Passerine (Perching) Birds

Authored By: P. Hamel, P. A. Flebbe

Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

Larks (Alaudidae)

Horned Lark

Swallows (Hirundinidae)

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Crows, Ravens, Jays, etc. (Corvidae)

Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven

Titmice and Chickadees (Paridae)

Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch

Creepers (Certhiidae)

Brown Creeper

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Carolina Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren

Gnatcatchers and Kinglets (Sylviidae)

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Thrushes (Turdidae)

Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin

Mimic Thrushes – Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

Waxwing (Bombycillidae)

Cedar Waxwing

Shrikes (Laniidae)

Loggerhead Shrike

Starlings (Sturnidae)

European Starling (Starling)

Vireos (Vireonidae)

White-eyed Vireo
Solitary Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

Warblers (Parulidae)

Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Black-throated Green warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson’s Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager

Grosbeaks, Finches, Sparrows, Buntings, etc. (Fringillidae)

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Rufous-sided Towhee
Bachman’s Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak

Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. (Icteridae)

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Northern (Baltimore) Oriole

Weaver Finches (Ploceidae)

House Sparrow

Encyclopedia ID: p2130

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