Birdsong field guide

Birds of Massachusetts

580 species have been recorded in Massachusetts. 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 GoshawkAstur atricapillus American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus American KestrelFalco sparverius American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus American PipitAnthus rubescens American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla American RobinTurdus migratorius American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos American WigeonMareca americana American WoodcockScolopax minor Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus AnhingaAnhinga anhinga Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos Baer's PochardAythya baeri Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli Barred OwlStrix varia Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahow Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli Black GuillemotCepphus grylle Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis Black ScoterMelanitta americana Black SkimmerRynchops niger Black SwanCygnus atratus Black TernChlidonias niger Black VultureCoragyps atratus Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia Black-backed OrioleIcterus abeillei Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata 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-tailed GullLarus crassirostris Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea Blue JayCyanocitta cristata Blue-breasted QuailSynoicus chinensis Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius Blue-winged TealSpatula discors Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus Boreal OwlAegolius funereus BramblingFringilla montifringilla BrantBranta bernicla Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Brown BoobySula leucogaster Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown NoddyAnous stolidus Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii California GullLarus californicus California QuailCallipepla californica Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis ChukarAlectoris chukar Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Clapper RailRallus crepitans Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota CockatielNymphicus hollandicus Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Common CuckooCuculus canorus Common EiderSomateria mollissima Common GallinuleGallinula galeata Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Common GreenshankTringa nebularia Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina Common GullLarus canus Common LoonGavia immer Common MerganserMergus merganser Common MurreUria aalge Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Common QuailCoturnix coturnix Common RavenCorvus corax Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Common RedshankTringa totanus Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna Common TernSterna hirundo Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis Desertas PetrelPterodroma deserta Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum DovekieAlle alle 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 Elegant TernThalasseus elegans Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricaria European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis European StarlingSturnus vulgaris European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turtur Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla FieldfareTurdus pilaris Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor GadwallMareca strepera Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii GarganeySpatula querquedula Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii Gray HeronArdea cinerea Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis Gray PartridgePerdix perdix Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Gray-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis Great SkuaStercorarius skua Great TitParus major Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido 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 GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula Heermann's GullLarus heermanni Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis Herring GullLarus argentatus 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 Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Island CanarySerinus canaria Ivory GullPagophila eburnea Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King EiderSomateria spectabilis King RailRallus elegans Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiae 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 SandpiperCalidris minutilla Least TernSternula antillarum LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis LimpkinAramus guarauna Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Little EgretEgretta garzetta Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus Little StintCalidris minuta Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix Long-eared OwlAsio otus Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia MallardAnas platyrhynchos Mandarin DuckAix galericulata Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris Masked BoobySula dactylatra Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus MerlinFalco columbarius Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Mute SwanCygnus olor Nanday ParakeetAratinga nenday Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis Northern GannetMorus bassanus Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ulula Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Northern PintailAnas acuta Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata Northern ShrikeLanius borealis Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius OspreyPandion haliaetus OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva Pacific LoonGavia pacifica Painted BuntingPasserina ciris Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus Piping PloverCharadrius melodus Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica Purple MartinProgne subis Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima 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-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-footed BoobySula sula Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenys Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Red-throated LoonGavia stellata Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens RedheadAythya americana Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja Roseate TernSterna dougallii Ross's GooseAnser rossii Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea 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 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta 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 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolus Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis 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 African ShelduckTadorna cana South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri Steller's Sea-EagleHaliaeetus pelagicus Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita 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 Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus Thick-billed LongspurRhynchophanes mccownii Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted DuckAythya fuligula Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vega GullLarus vegae Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina Virginia RailRallus limicola Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae Wandering TattlerTringa incana Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularis Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus White IbisEudocimus albus White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marina White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurus White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo WilletTringa semipalmata Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus 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-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris 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 Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus