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Name of Bird Scientific Name Photographer Species Distribution Additional Information
Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis  ... Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi ...
Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis Greg Lasley Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Gulf Coast, Florida Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Bachman's Warbler Vermivora bachmanii Barry MacKay Formerly bred in Missouri, Arkansa, Kentucky, Alabama, and South Carolina. Last sighting in 1988. ...
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri Handbook of the Birds of the World Siberia. Winters in china, Korea, south-east Asia, Indian sub-continent ...
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht  Ross Warner Most sub-Saharan African countries ...
Bagogo Babbler Leonardina woodi ... Philippines ...
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii  Larry Manfredi Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Florida ...
Bahama Pintail (see White-cheeked Pintail) ... ... ... ...
Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis Mike Danzenbaker Bahama Islands. Winters in the Bahamas and Cuba ...
Bahama Woodstar Calliphlox evelynae Larry Manfredi Bahamas. Vagrant to south Florida. ...
Bahama Yellowthroat Geothlypis rostrata ... Bahama Islands ...
Bahia Antwren (or Pileated Antwren) Herpsilochmus pileatus ... Brazil ...
Bahia Spinetail Synallaxis whitneyi Arthur Grosset Brazil ...
Bahia Tyrannulet Phylloscartes beckeri ... Brazil ...
Baikal Teal Anas formosa Koji Tagi Siberia. Winters to China, Korea, Japan. Vagrant to Alaska MORE INFO
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Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Kibbutz Lotan Birdwatching Center Continental Europe, Morocco, Algeria, across Balkans, Russia, Siberia, to Jordan, Iran, Kazaakhstan, Mongolia, China, India, Japan, south-eastern Africa, south-east Asia, Australia ...
Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii  ... Ecuador, Peru ...
Baird's Junco Junco bairdi  ... Baja California in Mexico ...
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Baird's Sandpiper 2
Calidris bairdii Robert Royce.
Erik Kleyheeg
Siberia, Arctic North America, Greenland. Migrates through Mexico and Central America,m and winters in South America Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii  ... Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota. Winters in south-west US and Mexico. Vagrant to coast of California. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii Richard Garrigues Costa Rica and Panama ...
Baker's Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bakeri ... Vanuata ...
Bald Eagle 1
Bald Eagle 2
Bald Eagle 3
Bald Eagles 4 (juveniles)
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Juhanni Kyyro
Erik Kleyheeg
Erik Kleyheeg
Andrew Malley
North America and Mexico Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
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ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
Bald Ibis (see Southern Bald Ibis) ... ... ... ...
Bald-faced Rail (or Blue-faced Rail) Gymnocrex rosenbergii ... Sulawesi in Indonesia ...
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Aleix Comas. Ranges at sea in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean along coasts of Europe and Africa ...
Bali Myna (Starling) Leucopsar rothschildi John Cook Bali ....
Ballman''s Malimbe (or Gola Malimbe) Malimbus ballmanni ... Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast ...
Balsas Schreech-Owl Otus seductus ... Mexico ...
Baltimore Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 4
Icterus galbula Chan Robbins
Jim Stasz
Jean Coronel
Jean Coronel
East of the Rockies in Canada, north-eastern US. Winters in Mexico, Central America and northern South America Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Bamboo Antshrike Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae ... Peru, Bolivia, Brazil ...
Bamboo Scrub-warbler Bradypterus alfredi ... Zaire, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia ...
Bamboo Woodpecker Gecinulus viridis ... Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia ...
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae ... Cameroon, Central African Republic ...
Bananal Antbird Cercomacra ferdinandi  Arthur Grosset. Brazil ...
Bananaquit 1
Bananaquit 2
Bananaquit 3
Coereba flaveola Jan Hein Ribot
Martin Reid
Jean Coronel
Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, western South America ...
Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei ... Lesser Sundas, Indonesia ...
Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus ... Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador ...
Band-bellied Crake Porzana paykullii  ... Siberia, China, Kprea. Winters in Malaysia and Greater Sunda Islands ...
Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota ... Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia ...
Banded Antbird Dichrozona cincta ... Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil ...
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus ... Ethiopia and Eritrea ...
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii Vaughan Ashby of Birdfinders India, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, south-east Asia, Indonesia, Philippines ...
Banded Broadbill 1
Banded Broadbill 2
Eurylaimus javanicus Tee Lian Huat
Anke Poggel
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia ...
Banded Cotinga Cotinga maculata ... Brazil ...
Banded Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus Blake Twigden Colombia, Ecuador ...
Banded Honeyeater Certhionyx pectoralis Tommy Pedersen Australia ...
Banded Imperial-Pigeon Ducula zoeae ... Papua-New Guinea ...
Banded Kestrel 1
Banded Kestrel 2
Falco zoniventris Wim van der Schot
Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi
Madagascar ...
Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella Christian Artuso Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia ...
Banded Lapwing (Dotterel) 1
Banded Lapwing 2
Vanellus tricolor Bruce Marcot
Michael Collard
Australia ...
Banded Martin Riparia cincta ... Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Somalia, south the South Africa ...
Banded Pitta 1
Banded Pitta 2
Pitta guajana Doug Janson
Christian Artuso.
Malaysia, Indonesia, Bali ...
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii David and Nancy Massie Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya ...
Banded Quail (or Barred Quail) Philortyx fasciatus  ... Mexico ...
Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens Paul and Helen Harris Most sub-saharan African countries except South Africa ...
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus Ian Montgomery Australia ...
Banded Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques ... Tanzania ...
Banded Warbler Sylvia boehmi  ... Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania ...
Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta  ... Cameroon ...
Banded White-eye Solomon Islands ... Solomon Islands ...
Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta ... Australia ...
Banded Woodpecker Picus mineaceus Lawrence Poh Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia ...
Banded Wren Thryothorus pleurostictus Nick Kontonicolas Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cost Rica ...
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro Brian Patteson Islands in Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico ...
Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicauda ... Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guianas, Brazil ...
Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda ... Peru, Bolivia, Brazil ...
Band-tailed Antshrike Sakesphorus melanothorax ... Surinam, Guyane, Brazil ...
Band-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula urosticta ... Brazil ...
Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri David Massie Central America, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia ...
Band-tailed Earthcreeper Eremobius phoenicurus Alec Earnshaw Argentina, Chile ...
Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia ... Peru, Bolivia ...
Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis Allen Chartier Colombia, Venezuela ...
Band-tailed (Belcher's) Gull Larus belcheri Jeremy Barker Peru, Chile ...
Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda Amazonia Lodge Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina ...
Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga Arthur Grosset. Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Guyane, Brazil, Bolivia ...
Band-tailed Oropendola Ocyalus latirostris ... Peru, Brazil, Ecuador MORE INFO
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata Bill Schmoker Western North America, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Hunduras, Nicaragua Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis ... Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina ...
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus ... Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile ...
Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris ... Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina ...
Banggai Crow Corvus unicolor ... Banggai Islands off Sulawesi, Indonesia ...
Bangwa Forest-Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis  ... Cameroon, Nigeria ...
Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus Wim van der Schot Namibia, South Africa ...
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus Sumit Sen Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh ...
Bannerman's Pipit Anthus bannermani  ... Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon ...
Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani  ... Breeds on Bonin and Volcano Islands. Range at sea unknown ...
Bannerman's Sunbird Nectarinia bannermani ... Angola, Zaire, Zambia ...
Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani ... Cameroon ...
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani ... Nigeria and Cameroon ...
Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui  Don Roberson Mascarene Islands. Ranges at sea in the tropical Indian Ocean MORE INFO
Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus ... China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam ...
Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides ... Canary Islands, Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia,  Egypt, Somalia.  Status uncertain in most sub-Saharan African countries, but occurs in most s to Kenya.  Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, Russia and Afghanistan to Mongolia, China, Pakistan ...
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara Jussi Vakkala Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Sardinia, norhern Africa from Morocco to Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Mauritania ...
Barbary Shrike (see Common Gonolek) ... ...
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata ... Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines ...
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Name of Bird Scientific Name Photographer Species Distribution Additional Information
Bar-bellied Pitta Pitta elliotii ... Indochina ...
Bar-bellied Woodcreeper Hylexetastes stresemanni ... Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...
Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps ... Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia ...
Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus Koji Tagi Australia ...
Bar-breasted Piculet (or Gold-fronted Piculet) Picumnus aurifrons ... Peru, Brazil, Bolivia ...
Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus ... Colombia, Venezuela ...
Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys Tropical Birding Angola, Namibia ...
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale ... Cameroon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire ...
Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps Jurgen Beckers of Trogon Travels Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia ...
Bare-eyed Ground-Dove (or Moreno's Bare-faced Ground-Dove) Metriopelia morenoi  ... Argentina ...
Bare-eyed Myna Streptocitta albertinae ... Sula Island in Indonesia ...
Bare-eyed Pigeon Columba corensis Ronald Orenstein Colombia, Venezuela ...
Bare-eyed Rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris ... Papua-New Guinea ...
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus Torborg Berge Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania ...
Bare-eyed White-eye Woodfordia superciliosa ... Solomon Islands ...
Bare-faced Curassow 1
Bare-faced Curassow 2
Crax fasciolata Arthur Grosset.
Trev Feltham
Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina MORE INFO
Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus Ron Eggert Ethio[ia through Uganda, Kenya, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia ...
Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina ...
Bare-headed Laughingthrush Garrulax calvus  ... Borneo ...
Bare-legged Owl (or Cuban Screech Owl) Otus lawrencii Eladio Fernandez Cuba ...
Bare-legged Swiftlet Aerodramus nuditarsus ... New Guinea ...
Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus Arthur Grosset Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela ...
Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis ... Costa Rica, Panama ...
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Otus clarkii  Vaughan Ashby Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia ...
