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Birdsong field guide

Birds of Washington

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

Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus 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 DipperCinclus mexicanus 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 Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos American WigeonMareca americana Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Arctic LoonGavia arctica Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Ashy Storm-PetrelHydrobates homochroa Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis Barred OwlStrix varia Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans Black ScoterMelanitta americana Black SwanCygnus atratus Black SwiftCypseloides niger Black TernChlidonias niger Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax Black-footed AlbatrossPhoebastria nigripes Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris 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-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii 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 Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus BrantBranta bernicla Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus 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 Buller's ShearwaterArdenna bulleri Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia BushtitPsaltriparus minimus Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii California CondorGymnogyps californianus California GullLarus californicus California QuailCallipepla californica California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cassin's AukletPtychoramphus aleuticus Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica Chilean TinamouNothoprocta perdicaria Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina ChukarAlectoris chukar Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota CockatielNymphicus hollandicus Cocos BoobySula brewsteri Common CraneGrus grus Common EiderSomateria mollissima Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Common LoonGavia immer Common MerganserMergus merganser Common MurreUria aalge Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii Common RavenCorvus corax Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula Common TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae Crested AukletAethia cristatella Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri Dusky GrouseDendragapus obscurus Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca Elegant TernThalasseus elegans Emperor GooseAnser canagicus EmuDromaius novaehollandiae Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Falcated DuckMareca falcata Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana Fork-tailed Storm-PetrelHydrobates furcatus Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor GadwallMareca strepera GarganeySpatula querquedula Giant Wood-RailAramides ypecaha Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens 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 Crowned-CraneBalearica regulorum Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii Gray PartridgePerdix perdix Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great EgretArdea alba Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Greater PeweeContopus pertinax Greater Sage-GrouseCentrocercus urophasianus Greater ScaupAythya marila Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Green HeronButorides virescens Green PeafowlPavo muticus Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Guadalupe MurreletSynthliboramphus hypoleucus GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula Hawaiian PetrelPterodroma sandwichensis Heermann's GullLarus heermanni Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina Horned GrebePodiceps auritus Horned LarkEremophila alpestris Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus House SparrowPasser domesticus House WrenTroglodytes aedon Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni Iceland GullLarus glaucoides Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Ivory GullPagophila eburnea Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King EiderSomateria spectabilis Kittlitz's MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostris Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei Laysan AlbatrossPhoebastria immutabilis Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous Least AukletAethia pusilla Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus 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 Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla 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 Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatus 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 Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris McKay's BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreus MerlinFalco columbarius Military MacawAra militaris Mitred ParakeetPsittacara mitratus Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultima Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Mute SwanCygnus olor Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Nazca BoobySula granti Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis Northern Giant-PetrelMacronectes halli Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ulula Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Northern PintailAnas acuta Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnoma 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-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius OspreyPandion haliaetus OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva Pacific LoonGavia pacifica Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus Painted BuntingPasserina ciris Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus Pink-footed ShearwaterArdenna creatopus Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus Piping PloverCharadrius melodus Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea Providence PetrelPterodroma solandri Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica Purple MartinProgne subis Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Red JunglefowlGallus gallus Red KnotCalidris canutus Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus Red-footed BoobySula sula Red-legged KittiwakeRissa brevirostris Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenys Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Red-throated LoonGavia stellata Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus RedheadAythya americana RedwingTurdus iliacus Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri Ross's GooseAnser rossii Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres RuffCalidris pugnax Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus Sagebrush SparrowArtemisiospiza nevadensis 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 Scripps's MurreletSynthliboramphus scrippsi Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Short-tailed AlbatrossPhoebastria albatrus Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolus Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus SmewMergellus albellus 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 Song ThrushTurdus philomelos Sooty GrouseDendragapus fuliginosus Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea SoraPorzana carolina South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Summer TanagerPiranga rubra Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata SurfbirdCalidris virgata Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus Swallow-tailed GullCreagrus furcatus Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana Swan GooseAnser cygnoides Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex Taiga Bean-GooseAnser fabalis Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii 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 BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted DuckAythya fuligula Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vega GullLarus vegae Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina Virginia RailRallus limicola Wandering TattlerTringa incana Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica Western BluebirdSialia mexicana Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis Western GullLarus occidentalis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western Screech-OwlMegascops kennicottii Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana Western Warbling VireoVireo swainsoni Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus White IbisEudocimus albus White WagtailMotacilla alba White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche cauta White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi White-headed WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus albolarvatus White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus White-tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucura White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus 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 SandpiperTringa glareola Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii 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-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