Birdsong field guide

Birds of Louisiana

517 species have been recorded in Louisiana. Tap any bird to hear its call and learn how to identify it.

Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin American AvocetRecurvirostra americana American Barn OwlTyto furcata American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus American Black DuckAnas rubripes American CootFulica americana American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica American GoldfinchSpinus tristis American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus American KestrelFalco sparverius American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus American PipitAnthus rubescens American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla American RobinTurdus migratorius American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos American WigeonMareca americana American WoodcockScolopax minor AnhingaAnhinga anhinga Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmanii Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis Barred OwlStrix varia Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus 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 VireoVireo atricapilla Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea Blue JayCyanocitta cristata Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius Blue-throated Mountain-gemLampornis clemenciae Blue-winged TealSpatula discors Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia BrantBranta bernicla Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus Brown BoobySula leucogaster Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown NoddyAnous stolidus Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii California GullLarus californicus Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica Chihuahuan RavenCorvus cryptoleucus Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis ChukarAlectoris chukar Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Clapper RailRallus crepitans Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana 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 TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Crowned Slaty FlycatcherEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer 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 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor GadwallMareca strepera Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii Gray GullLeucophaeus modestus Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus Greater ScaupAythya marila Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Green HeronButorides virescens Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula Heermann's GullLarus heermanni Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina Horned GrebePodiceps auritus Horned LarkEremophila alpestris House CrowCorvus splendens House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus House SparrowPasser domesticus House WrenTroglodytes aedon Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Iceland GullLarus glaucoides Inca DoveColumbina inca Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis JabiruJabiru mycteria Kelp GullLarus dominicanus Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King EiderSomateria spectabilis King RailRallus elegans Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous Least BitternBotaurus exilis Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla Least TernSternula antillarum LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes LimpkinAramus guarauna Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus Long-eared OwlAsio otus Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla Lucifer HummingbirdCalothorax lucifer Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia MallardAnas platyrhynchos Mandarin DuckAix galericulata Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris Masked BoobySula dactylatra Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus MerlinFalco columbarius Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Mute SwanCygnus olor Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Northern GannetMorus bassanus Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Northern PintailAnas acuta Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe 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 Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus 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 Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica Purple MartinProgne subis Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus RazorbillAlca torda Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Red JunglefowlGallus gallus Red KnotCalidris canutus Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealis Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-faced WarblerCardellina rubrifrons Red-footed BoobySula sula Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Red-throated LoonGavia stellata Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens RedheadAythya americana Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja Ross's GooseAnser rossii Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus Royal TernThalasseus maximus Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres RuffCalidris pugnax Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus SanderlingCalidris alba Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Say's PhoebeSayornis saya Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolus Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis Snow GooseAnser caerulescens Snowy EgretEgretta thula Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria Song SparrowMelospiza melodia Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus SoraPorzana carolina South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris Summer TanagerPiranga rubra Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana Swan GooseAnser cygnoides Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina Thick-billed LongspurRhynchophanes mccownii Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina Virginia RailRallus limicola Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis Western GullLarus occidentalis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana Western Warbling VireoVireo swainsoni Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus White IbisEudocimus albus White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi Whooping CraneGrus americana Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo WilletTringa semipalmata Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis Wood DuckAix sponsa Wood StorkMycteria americana Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus