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Name of Bird Scientific Name Photographer Species Distribution Additional Information
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus  Peter and Barbara Barham Pelagic. Breeding on Islands of southern oceans (Falkland, South Georgia, etc.), Antarctica, Chile. Ranges to islands off Australia, New Zealand, southern South America north to Brazil, Tristan da Cunha, and South Africa.  ...
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa Eric Van Poppel Ethiopia, Kenya, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa. Ranges widely in Africa in non-breeding season ...
MacConnell's Flycatcher Mionectes macconnelli  ... Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia ...
MacConnell's Spinetail Synallaxis macconnelli  ... Venezuela, Surinam, Guyane, Brazil, Guyana ...
MacGillvray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei Don DesJardin Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico. Winters in Mexico and Central America Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Macgregor's Bird-of-Paradise Macgregoria pulchra ... New Guinea ...
Macgregot's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae ... New Guinea ...
Mackinley's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi ... New Guinea, Bismarck Archipeligo, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu ...
Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni  Steve Bird. Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania ...
Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayana Trevor Quested Australia ...
Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii ... Egypt, Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Turkestan, Mongolia, China, Pakistan. Winters to Persian Gulf and India ...
Madagascar Baza Aviceda madagascariensis ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Bee-eater 1
Madagascar Bee-eater 2
Merops superciliosus Naota Noda Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Nmibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar. ...
Madagascar Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis  Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Madagascar Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis Wim van der Schot Madagascar, Aldabra, Glorieuses and Comoro islands ...
Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis  Wim van der Schot Madagascar. Introduced on Réunion. ...
Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Madagascar Cisticola 1
Madagascar Cisticola 2
Cisticola cherinus Don Roberson
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar ...
Madagascar Coucal Centropus toulou Stig Linander Madagascar, Seychelles ...
Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii ... Madagascar.  Migrant or vagrant records in Zaire, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. ...
Madagascar Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Madagascar Fluff-tail Sarothrura insularis ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii  ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Green-Pigeon Tachybaptus pelzelnii  ... Madagascar, Comoros Island ...
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi Madagascar; Gabon, Congo and Zaire ...
Madagascar Hoopoe 1
Madagascar Hoopoe 2
Upupa marginata  Don Roberson
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar ...
Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha Ronald Orenstein Madagascar ...
Madagascar Kestrel 1
Madagascar Kestrel 2
Falco newtoni Anke Poggel
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar and Aldabra Islands ...
Madagascar Lark Mirafra hova Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Madagascar Magpie-Robin 1
Madagascar Magpie-Robin 2
Copsychus albospecularis  George Williams
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar ...
Madagascar Marsh-Harrier (or Madagascar Harrier) Circus macrosceles ... Madagascar, Comoro islands ...
Madagascar Munia Lemuresthes nana Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis Wim van der Schot Madagascar and Aldabra Islands ...
Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis  ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher 1
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher 2
Terpsiphone mutata George Williams
Peter Bono
Madagascar, Comoros Islands ...
Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis Wim van der Schot Madagascar. Introduced on Réunion I. in the Mascarene Islands ...
Madagascar Plover 1
Madagascar Plover 2
Madagascar Plover 3
Charadrius thoracicus Jeff Blincow
Tropical Birding
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar ...
Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata Handbook of the Birds of the World Madgascar ...
Madagascar Pond-Heron Ardeola idae ... Madagascar. Recorded in Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe MORE INFO
Madagascar Pratincole Ardeola idae ... Madagascar. Winters in east and south-east Africa. Recorded as a migrant in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Mascarene Islands. ...
Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher 1
Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher 2
Ispidina madagascariensis  Peter Bono
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar ...
Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis  ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Red Fody 1
Madagascar Red Fody 2
Foudia madagascariensis Pat Goltz
Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi
Madagascar. Introduced into Comoro, Seychelles, Mauritious, Reunion, St. Helena, and perhaps Diego Garcia. ...
Madagascar Red Owl Tyto soumagnei ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Sand-grouse Pterocles personatus Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi Madagascar ...
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle Eutriorchis astur  ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Sparrow-Hawk Accipiter madagascariensis Stig Linander Madagascar ...
Madagascar Starling Saroglossa aurata  ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni ... Madagascar ...
Madagascar Swift Apus balstoni  Wim van der Schot Madagascar and Mayotte Island in the Comoros Islands ...
Madagascar Turtle-Dove 1
Madagascar Turtle-Dove 2
Streptopelia picturata Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi
Wim van der Schot
Madagascar, Comoros Islands, Seychelles Islands ...
Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Madagascar Ibis (Sibley consideres this to be a subspecies of Sacred Ibis) Threskiornis bernieri Wim van der Schot Madagascar
Madarasz'z Tiger-Parrot Psittacella madaraszi ... New Guinea ...
Madeira Parakeet Pyrrhura snethlageae Arthur Grosset Brazil ...
Magellanic Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides magellani  Martin Reid Islands off Tierra del Fuego. Ranges at sea along coasts of Chile and Argentina ...
Magellanaic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus Martin Reid Chile, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and sialdns of Cape Horn region, Falklands Islands ...
Magellenic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Peter and Barbara Barham Pelagic. Coastal southern South America from  Chile to Argentina, Falkland Islands, Ranges to  Chile and Brazil.  Also recorded in Australia, New Zealand and south Atlantic islands including South Georgia and the South Shetland islands. ...
Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis Martin Reid Chile and Argentina ...
Magellenic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus ... Chile, Argentina ...
Magellanic Woodpecker 1
Magellanic Woodpecker 2
Campephilus magellanicus Alec Earnshaw
Trev Feltham
Chile and Argentina ...
Magenta Petrel (or Chatham Islands Taiko) Pterodroma magentae ... Chatham Islands ...
Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae Steve Bird Costa Rica, Panama ...
Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise Cicinnurus magnificus ... Papua-New Guinea ...
Magnificent Frigatebird 1
Magnificent Frigatebird 2
Magnificent Frigatebird 3 (fem)
Fregata magnificens Southwest Louisiana Birding Page
Trev Feltham
Torborg Berge
Tropical islands and coastal islets off Baja California, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, coastal Florida, Texas, Caribbean, South Amnerican coast south to Brazil, Cape Verde Islands. Ranges widely at sea in Pacific and Atlantic. ...
Magnificent Hummingbird 1
Magnificent Hummingbird 2
Magnificent Hummingbird 3
Magnificent Hummingbird 4
Magnificent Hummingbird 5
Eugenes fulgens  Bob O'Brien
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Manuel Grosselet
Manuel Grosselet
Manuel Grosselet
Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus ... Papua-New Guinea, Australia ...
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Marcus Martin Canada, north-eastern US. Winters in Mexico, Central America, Greater Antilles, Bahamas Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata Erigen Birding Pages Papua New Guinea, Australia ...
Magpie Munia Spermestes fringilloides  ... Most sub-saharan African countries ...
Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca Ron Eggert Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa ...
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor Hideo Tani Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania ...
Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana Tropical Birding Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina ...
Magpie-Lark 1
Magpie-Lark 2
Magpie-Lark 3
Grallina cyanoleuca John Milbank
Laurence Poh
Gavin O Se.
New Guinea, Australia ...
Maguari Stork 1
Maguari Stork 2
Ciconia maguari Arthur Grosset
Trev Feltham
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyane, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina ...
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - see Pink Cockatoo ... ... ... ...
Makatea Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus chalcurus ... Tuamotu Archipeligo, French Polynesia ...
Malabar Grey-Hornbill 1
Malabar Grey-Hornbill 2
Ocyceros griseus Tom & Marie Tarrant
Theodoulos Poullis
India ...
Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica Christian Artuso Peninsular India ...
Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides Ronald Saldino India ...
Malabar Pied-Hornbill 1
Malabar Pied-Hornbill 2
Anthracoceros coronatus  Saleel Tambe
Christian Artuso
India, Sri Lanka ...
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus Christian Artuso India and Sri Lanka ...
Malabar Whistling-Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii Saleel Tambe India ...
Malachite Kingfisher 1
Malachite Kingfisher 2
Alcedo cristata Birdlife On-Line Magazine
Minnattallah Boutros
All sub-Sharan African countries except Djibouti and Equatorial Guinea ...
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa Ian Montgomery. Ethiopia, Sudan, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa ...
Malagasy Brush-Warbler (Subdesert subspecies) Nesillas typica Wim van der Schot Madagascar ...
Malagasy Kingfisher Alcedo vintsioides Guiliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi Madagascar and Comoro Islands ...
Malagasy Scops-Owl (also see Torotoroka Scops-Owl subspecies) Otus rutilus Guiliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi Madagascar, Comoros Islands ...
Malagasy Spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri Wim van der Schot Madagascar, Comoros Islands ...
Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus Wim van der Schot Madagascar, Comoros Islands ...
Malaita Fantail Rhipidura malaitae ... Solomon Islands ...
Malaita White-eye Zosterops stresemanni ... Solomon Islands ...
Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha  ... Zambia, Mozambique ...
Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus C. C. Chang Indian subcontinent, China, Taiwan, south-east Asia. Winters to Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Java ...
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron malacense Laurie Crampton Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia ...
Malayan Whistling-Thrush Myophonus robinsoni  ... Malaysia ...
Malaysian Argus Rheinardia nigrescens ... Malaysia ...
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Name of Bird Scientific Name Photographer Species Distribution Additional Information
Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus Christian Artuso Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo ...
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar Eurostopodus temminckii ... Thailand, Malasia, Sumatra, Borneo ...
Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus Christian Artuso Thailand, Malasia, Indonesia ...
Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii Porpol Nantapa Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesa, Philippines ...
Malaysian Rail-Babbler (or Rail-Babbler) Eupetes macrocerus ... Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo ...
Maleo Macrocephalon maleo Johnny Loi and Sean Ong Indonesia ...
Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata  ... Mali ...
Malia Malia grata ... Sulawesi ...
Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae ... Somalia, Kenya ...
Mallard 1
Mallard (Mexican subspecies)
Anas platyrhynchos Tina MacDonald
Manuel Grosselet
Wide-spread world-wide Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Mallee Emuwren Stipiturus mallee ... Australia ...
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata Perth Zoo Australia ...
Manchurian Bush-Warbler Cettia canturians ... Siberia, Manchuria, China, Korea ...
Manchurian Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum ... Manchirua and Ussuriland ...
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Tina MacDonald Siberia, Korea, China and Japan. Winters south to Taiwan. Introduced in England, California ...
Maned Duck - see Australian Wood Duck ... ... ... ...
Maned Owl Jubula lettii ... Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire ...
Mangaia Kingfisher or Tanga'eo Kingfisher Todiramphus ruficollaris ... Cook Islands MORE INFO
Manbettu Sawwing Psalidoprocne mangbettorum ... Zaire, Sudan ...
Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis Richard Garrigues Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru ...
Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra ... Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Philippines ...
Mangrove Cuckoo 1
Mangrove Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus minor Guiliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi
Cagan Sekercioglu
Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela ...
Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana  ... New Guinea, Australia ...
Mangrove Finch Camarhynchus heliobates ... Galapagos Islands ...
Mangrove Flycatcher Myiagra erythrops ... Palau Island ...
Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster  ... Australia ...
Mangrove Honeyeater Lichenostomus fasciogularis Steve Metz Australia ...
Mangrove Hummingbird Amazilia boucardi  ... Costa Rica ...
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides ... Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa ...
Mangrove Pitta 1
Mangrove Pitta 2
Pitta megarhyncha Laurence Poh
Christian Artuso
Malaysian peninsula, and Sumatra ...
Mangrove Robin Eopsaltria pulverulenta ... Papua-New Guinea, Australia ...
Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea Guido Band Mexico, Central America ...
Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens  ... Mexico, Central America (except Panama) ...
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala grisola Christian Artuso India, Bangladesh, Burma, coastal south-east Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines ...
Manipur Bush-Quail Perdicula manipurensis ... India ...
Mantanani Scops-Owl Otus mantananensis  ... Borneo, Philippines ...
Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionota ... Brazil, Paraguay ...
Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu  ... Peru, Bolivia, Brazil ...
Manus Boobook Ninox meeki  ... Admiralty Islands ...
Manus Fantail Rhipidura semirubra ... Admiralty Islands ...
Manus Masked-Owl Tyto manusi ... Admiralty Islands ...
Manus Monarch Monarcha infelix ... Admiralty Islands ...
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Nigel Blake Pelagic. Islands in the North Atlantic and off-shore in western Europe. Ranges widely at sea in north and south Atlantic. Vagrant to Pacific coasts of North and South America. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus Joanne Krupa Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil ...
Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor ... Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic. Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda ...
Many-colored Chaco-Finch Saltatricula multicolor ... Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina ...
Many-colored Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus perousii  ... Polynesia, Samoa ...
Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra Don DesJardin Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina ...
Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus ... Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina ...
Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata Tropical Birding Colombia, Ecuador, Peru ...
Mao Gymnomyza samoensis ... Samoa ...
Maquis Canastero Asthenes heterura  ... Bolivia ...
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Lynette Oxley Sub-saharan African countries ...
Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum viridanum ... Venezuela ...
Marail Guan Penelope marail Jan Hein Ribot Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil ...
Maranon Crescent-chest Melanopareia maranonica  Peter Bono Peru, Ecuador ...
Maranon Gnatcatcher Polioptila maranonica ... Peru ...
Maranon Spinetail Synallaxis maranonica ... Peru, Ecuador ...
Maranon Thrush Turdus maranonicus ... Peru ...
Maranon Tit-Tyrant Anairetes nigrocristatus ... Ecuador, Peru ...
Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus ... Papu-New Guinea, Trobriand Island, D'Entrecasteaux and Louisade Archipeligos, Australia ...
Marbled Godwit 1
Marbled Godwit 2
Limosa fedoa Don DesJardin
Erik Kleyheeg
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota. Winters on coasts from south US and Mexico to Chile, and Venezuela Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus ... New Guinea ...
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus ?? Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, California Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Arthur Grosset Senegal, Spain, Morocco to Tunesia, Turkey, Middle East, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, to Afghanistan, Pakistan MORE INFO
Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis Anke Poggel Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil ...
Marbled Wren-Babbler Napothera marmorata ... Malaysia, Sumatra ...
Marbled-faced Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes ophthalmicus ... Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia ...
Marcapata Spinetail Cranioleuca marcapatae ... Peru ...
Mariana Crow Corvus kubaryi  ... Guam and Rota islands in the Mariana Islands ...
Mariana Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla ... Mariana Islands ...
Marico Sunbird (or Mariqua Sunbird) Nectarinia mariquensis Hideo Tani Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa ...
Mariqua Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis Jean-Philippe Paris Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa ...
Markham's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma markhami  ... Peru, Ranges at sea on western coasts of Mexico, Central America, South America ...
Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda Jean-Philippe Paris Balearic Islands (extirpated on Menorca), Sardinia and Corsica.  Winters in nc Africa in Libya, Tunisia and Algeria. ...
Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii C. C. Chang Indian subcontinent, China, south-east Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Taiwan ...
Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus  Hideo Tani Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo ...
Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata  Christian Artuso Himalayas of India, Nepal, Tibet, China ...
Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni ... Sulawesi ...
Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis Arthus Grosset Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina ...
Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velatum ... Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo ...
Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura ... Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia ...
Maroon-chinned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus subgularis  ... Sulawesi, Moluccas Islands ...
Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi  ... Mexico ...
Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura me