Are you searching for bird names in English? Here you will find a huge list of birds categorized by different types and illustrated with beautiful bird images. There are thousands of different types of birds and for this simple reason, it can seem like an overwhelming task to learn all of the names of birds in the English language. But it doesn’t have to be a challenge. A great way to learn the names of birds in English is to attempt to remember five every day, slowly but surely adding new words to your arsenal and giving you the upper hand during any conversations that relate to birds.
Are Birds Animals?
What are birds?
Birds are warm-blooded, have backbones, and have wings. They’re also the only animals with feathers. Did you know that there are as many as ten thousand different species of bird? That’s a lot of different birds! In this lesson, we’ll list some of these birds, and we’ll also give a few ways in which they can be sorted into different types.
There are all sorts of fun facts about birds. For instance, did you know that some birds can’t fly, even though they have wings? Did you know that the smallest bird is lighter than a small coin, and the largest bird can weigh nearly three hundred pounds? All of these birds will be listed below.
Types of Birds
Because there are so many different kinds of birds, there are also many different ways to sort birds into various types. Before we start listing bird names, we’ll cover the different types of birds.
Flightless vs. Flighted
One way to sort birds is by whether or not they are able to fly. Most people picture flying birds when they think about birds, There are around sixty different species of flightless birds, which sounds like a lot, but remember, there are around ten thousand bird species in total. There really aren’t very many types of birds that can’t fly. These include penguins, ostriches, emus, and kiwis.
Pets vs. Wild
Some birds make excellent pets. Other birds are really better suited to staying in the wild, or, at worst, in a conservatory or zoo. Some of the best pets are parakeets, cockatiels, cockatoos, and parrots. There are also birds that are often more working animals than pets, but they can still be mistaken as pets or even treated like them. This includes pigeons and falcons, which can be used as messenger birds or hunting birds.
Common Name
Probably the most common way to sort birds is according to their common name. All of the different types of birds listed above are parts of their common name. The list of bird names below will be sorted by common name. So, for example, instead of using the scientific name for parrots, we will just list some of the more popular or common types of parrots all together.
List of Bird Names
This list will use common bird names. It will be sorted by broader type (parrot, for example), and then it will list some of the most common and popular birds of that type. Keep in mind that this list does not include all bird names that exist!
List of Birds
Auks
- Crested Auklet
- Great Auk
- Japanese Murrelet
- Little Auk
- Razorbill
- Tufted Puffin
Blackbirds
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Cuban Blackbird
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Tawny-Shouldered Blackbird
- Tricolored Blackbird
- Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Chickadees
- Black-Capped Chickadee
- Boreal Chickadee
- Carolina Chickadee
- Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
- Gray-Headed Chickadee
- Mexican Chickadee
- Mountain Chickadee
Crows
- American Crow
- Cape Crow
- Carrion Crow
- Collared Crow
- Eastern Jungle Crow
- Fish Crow
- Flores Crow
- Grey Crow
- Hooded Crow
- House Crow
- Large-Billed Crow
- Little Crow
- Long-Billed Crow
- Mariana Crow
- Northwestern Crow
- Palm Crow
- Pied Crow
- Piping Crow
- Slender-Billed Crow
- Torresian Crow
- Violet Crow
- White-Billed Crow
- White-Necked Crow
Doves
- African Collard Dove
- Carribean Dove
- Common Ground Dove
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Turtle Dove
- Inca Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Oriental Turtle Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Turtle Dove
- White-Tipped Dove
- White-Winged Dove
- Zenaida Dove
Ducks
- African Black Duck
- American Black Duck
- Australian Wood Duck
- Black-Headed Duck
- Comb Duck
- Crested Duck
- Eastern Spot-Billed Duck
- Freckled Duck
- Harlequin Duck
- Hartlaub’s Duck
- Lake Duck
- Mallard (This is probably the best-known duck)
- Mandarin Duck
- Masked Duck
- Mottled Duck
- Musk Duck
- Pacific Black Duck
- Pink-Eared Duck
- Plumed Whistling Duck
- Red-Billed Duck
- Ring-Necked Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Spotted Whistling Duck
- Torrent Duck
- Tufted Duck
- Wandering Whistling Duck
- Western Spot-Billed Duck
- White-Backed Duck
- White-Faced Whistling Duck
- Wood Duck
- Yellow-Billed Duck
Falcons
- African Hobby
- American Kestrel
- Amur Falcon
- Aplomado Falcon
- Australian Kestrel
- Banded Kestrel
- Bat Falcon
- Black Falcon
- Brown Falcon
- Common Kestrel
- Dickinson’s Kestrel
- Elenora’s Falcon
- Eurasian Hobby
- Fox Kestrel
- Greater Kestrel
- Grey Falcon
- Grey Kestrel
- Gyrfalcon
- Lanner Falcon
- Lesser Kestrel
- Malagasy Kestrel
- Mauritius Kestrel
- Merlin
- New Zealand Falcon
- Orange-Breasted Falcon
- Oriental Hobby
- Peregrine Falcon
- Prairie Falcon
- Red-Footed Falcon
- Red-Necked Falcon
- Rock Kestrel
- Seychelles Kestrel
- Sooty Falcon
- Spotted Kestrel
Finches
- Brambling
- Bullfinch
- Chaffinch
- Common Redpoll
- Common Rosefinch
- Crossbill
- Goldfinch
- Greenfinch
- Hawfinch
- Lesser Redpoll
- Linnet
- Parrot Crossbill
- Scottish Crossbill
- Serin
- Siskin
- Twite
Flycatchers
- North American Flycatcher
- Eurasian Flycatcher
- Mexican Flycatcher
Game Birds
Game birds are birds that people commonly eat. Some game birds fit better in other categories, but the ones that don’t have a better place are listed here.
- Grey Partridge
- Bobwhite Quail
- Ringneck Pheasant
- Ruffed Grouse
- Sharptail Grouse
- Wild Turkey
Geese
- African Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Canada Goose
- Crested Goose
- Emperor Goose
- Eurasian Goose
- Grey Goose
- Magellan Goose
- North American Goose
- Pilgrim Goose
- Pomeranian Goose
- Red-Breasted Goose
- Upland Goose
Gulls
- Andean gull
- Common Gull
- Gray Gull
- Ivory Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Little Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Pacific Gull
- Red-Billed Gull
- Swallow-Tailed Gull
Hawks
- Broad-Winged Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Gray Hawk
- Harris’s Hawk
- Osprey
- Red-Shouldered Hawk
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Rough-Legged Hawk
- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
- Swainson’s Hawk
- White-Tailed Hawk
- Zone-Tailed Hawk
Herons
- American Bittern
- Cattle Egret
- Glossy Ibis
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Green Heron
- Limpkin
- Little Blue Heron
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Sandhill Crane
- Snowy Egret
- Tricolored Heron
- White Ibis
- Whooping Crane
- Wood Stork
- Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
Hummingbirds
- Allen’s Hummingbird
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Bee Hummingbird (This is the smallest bird!)
- Black-Chinned Hummingbird
- Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
Jays
- Beautiful Jay
- Blue Jay
- California Scrub Jay
- Canada jay
- Eurasian Jay
- Florida Scrub Jay
- Henderson’s Ground Jay
- Pinyon Jay
- Steller’s Jay
Kingfishers
- Amazon Kingfisher
- Azure Kingfisher
- Belted Kingfisher
- Collard Kingfisher
- Common Kingfisher
- Forest Kingfisher
- Little Kingfisher
- Sacred Kingfisher
Nuthatches
- Brown-Headed Nuthatch
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Pygmy Nuthatch
- Red-Breasted Nuthatch
- White-Breasted Nuthatch
Ostriches
- Arabian Ostrich
- Common Ostrich (This is the biggest bird!)
- Masai Ostrich
- North African Ostrich
- Southern Ostrich
Owls
- Barn Owl
- Eastern Screech Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Long-Eared Owl
- Oriental Bay Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Speckled Owl
- Tawny Owl
Parrots
- African Grey
- Amazon Parrot
- Macaw
- Senegal Parrot
Penguins
- Adelie Penguin
- Chinstrap Penguin
- Emperor Penguin
- King Penguin
- Macaroni Penguin
- Rockhopper Penguin
Pigeons
- Berne Lark
- Domestic Pigeon
- Homing Pigeon
- King Pigeon
Ravens
- Australian Raven
- Common Raven
- Forest Rave
- Pied Raven
- Thick-Billed Raven
Seabirds
Like game birds, seabirds contain many different types of birds.
- Albatross
- Booby
- Cormorant
- Pelican
- Petrel
Shorebirds
- American Golden Plover
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Sanderling
Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- Rock Sparrow
- Russet Sparrow
- Spanish Sparrow
- True Sparrow
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Cave Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Purple Martin
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-Green Swallow
Swans
- Black Swan
- Black-Necked Swan
- Mute Swan
- Trumpeter Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Whooper Swan
Swifts
- Antillean Palm Swift
- Chimney Swift
- Common Swift
- Edible-Nest Swift
- White-Collared Swift
Terns
- Arctic Tern
- Black Tern
- Common Tern
- Elegant Tern
- Lesser Tern
- River Tern
- Sandwich Tern
Thrushes
- American Robin
- Bicknell’s Thrush
- Gray-Cheeked Thrush
- Eastern Bluebird
- Wood Thrush
Warblers
- Arctic Warbler
- Blue-Winged Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Kentucky Warbler
- Palm Warbler
Woodpeckers
- Downy Woodpecker
- Grey-Headed Woodpecker
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Wrens
- Carolina Wren
- Eurasian Wren
- House Wren
- Marsh Wren
- Winter Wren
Birds Images | Names of Birds with Images
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Common Bird Names with Pictures
List of Birds
- Crow
- Peacock
- Dove
- Sparrow
- Goose
- Ostrich
- Pigeon
- Turkey
- Hawk
- Bald eagle
- Raven
- Parrot
- Flamingo
- Seagull
- Swallow
- Blackbird
- Penguin
- Robin
- Swan
- Owl
- Stork
- Woodpecker
Birds Images
Bird Names with Photos
Learn more about different parts of a bird in English.
Bird Names with Pictures and Examples
List of names of birds with images and example sentences.
Crow
Crows are black birds.
Peacock
A peacock is a bird with colorful feathers.
Dove
A dove is a bird that symbolizes peace.
Sparrow
A sparrow is a bird with a worm in its beak.
Goose
A wild goose chase means a pointless pursuit.
Ostrich
An ostrich is a bird that has wings but cannot fly.
Pigeon
Baby pigeons are rarely seen because they stay in their nests.
Turkey
A turkey is a bird that is slightly bigger than a chicken.
Hawk
Hawks are birds of prey that hunt for food.
Bald eagle
A bald eagle is a large bird with a white head.
Raven
A raven is a bird that is similar to a crow.
Parrot
A parrot is a bird that can mimic human speech.
Flamingo
A flamingo is a bird that has long legs and a pink color.
Seagull
Seagulls are birds that are commonly found near the sea.
Swallow
Swallows are birds that fly in the sky.
Blackbird
A blackbird is a bird that is found in Europe.
Penguin
Penguins are birds that live in cold climates and have flippers instead of wings.
Robin
A robin is a bird with a red breast.
Swan
Swans are birds that are usually white.
Owl
Owls are birds that have big eyes and hunt at night.
Stork
A stork is a bird that is known for delivering babies in folklore.
Woodpecker
A woodpecker is a bird that pecks holes in trees with its beak.
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Bird Group Names with Birds Images
List of Birds Groups (Flocks of Birds)
- A stand of flamingos
- A squabble of seagulls
- A run of poultry
- A rafter of turkeys
- A pride/A flock of ostriches
- A prattle of parrots
- A pod/A scoop of pelicans
- A parliament/A stare of owls
- A mustering/A flight/A phalanx of storks
- A muster/An ostentation/A pride of peacocks
- A murder/A hover/A muster/A parcel of crows
- A mews/An aerie/A cast/A kettle/A mew/A screw/A stream of hawks
- A host/A quarrel/A tribe/A ubiquity of sparrows
- A herd/A bank/A bevy of swans
- A gaggle/A flock/A plump/A skein/A team/A wedge of geese
- A flush of ducks
- A flock of turkeys
- A flight/A gulp of swallows
- A flight/A gulp of cormorants
- A flight/A flock/A kit/A passel of pigeons
- A flight of birds
- A dole/A flight/A piteousness/A pitying/A prettying of doves
- A descent of woodpeckers
- A convocation/An aerie of eagles
- A brood/A clutch/A peep of chickens
- A brood of hens
- A colony/A parcel/A rookery of penguins
- An ostentation of peacocks
- An unkindness/An aerie/A conspiracy of ravens
- A herd/A bank/A bevy/A drift/A game/A herd/A lamentation/A squadron/A team/A wedge/A whiteness/A whiting of swans
- A cadge of peregrines
- A cast of falcons
- A chain of bobolinks
- A charm/A chirm/A trembling/A trimming of finches
- A covey of ptarmigans
- A colony of gulls
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Last Updated on May 25, 2023
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