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Name of Bird	Scientific Name	Photographer	Species Distribution	Additional Information
Van Dam's Vanga	Xenopirostris damii	Don Roberson	Madagascar	MORE INFO
Vanikoro Flycatcher	Myiagra vanikorensis	...	Fiji and Vanikoro Islands in the Santa Cruz Islands	...
Vanikoro Monarch	Mayrornis schistaceus	...	Vanikoro Island in the Santa Cruz Islands	MORE INFO
Vanuatu Scrubfowl	Megapodius layardi	...	Vanuatu	MORE INFO
Variable Antshrike	Thamnophilus caerulescens	Alec Earnshaw	Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay	...
Variable Dwarf Kingfisher (or Variable Kingfisher)	Ceyx lepidus	Ad Visser	PhilippinesPapua-New Guinea, Adnmiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands	...
Variable Goshawk	Accipiter hiogaster	...	Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, Lesser Sundas, D'Entrecasteaux, Louisade and Bismarck Archipelagos, Admiralty Islands, Solomon Islands	...
Variable Indigobird	Vidua funerea	...	Most sub-saharan African countries	...
Variable Oystercatcher	Haematopus unicolor	Peter LaTourrette	New Zealand	...
Variable Pitohui	Pitohui kirhocephalus	...	Papua-New Guinea	...
Variable Screech-Owl	Otus atricapillus		Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina	...
Variable Seedeater	Sporophila corvina	Gerardo Camilo	Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuuador, Peru	...
Variable Sunbird	Nectarinia venusta	Ben van den Broek	Most sub-saharan African countries	...
Variable Wheatear	Oenanthe picata	Ronald Saldino	Iran, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India	...
Varied Bunting	Passerina versicolor	Photographer unknown	Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Varied Honeyeater	Lichenostomus versicolor	Hideo Tani	Papua-New Guinea, Australia	...
Varied Lorikeet	Psitteuteles versicolor	Jean-Philippe Paris	Australia	...
Varied Sittella	Daphoenositta chrysoptera	Trevor Quested	Australia	...
Varied Solitaire	Myadestes coloratus		Colombia	...
Varied Thrush	Zoothera naevia	Peter LaTourrette	Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Varied Tit	Parus varius	Monto Taylor	China, Japan, Taiwan	...
Varied Triller	Lalage leucomela	Jean-Philippe Paris	Papua New-Guinea, Australia, islands off Australia	...
Variegatged Antpitta	Grallaria varia	...	Guianas, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina	...
Variegated Bristle-Tyrant	Phylloscartes poecilotis	...	Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	...
Variegated Fairy-Wren	Malurus lamberti	Trevor Quested	Australia	...
Variegated Flycatcher	Empidonomus varius	Trev Feltham	Widespread in South America	...
Variegated Laughingthrush	Garrulax variegatus	Otto Pfister	Pakistan, Nepal, India	...
Variegated Tinamou	Crypturellus variegatus	...	Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil	...
Varzea Piculet	Picumnus varzeae	...	Brazil	...
Vasa Parrot	Coracopsis vasa	Anke Poggel	Comoro Islands and Madagascar	...
Vaurie's Nightjar	Caprimulgus centralasicus	...	Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India	MORE INFO
Vaux's Swift	Chaetura vauxi	...	Alaska, British Colombia, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Veery	Catharus fuscescens	Harold Stiver	Southern Canada, US. Winters in northern South America	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Vegetarian Finch	Camarhynchus crassirostris	...	Galapagos Islands	...
Velvet Asity	Philepitta castanea	Wim van der Schot	Madagascar	...
Velvet-browed Brilliant	Heliodoxa xanthogonys	...	Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil	...
Velvet-fronted Euphonia	Euphonia concinna	...	Colombia	...
Velvet-fronted Grackle	Lampropsar tanagrinus	...	Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia	...
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch	Sitta frontalis	Anke Poggel	India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, south-east Asia, Indonesia, Philippines	MORE PHOTOS
Velvet-mantled Drongo	Dicrurus modestus	...	Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon, Fernando Po Island, Central African Republic, Zaire, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Angola	...
Velvet -purple Coronet	Boissonneaua jardini	James Ownby	Colombia, Ecuador	...
Velvety Black-Tyrant	Knipolegus nigerrimus	Arthur Grosset	Brazil	...
