BirdSpeciesDB
121 bird species with habitat, range, size, diet, and conservation data. From Arctic Terns to Shoebills.
Featured Species
Bald Eagle
The national bird and symbol of the United States since 1782. Once endangered with only 41...
Peregrine Falcon
The fastest animal on Earth, reaching over 390 km/h in a hunting stoop. Found on every con...
Emperor Penguin
Breeds during Antarctic winter at -40C. Males incubate eggs for 65 days without eating. Ca...
Shoebill
Prehistoric-looking with massive shoe-shaped bill. Stand motionless for hours. Bill can de...
Scarlet Macaw
Can live 75+ years. Beaks can crush chicken wire. Eat clay to neutralize toxins. The Aztec...
Kea
The only alpine parrot. Dismantle cars and steal wallets. Solve logical puzzles and work t...
Kakapo
Heaviest parrot, only flightless and nocturnal parrot. Smells like honey. Recovered from 5...
Arctic Tern
Champion of migration: 70,000-90,000 km per year Arctic to Antarctic. Over 30 years that e...
Accipitriformes (10)
Bald Eagle
The national bird and symbol of the United States since 1782. Once endangered with only 41...
Red-tailed Hawk
Most common hawk in North America. Their scream is the default eagle sound in movies. Visi...
Secretarybird
Hunts on foot, walking 30 km per day. Kill snakes by stamping with 5x body weight force. L...
Red Kite
Exterminated in Britain by 19th century. Reintroduction from 52 pairs to over 10,000. Prim...
Andean Condor
Wingspan up to 3.1 meters, among the largest flying birds. Can soar for hours without flap...
Golden Eagle
One of the most formidable raptors alive, taking prey as large as foxes and deer fawns. Pa...
Osprey
The only raptor that dives feet-first into water for fish, catching one on almost every at...
Harris Hawk
Famous for hunting cooperatively in family packs, a behavior almost unknown among raptors....
Turkey Vulture
Locates carrion with an exceptional sense of smell, rare among birds. Soars for hours on V...
California Condor
The largest land bird in North America with a wingspan near 3 meters. Dropped to just 27 b...
Anseriformes (8)
Mandarin Duck
Considered the most beautiful duck. In East Asian culture they symbolize love and fidelity...
Mute Swan
The Queen owns all unmarked mute swans in the UK. Can be aggressive, especially with cygne...
Mallard
The ancestor of most domestic ducks and the most familiar wild duck on Earth. Only females...
Canada Goose
Famous for V-formations that cut wind resistance for trailing birds. Pairs mate for life a...
Wood Duck
The most ornate duck in North America, males wearing iridescent green crests. Nests in tre...
Common Eider
The source of eiderdown, the famous insulating lining plucked by females from their own br...
Trumpeter Swan
The heaviest native bird of North America, weighing up to 13 kg. Hunted nearly to extincti...
Bar-headed Goose
Makes one of the highest animal migrations on Earth, crossing the Himalayas above 7,000 me...
Apodiformes (7)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Weighs less than a nickel. Heart beats 1,200 times per minute. Only bird that flies backwa...
Common Swift
Eat, mate, sleep, and collect nesting material while flying. Young may not land for 2-3 ye...
Bee Hummingbird
The smallest bird on Earth, smaller than many of the insects it shares flowers with. Weigh...
Sword-billed Hummingbird
The only bird with a bill longer than its body, shaped for flowers with equally long corol...
Giant Hummingbird
The largest hummingbird, over ten times heavier than the Bee Hummingbird. Wings beat far m...
Chimney Swift
Almost never lands, even sleeping and bathing on the wing. Cannot perch upright, so clings...
White-throated Needletail
Reputedly the fastest bird in level flight, clocked near 112 km/h. Spends nearly its entir...
Apterygiformes (1)
Bucerotiformes (1)
Casuariiformes (2)
Charadriiformes (10)
Atlantic Puffin
Called the clown of the sea. Can dive to 60 meters and hold up to 62 fish in their bill at...
Arctic Tern
Champion of migration: 70,000-90,000 km per year Arctic to Antarctic. Over 30 years that e...
American Avocet
Sweeps its elegant upturned bill side to side through shallow water to stun and capture pr...
