Birdsong field guide

Birds of Oklahoma

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

Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea 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 Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barred OwlStrix varia Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis Black ScoterMelanitta americana 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-billed MagpiePica hudsonia Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-capped VireoVireo atricapilla Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatus Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata 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 Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia BrantBranta bernicla Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus Brown BoobySula leucogaster Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia BushtitPsaltriparus minimus Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus California GullLarus californicus Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus 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 MeadowlarkSturnella lilianae Chihuahuan RavenCorvus cryptoleucus Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis ChukarAlectoris chukar Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus Common CraneGrus grus Common GallinuleGallinula galeata Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina Common LoonGavia immer Common MerganserMergus merganser Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii Common RavenCorvus corax Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Common TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri 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 Elegant TernThalasseus elegans Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor GadwallMareca strepera GarganeySpatula querquedula Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Golden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysoparia Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great FrigatebirdFregata minor Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus Greater ScaupAythya marila Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Green HeronButorides virescens Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris GyrfalconFalco rusticolus 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 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Hooded OrioleIcterus 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 Inca DoveColumbina inca Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi 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 Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena 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 Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus pallidicinctus Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis 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 MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia MallardAnas platyrhynchos Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus MerlinFalco columbarius Mexican DuckAnas diazi Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli 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 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 ShrikeLanius borealis 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 GrosbeakPinicola enucleator Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus 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 Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Red JunglefowlGallus gallus Red KnotCalidris canutus Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealis Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus 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 Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja Ross's GooseAnser rossii 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 Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus SanderlingCalidris alba Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Say's PhoebeSayornis saya Scaled QuailCallipepla squamata Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum 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 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 TernOnychoprion fuscatus SoraPorzana carolina South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus 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 ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vega GullLarus vegae VerdinAuriparus flaviceps Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina Virginia RailRallus limicola Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western BluebirdSialia mexicana Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western Screech-OwlMegascops kennicottii Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus White IbisEudocimus albus White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera 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 WarblerCardellina pusilla Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis Wood DuckAix sponsa Wood StorkMycteria americana Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus