbird. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae).
Little auks (Alle alle) are small seabirds that live on islands in the high Arctic. They can fly and are excellent swimmers (appearing to "fly") and divers, but their walking appears clumsy.
The Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus ) is the largest member of the gull family. Described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as "the king of the Atlantic waterfront", it is a very aggressive hunter, pirate, and scavenger.
The Summer tanager (Piranga rubra ) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species' plumage and...
The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. This species is closely related to the Falcated duck and its scientific name "strepera" means "noisy".
The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small migratory goose of the genus Branta. The Brant and the similar Barnacle goose were previously considered one species, formerly believed to be the same creature as the crustacean. That myth can be...
The Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized sea duck named for its golden-yellow eye. Its closest relative is the similar Barrow's goldeneye. The genus name of the Common goldeneye comes from the Ancient Greek boukephalos and can be...
The canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America. It is also one of the most powerful fliers. The part of its scientific name valisineria comes from the wild celery, whose winter buds and rhizomes...
The Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is one of the largest species in the true finch family. It is found in northern Eurasia and North America. The scientific name of this species roughly translates to "the bird that lives in the pines and shells...
The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae). It may sometimes be confused by the untrained for a thrush.
Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) are small members of the dabbling duck group found in North America. They are often the first ducks to migrate south in the fall and the last ones to return in the spring. During migration, some Blue-winged teal...
The Greater scaup (Aythya marila) is a diving duck also known as scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America. The name of this bird may come from "scalp", a Scottish and Northern English word for a shellfish bed, or from the duck's...
The Yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) is a small North American bird species that is often seen all across the continent. The species combines four closely related forms: the eastern myrtle warbler (spp. coronata ); its western counterpart,...
Eastern wood pewees (Contopus virens) are small energetic tyrant flycatchers from North America. Despite their small size these birds can be quite aggressive during the nesting period and don't hesitate to attack intruders.
The Common ground dove (Columbina passerina) is a small bird found in the Americas. It is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States. As its name suggests, it spends the majority of its time on the ground walking but still...
The Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the many bird species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, where it was given the binomial name Mergus serrator. The...
Black-winged stilts (Himantopus himantopus) are very long-legged wading birds. They are found in both warm and hot climates, feed on small aquatic creatures, and nest on the ground surface in small colonies.
The redhead (Aythya americana) is a diving duck found in the Americas. It is closely related to the canvasback and belongs to the family which also includes ducks, swans, and geese. The scientific name of the redhead can be translated as "American...
The White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) is a beautiful pelagic tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and the smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. In Bermuda, it is locally called a...
The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata ) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the...
The sanderling (Calidris alba ) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrðling, "sand-ploughman". The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds....
The lesser scaup (Aythya affinis ) is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the little bluebill or broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill. The origin of the...
The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis ) is a medium-sized gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific delawarensis refers to the Delaware River.
The masked booby (Sula dactylatra ), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked booby is one...
The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus ) is a large gull that breeds in North America, where it is treated by the American Ornithologists' Union as a subspecies of herring gull (L....
The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus ) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an...
The lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus ) is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa. It has increased dramatically in North America, most common along the...
The northern parula (Setophaga americana ) is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida.
The white-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus ) is a small songbird of the family Vireonidae.
The parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus ), also known as the Arctic skua, Arctic jaeger or parasitic skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. The word "jaeger" is derived from the German word Jäger, meaning "hunter". The English...
The pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus ), also spelled Pomarine yeager in some translations, pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.
The striated heron (Butorides striata ) also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding...
Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata ) is a small, stocky shorebird. The genus name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling". The specific delicata is Latin for "dainty".This species...
The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow ) is a gadfly petrel. Commonly known in Bermuda as the cahow, a name derived from its eerie cries, this nocturnal ground-nesting seabird is the national bird of Bermuda and can be found pictured on Bermudian...
The fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca ) is a large New World sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Passerella, although some authors split the species into four (see below).
The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea ) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and as muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus ) and...
The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda ) is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews. Older names are the upland plover and Bartram's sandpiper. In Louisiana, it is also colloquially known as the papabotte. It is the only member of the...
The Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus ) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic Asia and Europe as far south as Scotland. This species and the Hudsonian...
The willet (Tringa semipalmata ), formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper, and is the largest of the species called...
Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla ) is a small New World warbler. It is greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch; depending on the subspecies, that mark is reduced or absent in...
The hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina ) is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern United States and into southernmost Canada (Ontario). It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. Hooded...
The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata ) is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The blackpoll breeds in forests of northern North America, from Alaska...
