Birdsong field guide

Birds of Wisconsin

508 species have been recorded in Wisconsin. 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 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 Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Arctic LoonGavia arctica Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Azure TitCyanistes cyanus Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia 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 RailLaterallus jamaicensis Black ScoterMelanitta americana Black SwanCygnus atratus Black TernChlidonias niger Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala Black VultureCoragyps atratus Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax 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-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 Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Brown BoobySula leucogaster Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum 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 Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensis Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica 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 CockatielNymphicus hollandicus Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Common EiderSomateria mollissima 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 ShelduckTadorna tadorna Common TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum DovekieAlle alle Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri 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 Emperor GooseAnser canagicus Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis European GreenfinchChloris chloris European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla FieldfareTurdus pilaris Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus Flame-colored TanagerPiranga bidentata 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 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 FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii Gray PartridgePerdix perdix Gray VireoVireo vicinior Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus 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 PheasantPhasianus versicolor Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis 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 Ivory GullPagophila eburnea Kelp GullLarus dominicanus Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King EiderSomateria spectabilis King RailRallus elegans Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena Least BitternBotaurus exilis 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 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-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix 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 Mandarin DuckAix galericulata Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus MerlinFalco columbarius Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberi Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus 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 Hawk OwlSurnia ulula 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 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 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 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-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa 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 Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja 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 TurnstoneArenaria interpres RuffCalidris pugnax Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus SanderlingCalidris alba Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Say's PhoebeSayornis saya Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris 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 ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris 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 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus SoraPorzana carolina Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus 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 Swinhoe's PheasantLophura swinhoii Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted DuckAythya fuligula Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Virginia RailRallus limicola Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western GrebeAechmophorus 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 WagtailMotacilla alba White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis 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-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus Whooping CraneGrus americana Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo WilletTringa semipalmata 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 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-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella