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Bird Names

Bird Names: List of Bird Names and Types of Birds.

Here you will find a huge list of birds categorized by different types and illustrated with beautiful bird images. There are thousands of different types of birds.

 

What are birds?

Birds are warm-blooded, have backbones, and have wings. They’re also the only animals with feathers.

Types of Birds

Because there are so many different kinds of birds, there are also many different ways to sort birds into various types. Before we start listing bird names, we’ll cover the different types of birds.

 

List of Bird Names

This list will use common bird names. It will be sorted by broader type and then it will list some of the most common and popular birds of that type. Keep in mind that this list does not include all bird names that exist!

 

List of Birds

No.-1.Auks

Types of Auks:-

Crested Auklet

Great Auk

Japanese Murrelet

Little Auk

Razorbill

Tufted Puffin

No.-2.Blackbirds

Brewer’s Blackbird

Cuban Blackbird

Eurasian Blackbird

Red-Winged Blackbird

Tawny-Shouldered Blackbird

Tricolored Blackbird

Yellow-Headed Blackbird

No.-3.Chickadees

Black-Capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Carolina Chickadee

Chestnut-Backed Chickadee

Gray-Headed Chickadee

Mexican Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

No.-4.Crows

American Crow

Cape Crow

Carrion Crow

Collared Crow

Eastern Jungle Crow

Fish Crow

Flores Crow

Grey Crow

Hooded Crow

House Crow

Large-Billed Crow

Little Crow

Long-Billed Crow

Mariana Crow

Northwestern Crow

Palm Crow

Pied Crow

Piping Crow

Slender-Billed Crow

Torresian Crow

Violet Crow

White-Billed Crow

White-Necked Crow

No.-5.Doves

African Collard Dove

Carribean Dove

Common Ground Dove

Eurasian Collared Dove

European Turtle Dove

Inca Dove

Mourning Dove

Oriental Turtle Dove

Spotted Dove

Turtle Dove

White-Tipped Dove

White-Winged Dove

Zenaida Dove

Ducks

No.-6.Ducks

African Black Duck

American Black Duck

Australian Wood Duck

Black-Headed Duck

Comb Duck

Crested Duck

Eastern Spot-Billed Duck

Freckled Duck

Harlequin Duck

Hartlaub’s Duck

Lake Duck

Mallard (This is probably the best-known duck)

Mandarin Duck

Masked Duck

Mottled Duck

Musk Duck

Pacific Black Duck

Pink-Eared Duck

Plumed Whistling Duck

Red-Billed Duck

Ring-Necked Duck

Ruddy Duck

Spotted Whistling Duck

Torrent Duck

Tufted Duck

Wandering Whistling Duck

Western Spot-Billed Duck

White-Backed Duck

White-Faced Whistling Duck

Wood Duck

Yellow-Billed Duck

No.-7.Falcons

African Hobby

American Kestrel

Amur Falcon

Aplomado Falcon

Australian Kestrel

Banded Kestrel

Bat Falcon

Black Falcon

Brown Falcon

Common Kestrel

Dickinson’s Kestrel

Elenora’s Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Fox Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Grey Falcon

Grey Kestrel

Gyrfalcon

Lanner Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Malagasy Kestrel

Mauritius Kestrel

Merlin

New Zealand Falcon

Orange-Breasted Falcon

Oriental Hobby

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon

Red-Footed Falcon

Red-Necked Falcon

Rock Kestrel

Seychelles Kestrel

Sooty Falcon

Spotted Kestrel

No.-8.Finches

Brambling

Bullfinch

Chaffinch

Common Redpoll

Common Rosefinch

Crossbill

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Hawfinch

Lesser Redpoll

Linnet

Parrot Crossbill

Scottish Crossbill

Serin

Siskin

Twite

No.-9.Flycatchers

North American Flycatcher

Eurasian Flycatcher

Mexican Flycatcher

No.-10.Game Birds

Game birds are birds that people commonly eat. Some game birds fit better in other categories, but the ones that don’t have a better place are listed here.

 

Grey Partridge

Bobwhite Quail

Ringneck Pheasant

Ruffed Grouse

Sharptail Grouse

Wild Turkey

No.-11.Geese

African Goose

Barnacle Goose

Canada Goose

Crested Goose

Emperor Goose

Eurasian Goose

Grey Goose

Magellan Goose

North American Goose

Pilgrim Goose

Pomeranian Goose

Red-Breasted Goose

Upland Goose

No.-12.Gulls

Andean gull

Common Gull

Gray Gull

Ivory Gull

Laughing Gull

Little Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Pacific Gull

Red-Billed Gull

Swallow-Tailed Gull

No.-13.Hawks

Broad-Winged Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Gray Hawk

Harris’s Hawk

Osprey

Red-Shouldered Hawk

Red-Tailed Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

Swainson’s Hawk

White-Tailed Hawk

Zone-Tailed Hawk

 

Herons

No.-14.Herons

American Bittern

Cattle Egret

Glossy Ibis

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Green Heron

Limpkin

Little Blue Heron

Roseate Spoonbill

Sandhill Crane

Snowy Egret

Tricolored Heron

White Ibis

Whooping Crane

Wood Stork

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

No.-15.Hummingbirds

Allen’s Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Bee Hummingbird (This is the smallest bird!)

Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Costa’s Hummingbird

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

No.-16.Jays

Beautiful Jay

Blue Jay

California Scrub Jay

Canada jay

Eurasian Jay

Florida Scrub Jay

Henderson’s Ground Jay

Pinyon Jay

Steller’s Jay

No.-17.Kingfishers

Amazon Kingfisher

Azure Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Collard Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher

Forest Kingfisher

Little Kingfisher

Sacred Kingfisher

No.-18.Nuthatches

Brown-Headed Nuthatch

Eurasian Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Ostriches

Arabian Ostrich

Common Ostrich (This is the biggest bird!)

Masai Ostrich

North African Ostrich

Southern Ostrich

No.-19. Owls

Barn Owl

Eastern Screech Owl

Great Horned Owl

Long-Eared Owl

Oriental Bay Owl

Snowy Owl

Speckled Owl

Tawny Owl

No.-20. Parrots

African Grey

Amazon Parrot

Macaw

Senegal Parrot

No.-21. Penguins

Adelie Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin

Emperor Penguin

King Penguin

Macaroni Penguin

Rockhopper Penguin

No.-22. Pigeons

Berne Lark

Domestic Pigeon

Homing Pigeon

King Pigeon

No.-23. Ravens

Australian Raven

Common Raven

Forest Rave

Pied Raven

Thick-Billed Raven

No.-24. Seabirds

Like game birds, seabirds contain many different types of birds.

 

Albatross

Booby

Cormorant

Pelican

Petrel

No.-25. Shorebirds

American Golden Plover

Baird’s Sandpiper

Sanderling

No.-26. Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House Sparrow

Rock Sparrow

Russet Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

True Sparrow

No.-27. Swallows

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cave Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Violet-Green Swallow

No.-28. Swans

Black Swan

Black-Necked Swan

Mute Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

No.-29. Swifts

Antillean Palm Swift

Chimney Swift

Common Swift

Edible-Nest Swift

White-Collared Swift

 

Terns

 

No.-30. Terns

Arctic Tern

Black Tern

Common Tern

Elegant Tern

Lesser Tern

River Tern

Sandwich Tern

No.-31. Thrushes

American Robin

Bicknell’s Thrush

Gray-Cheeked Thrush

Eastern Bluebird

Wood Thrush

No.-32. Warblers

Arctic Warbler

Blue-Winged Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Kentucky Warbler

Palm Warbler

No.-33. Woodpeckers

Downy Woodpecker

Grey-Headed Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

No.-34. Wrens

Carolina Wren

Eurasian Wren

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Winter Wren

 

Common Bird Names

List of Birds

Crow

Peacock

Dove

Sparrow

Goose

Ostrich

Pigeon

Turkey

Hawk

Bald eagle

Raven

Parrot

Flamingo

Seagull

Swallow

Blackbird

Penguin

Robin

Swan

Owl

Stork

Woodpecker

Birds Images

 

List of names of birds with example sentences

 

Crow

Crows are black.

 

 

Peacock

There’s a peacock in the courtyard.

 

 

Dove

The dove is a symbol of peace.

 

 

Sparrow

The sparrow has a worm in its beak.

 

 

Goose

It was a wild goose chase.

 

 

Ostrich

The ostrich has wings, but it cannot fly.

 

 

Pigeon

Have you ever seen a baby pigeon?

 

 

Turkey

A turkey is a little bigger than a chicken.

 

 

 

Hawk

Hawks are birds of prey.

 

Bald eagle

A bald eagle is a large white – headed eagle.

 

Raven

It’s not a crow. It’s a raven.

 

 

Parrot

A parrot can imitate human speech.

 

 

Flamingo

A flamingo was etched on his shirt.

 

Seagull

Tom seems to enjoy just sitting on the dock and watching the seagulls.

 

 

Swallow

Look! Swallows are flying in the sky!

 

 

Blackbird

The blackbird is found in every country of Europe.

 

 

Penguin

There were penguin footprints in the sand.

 

 

Robin

A robin is easy to identify because of its red breast.

 

Swan

All swans are white.

 

 

Owl

Owls have big eyes.

 

 

Stork

A stork flew slowly past.

 

 

Woodpecker

The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.

 

 

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