Bare-throated Bellbird 1
Bare-throated Bellbird 2
Procnias nudicollis  Arthur Grosset.
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Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina ...
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 1
Bare-throated Tiger Heron 2
Bare-throated Tiger Heron 3
Tigrisoma mexicanum Skip Russell
Jean Coronel
Trevor Feltham
Mexico, Central America, north-west Colombia ...
Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula ... Lesser Sunda Islands ...
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Erigen Birding Pages Siberia, Mongolia, China, Afghanistan, India, Tibet, Pakistan, Burma, Bangladesh ...
Barking Owl Ninox connivens Chris Chafer Papua-New Guinea, Australia ...
Barn Owl Tyto alba Alan Spellman Several subspecies - world-wide ...
Barn Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 6
Hirundo rustica Marcus Martin
Eric Kleyheeg
Erik Kleyheeg
Bill Scholtz
Torborg Berge
Manuel Grosselet
World-wide Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Tina MacDonald Greenland, Scandinavia, Russia. Winters in Mediterranean area ...
Baron's Spinetila Cranioleuca baroni  ... Peru ...
Barred Antshrike 1
Barred Antshrike 2 (female)
Barred Antshrike 3
Thamnophilus doliatus Cliff Buckton
Cliff Buckton
Jean Coronel
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Trinidad/Tobago, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina ...
Barred Antthrush Chamaeza mollissima  ... Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Bolivia ...
Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor  ... Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia ...
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator R. S. Suresh Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia ...
Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall Sujan Chatterjee India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia ...
Barred Cuckooshrike (or Yellow-eyed Cuckooshrike) Coracina lineata Tom and Marie Tarrant Papua-New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia ...
Barred Dove Geopelia maugeus ... Lesser Sunda Islands ...
Barred Eagle-Owl 1
Barred Eagle-Owl 2
Bubo sumatranus Christian Artuso
Pun Ritai
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia ...
Barred Forest-falcon Micrastur ruficollis Arthur Grosset Mexico, Central America, South America ...
Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata ... Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia ...
Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps Joanne Krupa Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador ...
Barred Honey-buzzard Pernis celebensis ... Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines ...
Barred Honeyeater Phylidonyris undulata ... New Caledonia ...
Barred Luaghingthrush Garrulax lunulatus ... China ...
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus David and Nancy Massie Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique ...
Barred Owl Strix varia Ross Warner Canada, US, Mexico Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
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Barred Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles bennettii  ... Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands ...
Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola Ad Visser Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru ...
Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus Martin Reid Panama, Colombia, Ecuador ...
Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus Ivor Lee Indonesia, Philippines, Papua-New Guinea ...
Barred Tinamou Crypturellus casiquiare ... Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil ...
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Ben van den Broek Central Europe, Sweden, Baltic islands, Germany, Italy, Finland, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Greece, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan. Winters in east Africa. ...
Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi Mexico, Central and South America ...
Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus ... Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe ...
Barrow's Bustard Eupodotis barrowii ... Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa ...
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Erik Breden Greenland, Iceland, Arctic coasts and mountains from Alaska throughout Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Greg Holland and Leon Keasey Australia ...
Bar-tailed Desert-Lark Ammomanes cincturus Nick Lowton Cape Verde, Mauritania, Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Mali, Niger, Chad, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan ...
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Don Bacchus Breeds north of the Arctic circle. Winters from Europe, across South Asia to the Philippines, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Irregular on both coasts of North America Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
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Bar-tailed Tree-Creeper Certhia himalayana Otto Pfister Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, China ...
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum ... Nigeria, Cameroon, Fernando Po Island, Angola, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique ...
Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica  Jean-Philippe Paris Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana ...
Bartlett's Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti ... Peru, Bolivia, Brazil ...
Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus Ronald Orenstein Colombia, Venezueala, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay ...
Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike Hemipus picatus Sumit Sen India, Sri Lanka, China, south-east Asia (except Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo ...
Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus ... Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvadore ...
Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris Hideo Tani Indonesia ...
Bar-winged Rail Nesoclopeus poecilopterus ... Last reported in Fiji MORE INFORMATION
Bar-winged Weaver Ploceus angolensis ... Angola, Zambia, Zaire ...
Bar-winged Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucoptera Peter Bono Peru ...
Bar-winged Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides ... Bhutan, Tibet, India, Myanmar, China ...
Basra Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Simon Woolley Iraq. Winters in easta and south-east Africa ...
Bassian Thrush - see Olive-tailed Thrush ... ... ... ...
Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Pascal Dubois Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay ...
Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus ... Most sub-saharan African countries ...
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Ron Eggert Most sub-saharan African countries ...
Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi ... Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda ...
Bates's Sunbird Nectarinia batesi  ... Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Fernando Po Islands, Gabon, Zaire, Angola, Zambia ...
Bates's Swift Apus batesi  ... Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Zaire ...
Bates's Weaver Ploceus batesi  ... Cameroon ...
Bat-like Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi  ... Angola, Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa ...
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