Black-necked Stilt
Instantly recognizable by impossibly long pink legs, proportionally the longest of any bir...
Killdeer
A plover of parking lots and ballfields as much as shorelines. Named for its ringing kill-...
Red Knot
Migrates up to 15,000 km from the high Arctic to Tierra del Fuego. Times refueling on Dela...
Ruddy Turnstone
Named for flipping stones, shells, and seaweed in search of crustaceans. Breeds in the hig...
Piping Plover
A pale sand-colored plover that vanishes against open beach. Nests are shallow scrapes lin...
Herring Gull
The textbook seagull of the North Atlantic. Drops shellfish onto rocks and pavement to cra...
Black Skimmer
The only bird with a lower mandible longer than the upper, slicing the water surface in fl...
Ciconiiformes (1)
Columbiformes (2)
Coraciiformes (4)
Common Kingfisher
Electric blue color from light scattering, not pigment. Dive at 25 km/h without splash. Tu...
European Bee-eater
Catch bees and wasps in flight, then beat them against a perch to remove the stinger. Spec...
Laughing Kookaburra
The largest kingfisher, famous for a rolling laugh that opens the dawn chorus. Family grou...
Belted Kingfisher
A powder-blue bolt of a bird with a ragged crest and oversized bill. Hovers before plunge-...
Cuculiformes (2)
Falconiformes (3)
Peregrine Falcon
The fastest animal on Earth, reaching over 390 km/h in a hunting stoop. Found on every con...
American Kestrel
The smallest falcon in North America and one of the most colorful raptors. Can hover in pl...
Gyrfalcon
The largest falcon in the world, nesting on cliffs across the high Arctic. Plumage ranges ...
Galliformes (2)
Gaviiformes (1)
Gruiformes (2)
Passeriformes (24)
Blue Jay
Their blue color comes from light scattering, not pigment. Cache thousands of acorns, help...
Common Raven
One of the smartest animals. Can solve puzzles, use tools, plan ahead, and recognize human...
Northern Cardinal
The state bird of seven US states. Males red color comes from diet carotenoids. Females al...
European Robin
UK national bird and Christmas card staple. Extremely territorial. Remarkably tame around ...
House Sparrow
Most widely distributed wild bird. Originally from Middle East, spread globally with human...
Superb Fairywren
Males turn brilliant blue in breeding season. Over 75% of chicks fathered by males other t...
American Crow
Recognize human faces and teach young to recognize enemies. Hold grudges for years. Make a...
Superb Lyrebird
Greatest mimic in the animal kingdom. Reproduce chainsaws, car alarms, cameras, human spee...
Common Starling
Murmurations of thousands are a natural spectacle. Introduced to North America in 1890 by ...
Common Magpie
One of few animals that can recognize itself in a mirror. Extremely intelligent. Their nes...
Satin Bowerbird
Males build elaborate stick bowers decorated with blue objects. Paint walls with chewed pl...
European Goldfinch
Striking red, white, and black face. Prized as cage birds in the 1800s. The Goldfinch pain...
Painted Bunting
Often called the most beautiful bird in North America. Males have blue, green, and red plu...
American Robin
The classic herald of spring, though most winter within the United States. Named by settle...
Eastern Bluebird
A thrush the color of a summer sky, beloved across eastern backyards. Nest box trails reve...
Black-capped Chickadee
A walnut-weight ball of energy that names itself with a chick-a-dee-dee call. Extra dee sy...
Great Tit
A bold garden bird with a glossy black head and breast stripe. The bigger the stripe, the ...
Northern Mockingbird
Can learn over 200 songs, imitating other birds, car alarms, and frogs. Bachelor males sin...
Red-winged Blackbird
Males flash scarlet shoulder patches to claim marsh territory. A single male may guard up ...
Cedar Waxwing
A silky masked bandit with waxy red wing tips. Flocks descend on berry bushes, sometimes e...
American Goldfinch
Among the strictest vegetarian birds, delaying nesting until thistle seeds ripen in mid su...
Barn Swallow
The most widespread swallow on Earth, breeding across six continents. Forked tails stream ...
Eurasian Jay
A pink woodland corvid with a startling blue wing panel. Caches thousands of acorns each a...
Clark Nutcracker
Stores up to 30,000 pine seeds in autumn and recovers most months later under snow, a memo...
