Field guide to the birds of North America

Loons

Grebes

Albatrosses

Shearwaters, petrels

Storm-petrels

Frigatebirds; tropicbirds

Boobies, gannets

Pelicans

Anhingas; cormorants

Herons, bitterns, egrets

Storks, flamingos

Ibises, spoonbills

Ducks, geese, swans

New World vultures; hawks, kites, eagles

Caracaras, falcons

Chacalacas; partridges, grouse, turkeys

New World quail

Limpkin; rails, gallinules, coots

Cranes

Lapwings, plovers

Jacanas; oystercatchers; stilts, avocets

Sandpipers, phalaropes

Skuas, gulls, terns, skimmers

Auks, murres, puffins

Pigeons, doves

Parakeets, parrots

Cuckoos, roadrunners, anis

Owls

Nightjars

Swifts

Hummingbirds

Trogons

Kingfishers

Woodpeckers

Tyrant flycatchers

Shrikes

Vireos

Crows, jays, magpies

Larks

Swallows

Wrentit; chickadees, titmice

Verdins; bushtits

Creepers; nuthatches

Wrens

Dippers

Kinglets; Old World warblers, gnatcatchers

Olds World flycatchers

Thrushes, robins

Mockingbirds, thrashers

Bulbuls; starlings

Accentors; wagtails, pipits

Waxwings; silky-flycatchers

Wood-warblers

Olive warbler

Tanagers

Bananaquits; towhees, sparrows, longspurs, emberiza buntings

Cardinals, grosbeaks, passerina buntings

Blackbirds, orioles

Finches

Old World sparrows; estrildid finches, weavers.