NORTH AMERICA

These pages contain images of birds from around North America, with the exception of California and the National Capital Area.

GAVIIDAE - Loons

Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii, juvenile, Lake Havasu,  Arizona, USA 02-24-2002

PODICIPEDIDAE - Grebes

Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus, Brownsville, Texas, USA 02-07-2001

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps podiceps, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

DIOMEDEIDAE - Albatrosses

Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis, juveniles, Princeville, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-08-2006

PROCELLARIIDAE - Shearwaters and petrels

Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata hasitata, Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA 06-02-2006

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis, Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA 06-02-2006

Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis, Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA 06-02-2006

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-07-2006

PHAETHONTIDAE - Tropicbirds

Red-tailed Tropicbirds Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos, adults, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-07-2006

White-tailed Tropicbirds Phaethon lepturus dorothea, adults, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-07-2006

SULIDAE - Gannets and boobies

Red-footed Boobies Sula sula rubripes, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-08-2006

PHALACROCORACIDAE - Cormorants

Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus, Brownsville, Texas, USA 02-07-2001

FREGATIDAE - Frigatebirds

Great Frigatebirds Fregata minor palmerstoni, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-07-2006

ARDEIDAE - Herons, egrets and bitterns

Reddish Egrets Egretta rufescens rufescens, South Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Black-crowned Night-Herons Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli, Kawaiele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-11-2006

THRESKIORNITHIDAE - Ibis and spoonbills

Roseate Spoonbills Platalea ajaja, Texas, USA, February, 2001

ANATIDAE - Ducks, geese and swans

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks Dendrocygna autumnalis, Texas, USA, February, 2001

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis, Machias, Maine, USA 06-18-2004

Pale-bellied Brants Branta bernicla hrota, Nassau County, New York, USA 03-04-2007

Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Hawaiian Ducks Anas wyvilliana, Kawaiele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, 07-11-2006 and 07-12-2006

Mottled Ducks Anas fulvigula, Rockport, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Northern Shovelers Anas clypeata, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Redheads Aythya americana, Rehoboth, Delaware, USA 01-02-2001

CATHARTIDAE - New World vultures

California Condors Gymnogyps californianus, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA 06-12-2002

ACCIPITRIDAE - Hawks, eagles and kites

Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi, El Canelo Ranch, Texas, USA 02-06-2001

Gray Hawk Asturina nitida plagiata, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA 02-05-2001

Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni, Gunnison, Colorado, USA 04-13-2002

Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

White-tailed Hawks Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius, adults, El Canelo Ranch, Texas, USA 02-06-2001

FALCONIDAE - Falcons and caracaras

Crested Caracaras Caracara cheriway audubonii, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 02-08-2001

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus, Piermont, Rockland County, New York, USA 02-27-2007

CRACIDAE - Guans, chachalacas and currasows

Plain Chachalacas Ortalis vetula mccallii, Texas, USA 02-05-2001

MELEAGRIDIDAE - Turkeys

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo merriami, male, Carrizo Canyon, Colorado, USA 04-01-2001

TETRAONIDAE - Grouse, ptarmigan and prairie-chickens

Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis canace, Great Wass Island, Maine, USA 06-17-2004 with video

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus, Cutler, Maine, USA 06-18-2004

Greater Prairie-Chickens Tympanuchus cupido, Wray, Colorado, USA 03-31-2001

ODONTOPHORIDAE - New World Quail

Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus, El Canelo Ranch, Texas, USA 02-06-2001

PHASIANIDAE - Pheasants and partridges

Erckel's Francolin Francolinus erkelii, Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-11-2006

GRUIDAE - Cranes

Sandhill Cranes Grus canadensis, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis, Hayden, California, USA 04-14-2002

Whooping Cranes Grus americana, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA 02-09-2001

RALLIDAE - Rails, gallinules and coots

Hawaiian Moorhens Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis, Kawaiele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-11-2006

Hawaiian Coots Fulica alai, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 2006

RECURVIROSTRIDAE - Avocets and stilts

Hawaiian Stilt Himantopus mexicanus knudseni, adult female, Kawaiele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-11-2006

Black-necked Stilts Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

CHARADRIIDAE - Plovers and lapwings

Piping Plovers Charadrius melodus, adults, Reid State Park, Maine, USA 06-13-2004

SCOLOPACIDAE - Sandpipers

Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus, Mustang Island State Park, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima, basic plumage, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA 04-27-2001

STERCORARIIDAE - Jaegers and skuas

Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus, 3rd calendar-year, Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA 06-02-2006

LARIDAE - Gulls

Laughing Gulls Larus atricapilla megalopterus, first cycles, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Laughing Gulls Larus atricapilla megalopterus, second cycles, Boca Chica, Texas, USA 02-08-2001

Laughing Gulls Larus atricapilla megalopterus, adults, South Texas, USA, February, 2001

STERNIDAE - Terns

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia, Port Aransas, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Royal Terns Sterna maxima maxima, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, USA 02-10-2001

Common Terns Sterna hirundo, adults, Machias Seal Island, Maine, USA 06-17-2004

Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea, adults, Machias Seal Island, Maine, USA 06-17-2004

