How accurate is Birdsong's bird identifier?

It runs Google's Perch, a research-grade acoustic model covering nearly 15,000 species. When a call is ambiguous, we say so honestly and let you record a second clip to confirm, rather than guessing.

Is my recording stored?

No. Your audio is used to identify the bird in the moment and isn't saved to our servers. The birds you confirm are kept as cards in your own field journal; the recordings themselves are not.

Is the bird identifier free?

Yes — identify birds every day for free, no account required. Birdsong Pro ($3.99/mo or $39.99/yr) unlocks unlimited IDs, full field guides, your growing collection, and shareable Field Report cards.

Do I need an account or internet to identify a bird?

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Birdsong field guide

Birds of District of Columbia

341 species have been recorded in District of Columbia. Tap any bird to hear its call and learn how to identify it.

Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum American AvocetRecurvirostra americana American Barn OwlTyto furcata American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus American Black DuckAnas rubripes American CootFulica americana American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica American GoldfinchSpinus tristis American GoshawkAstur atricapillus American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus American KestrelFalco sparverius American PipitAnthus rubescens American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla American RobinTurdus migratorius American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos American WigeonMareca americana American WoodcockScolopax minor AnhingaAnhinga anhinga Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis Barred OwlStrix varia Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis Black ScoterMelanitta americana Black SkimmerRynchops niger Black SwanCygnus atratus Black TernChlidonias niger Black VultureCoragyps atratus Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea Blue JayCyanocitta cristata Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius Blue-winged TealSpatula discors Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia BrantBranta bernicla Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii California GullLarus californicus Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis Clapper RailRallus crepitans Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota CockatielNymphicus hollandicus Common GallinuleGallinula galeata Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina Common LoonGavia immer Common MerganserMergus merganser Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Common RavenCorvus corax Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Common TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan GadwallMareca strepera Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Greater ScaupAythya marila Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Green HeronButorides virescens Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina Horned GrebePodiceps auritus Horned LarkEremophila alpestris House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus House SparrowPasser domesticus House WrenTroglodytes aedon Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Iceland GullLarus glaucoides Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King RailRallus elegans Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Least BitternBotaurus exilis Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla Least TernSternula antillarum Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus Long-eared OwlAsio otus Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia MallardAnas platyrhynchos Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris MerlinFalco columbarius Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Mute SwanCygnus olor Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Northern PintailAnas acuta Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius OspreyPandion haliaetus OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla Pacific LoonGavia pacifica Painted BuntingPasserina ciris Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus Piping PloverCharadrius melodus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Purple MartinProgne subis Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Red KnotCalidris canutus Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Red-throated LoonGavia stellata Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus RedheadAythya americana Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Rock PigeonColumba livia Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja Roseate TernSterna dougallii Ross's GooseAnser rossii Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus Royal TernThalasseus maximus Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres RuffCalidris pugnax Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini SanderlingCalidris alba Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Say's PhoebeSayornis saya Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis Snow GooseAnser caerulescens Snowy EgretEgretta thula Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria Song SparrowMelospiza melodia Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus SoraPorzana carolina Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Summer TanagerPiranga rubra Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted DuckAythya fuligula Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Virginia RailRallus limicola Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana White IbisEudocimus albus White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo WilletTringa semipalmata Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis Wood DuckAix sponsa Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica