Quick ID
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Color
Size
Where
When
Conservation status
92 matches
SB
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
“Pee-zay bird”
YR
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
“Wild Canary”
M
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
“Candelita (Spanish — "little candle")”
YR
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
“Robin”
WV
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
“White Pelican”
SB
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
“Snake Bird”
YR
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
“American Eagle”
SB
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
“Swallow”
YR
Barred Owl
Strix varia
“Hoot Owl”
YR
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
“Lazy Bird (old Southern)”
M
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
“Zebra Warbler”
M
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
“BTBW (birder abbreviation)”
M
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
“BTNW (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
“Jaybird”
M
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
“Broadwing”
YR
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
“Thrasher”
M
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
“CAWA (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
“Dee-dee bird”
YR
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
“Great Carolina Wren”
WV
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
“Waxwing”
SB
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
“CERW (birder abbreviation)”
M
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
“Pleased-to-meetcha”
SB
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
“Flying Cigar”
SB
Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
“Chuck”
WV
Common Loon
Gavia immer
“Great Northern Diver”
SB
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
“Masked Warbler”
YR
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
“Chicken Hawk”
WV
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
“Snowbird”
YR
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
“Little Woodpecker”
YR
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
“Bluebird of Happiness”
SB
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
“Tyrant”
YR
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
“Meadowlark”
YR
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
“Phoebe”
YR
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
“Towhee”
M
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
“GWWA (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
“Catbird”
YR
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
“Big Cranky”
SB
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
“GCF”
YR
Great Egret
Ardea alba
“Great White Egret”
YR
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
“Hoot Owl”
M
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
“Big Yellowlegs”
WV
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
“Swamp Angel”
SB
Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
“Hoodie”
SB
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
“Blue Canary”
SB
Kentucky Warbler
Geothlypis formosa
“Kentucky”
YR
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
“Killdee”
SB
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
“Small Bittern”
SB
Louisiana Waterthrush
Parkesia motacilla
“LOWA (birder abbreviation)”
M
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
“Maggie”
SB
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
“Grasshopper Hawk”
YR
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
“Turtle Dove (Southern folk name)”
YR
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
“Redbird”
YR
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
“Yellowhammer”
YR
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
“Mocker”
SB
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
“Parula”
SB
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
“Fish Hawk”
M
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
“Teacher Bird”
YR
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
“Lord God Bird (informal; properly the Ivory-bill)”
SB
Pine Warbler
Setophaga pinus
“Pine”
SB
Prairie Warbler
Setophaga discolor
“Prairie”
SB
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
“Golden Swamp Warbler”
SB
Purple Martin
Progne subis
“Martin”
YR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
“Zebra Woodpecker”
SB
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
“Preacher Bird”
YR
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
“Bottomland Hawk”
YR
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
“Redtail”
YR
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
“Red-wing”
WV
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula
“Kinglet”
SB
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
“Hummer”
M
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
“Crane”
M
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
“Firebird (folk)”
WV
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
“Blue Goose (dark morph — same species)”
M
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
“Solitary Tattler”
SB
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
“Summer Redbird”
SB
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
“SWWA (birder abbreviation)”
M
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
“Tennessee”
YR
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
“Peter-bird”
YR
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
“Buzzard”
SB
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
“WAVI (birder abbreviation)”
YR
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
“Upside-down Bird”
SB
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
“Whip-John-with-it”
WV
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
“Old Sam Peabody”
YR
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
“Turkey”
YR
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
“Woodie”
M
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
“Forest Flute”
SB
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
“WEWA (birder abbreviation)”
M
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
“Summer Yellowbird”
SB
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
“Rain Crow”
SB
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
“Chat”
WV
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
“Butter-butt”
SB
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
“YTVI (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
“YTW”