Least Tern Sterna antillarum, adult, Reid State Park, Maine, USA 06-13-2004

Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus, adult, Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA 06-02-2006

ALCIDAE - Auks, murres and puffins

Common Murres Uria aalge aalge, adults, Machias Seal Island, Maine, USA 06-17-2004

Razorbills Alca torda torda, adults, Machias Seal Island, Maine, USA 06-17-2004

Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica, adults, Machias Seal Island, Maine, USA 06-17-2004

COLUMBIDAE - Pigeons and doves

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-07-2006

Zebra Doves Geopelia striata, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 2006

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura marginella, Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA 02-24-2002

White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica asiatica, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Inca Doves Columbina inca, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

White-tipped Doves Leptotila verreauxi angelica, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

STRIGIDAE - Owls

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus, Piermont, Rockland County, New York, USA 02-27-2007

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus, Riverside Reservoir, Colorado, USA 02-18-2002

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum, El Canelo Ranch, Texas, USA 02-06-2001

CAPRIMULGIDAE - Nightjars

Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis merrilli, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, USA 02-05-2001

PICIDAE - Woodpeckers

Golden-fronted Woodpeckers Melanerpes aurifrons aurifrons, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris cactophilus, male, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Red-shafted Flicker Colaptes auratus cafer, female, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-21-2001

TYRANNIDAE - Tyrant flycatchers

Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens, Watson Springs, Georgia, USA 07-05-2002

Great Kiskadees Pitangus sulphuratus texanus, Texas, USA, February, 2001

Western Kingbirds Tyrannus verticalis, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 05-27-2002

ALAUDIDAE - Larks

Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris enthymia, male, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

MOTACILLIDAE - Wagtails and pipits

Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA 02-07-2001

BOMBYCILLIDAE - Waxwings

Cedar Waxwings Bombycilla cedrorum, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-21-2001

TROGLODYTIDAE - Wrens

Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus couesi, Laredo, Texas, USA 02-03-2001

MIMIDAE - Mockingbirds and thrashers

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum longicauda, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 05-27-2002

Long-billed Thrashers Toxostoma longirostre sennetti, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre, Falcon Lake, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

TURDIDAE - Thrushes

Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus swainsoni, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 05-27-2002

MONARCHIDAE - Monarch flycatchers

Kaua'i Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis sclateri, Alaka'i Plateau, Koke'e State Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-09-2006

PARIDAE - Chickadees and tits

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla atricapilla, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA 04-27-2001

Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli gambeli, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-20-2001

Mountain Chickadees Poecile gambeli gambeli, Silver Plume, Colorado, USA 12-03-2000

CORVIDAE - Crows and jays

Green Jays Cyanocorax yncas glaucescens, Texas, USA, February, 2001

American Crows Corvus brachyrhynchos, Boulder, Colorado, USA 02-17-2002

ESTRILDIDAE - Waxbills and allies

Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla, Princeville, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-08-2006

Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora, Princeville, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 07-08-2006

FRINGILLIDAE - Finches, siskins and crossbills

Hepburn's Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis, Silver Plume, Colorado, USA 12-03-2000

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-20-2001

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis, Silver Plume, Colorado, USA 12-03-2000

Black Rosy-Finches Leucosticte atrata, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-20-2001

Black Rosy-Finches Leucosticte atrata, Masonville, Colorado, USA 03-30-2002

Brown-capped Rosy-Finches Leucosticte australis, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-20-2001

Cassin's Finches Carpodacus cassinii, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-21-2001

Red Crossbills Loxia curvirostra, Gross Reservoir, Colorado, USA 02-17-2002

Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus brooksi, female, Taos, New Mexico, USA 01-21-2001

PARULIDAE - New World warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata orestera, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

EMBERIZIDAE - Buntings, seedeaters and allies

White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola sharpei, San Ygnacio, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti, Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA 02-24-2002

American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea arborea, Jones Beach State Park, Nassau County, New York, USA 03-04-2007

Lark Buntings Calamospiza melanocorys, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii, Mitchell Lake, Texas, USA 02-03-2001

Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

Pink-sided Junco Junco hyemalis mearnsi, Bonny State Park, Colorado, USA 03-31-2001

McCown's Longspur Calcarius mccownii, male, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus, Jones Beach State Park, Nassau County, New York, USA 03-04-2007

Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 05-27-2002

CARDINALIDAE - Saltators, cardinals and allies

Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus, male, Falcon Lake, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Dickcissel Spiza americana, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 06-23-2001

ICTERIDAE - Blackbirds, orioles and allies

Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus, male, Campo, Colorado, USA 04-01-2001

Great-tailed Grackles Quiscalus mexicanus, Goose Island State Park, Texas, USA 02-09-2001

Brown-headed Cowbirds Molothrus ater ater, females, Jones Beach State Park, Nassau County, New York, USA 03-04-2007

Altamira Orioles Icterus gularis tamaulipensis, Salineno, Texas, USA 02-04-2001

Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius spurius, male, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA 05-27-2002