Pelecaniformes (6)
Roseate Spoonbill
Pink like flamingos from carotenoid diet. Spoon-shaped bill swept side to side to catch pr...
Shoebill
Prehistoric-looking with massive shoe-shaped bill. Stand motionless for hours. Bill can de...
Great Blue Heron
The largest heron in North America, standing over a meter tall. Spears fish with a lightni...
Great Egret
A symbol of the National Audubon Society, founded to stop the slaughter for plumes. Lacy b...
Brown Pelican
The only pelican that dives from the air for fish, folding its wings like a cormorant. The...
American White Pelican
One of the heaviest flying birds in North America at nearly 10 kg. Fishes cooperatively, h...
Phoenicopteriformes (1)
Piciformes (4)
Pileated Woodpecker
Largest woodpecker in North America. Woody Woodpecker inspired by this species. Tongue wra...
Toucan (Toco)
Their massive bill is lightweight keratin and helps regulate body temperature. Largest of ...
Northern Flicker
A woodpecker that prefers feeding on the ground, lapping ants with a barbed tongue that ex...
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Drums in bursts of up to 40 strikes at 20 per second. A shock-absorbing skull prevents bra...
Procellariiformes (1)
Psittaciformes (11)
Scarlet Macaw
Can live 75+ years. Beaks can crush chicken wire. Eat clay to neutralize toxins. The Aztec...
Kea
The only alpine parrot. Dismantle cars and steal wallets. Solve logical puzzles and work t...
Kakapo
Heaviest parrot, only flightless and nocturnal parrot. Smells like honey. Recovered from 5...
African Grey Parrot
Considered the most intelligent parrot. Can learn over 1,000 words and use them in context...
Hyacinth Macaw
The largest flying parrot, a full meter of cobalt blue. A bill able to crack macadamia nut...
Budgerigar
The most popular pet bird on Earth. Wild flocks in the Australian outback can number tens ...
Cockatiel
The smallest cockatoo, crowned with an expressive yellow crest. Cheek patches glow brighte...
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
A theatrical white parrot with a blazing yellow fan of a crest. Can live 80 years in capti...
Sun Conure
A torch of orange and yellow, like a flying sunset. Pairs stay close, preening each other ...
Monk Parakeet
The only parrot that builds a massive stick nest with separate chambers, often shared comm...
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
The classic circus and cinema macaw, electric blue above and gold beneath. Pairs fly in ti...
Rheiformes (1)
Sphenisciformes (5)
Emperor Penguin
Breeds during Antarctic winter at -40C. Males incubate eggs for 65 days without eating. Ca...
African Penguin
The only penguin breeding in Africa, nesting in burrows dug into guano. Braying calls earn...
King Penguin
The second largest penguin, striking with vivid orange ear patches. Chicks take a record 1...
Gentoo Penguin
The fastest swimmer among penguins, reaching 36 km/h in bursts. A white stripe across the ...
Little Penguin
The smallest penguin in the world, standing just 33 cm tall. Known as fairy penguins in Au...
Strigiformes (7)
Great Horned Owl
Most widespread owl in the Americas. Rotate head 270 degrees. Can catch prey in total dark...
Snowy Owl
Unlike most owls, diurnal (active in daylight). Males become pure white with age. Hedwig f...
Barn Owl
Found on every continent except Antarctica. Heart-shaped face funnels sound to asymmetric ...
Burrowing Owl
A long-legged owl that lives in underground burrows dug by prairie dogs and ground squirre...
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
One of the largest owls in the world, with females weighing up to 4 kg. Brilliant orange e...
Northern Saw-whet Owl
A tiny owl no bigger than a soda can, yet a fierce hunter of deer mice. Named for a call l...
Tawny Owl
The classic hooting owl of European woodlands, said to have inspired the owl of Winnie the...
Struthioniformes (1)
Suliformes (3)
Northern Gannet
Plunges from 30 meters at 100 km/h, hitting the water like a feathered torpedo. Air sacs u...
Blue-footed Booby
Famous for bright blue feet, whose color reflects diet quality and health. Males strut in ...
Magnificent Frigatebird
Males inflate scarlet throat pouches into balloon-like sails for courtship. Has the greate...