Venezuelan Bristle-Tyrant	Phylloscartes venezuelanus	...	Venezuela	MORE INFO
Venezuelan Flower-piercer	Diglossa venezuelensis	...	Venezuela	MORE INFO
Venezuelan Flycatcher	Myiarchus venezuelensis	...	Venezuela, Colombia, Tobago	...
Venezuelan Sylph	Aglaiocercus berlepschi	...	Venezuela	...
Venezuelan Tyrannulet	Zimmerius improbus	...	Venezuela, Colombia,	...
Venezuelan Wood-Quail	Odontophorus columbianus	...	Venezuela	MORE INFO
Veracruz Quail-Dove	Geotrygon carrikeri	...	Mexico	MORE INFO
Veraguas Mango	Anthracothorax veraguensis	...	Panama	...
Verdin	Auriparus flaviceps	Robert Shantz	California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias thalassina	Ronald Saldino	Pakistan, Indian subcontinent, China, south-east Asia, Sumatra and Borneo	...
Vermiculated Fishing-Owl	Scotopelia bouvieri	...	Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Zaire	...
Vermiculated Screech-Owl	Otus vermiculatus	Steve Bird	Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia	...
Vermillion Cardinal	Cardinalis phoeniceus	...	Colombia, Venezuela	...
Vermillion Flycatcher 1 Vermillion Flycatcher 2 Vermillion Flycatcher 3 (close-up) Vermillion Flycather 4 (pair on nest	Pyrocephalus rubinus	Trevor Feltham Southwest Louisiana Birding Page Manuel Grosselet Manuel Grosselet	California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Mexico, Central America, South America	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Vermilion Tanager	Calochaetes coccineus	...	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	...
Vernal Hanging-Parrot	Loriculus vernalis	Ronald Saldino	India, Nepal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, China, south-east Asia	...
Verreaux's Batis	Batis minima	...	Cameroon, Gabon	MORE INFO
Verreaux's Coua	Coua verreauxi	Peter Bono	Madagascar	MORE INFO
Verreaux's Eagle	Aquila verreauxii	Eddie Horvath	Middle East, throughout most of Africa	...
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 1 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 2	Bubo lacteus	John Milbank Graham Cooke	Recorded in all sub-saharan African countries except Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo	...
Versicoloured Barbet	Eubucco versicolor	Trevor Feltham	Peru, Bolivia	...
Versicolored Emerald	Amazilia versicolor	Arthur Grosset	Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina	...
Vervain Hummingbird 1 Vervain Hummingbird 2	Mellisuga minima	Eladio Fernandez Wim van der Schot	Jamiaca. Haiti, Dominican Republic	...
Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus	Kent Nickell	Canada, northern and western US states. Winters in southern US and Mexico	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter MORE INFO & PHOTOS
Victoria Crowned-Pigeon	Goura victoria	Tim Carney	New Guinea	MORE INFO
Victoria's Riflebird	Ptiloris victoriae	Wildwatch Australia	Australia	...
Victorin's Scrub-Warbler	Bradypterus victorini	...	South Africa	...
Vieillot's Barbet	Lybius vieilloti	...	Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zaire	...
Vieillot's Black Weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus	Silvio Sommazzi and Giuliano Gerra	Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zaire	...
Vietnamese Greenfinch	Carduelis monguilloti	...	Vietnam	MORE INFO
Vietnamese Pheasant (or Vietnamese Fireback)	Lophura hatinhensis	Tragopan Pheasantry, Belgium	Vietnam	MORE INFO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (click on Pheasants, species account, select Gallopheasants)
Vulcabamba Thistletail	Schizoeaca vilcabambae	...	Peru	...
Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata	Jim Rose	Most sub-saharan African countries	...
Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	Birdlife On-line	All sub-saharan African countries except Djibouti	...
Vinaceous Dove	Streptopelia vinacea	Jim Rose	Most sub-saharan African countries	...
Vinaceous Parrot	Amazona vinacea	Alec Earnshaw	Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina	MORE INFO
Vinaceous Rosefinch	Carpodacus vinaceus	C. C. Chang	India, Nepal, China, Taiwan, Burma	...
Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rhodogaster	...	Sulawesi	...
Vinous-breasted Starling	Sturnus burmannicus	...	Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam	...
Vinous-throated Parrot-bill	Paradoxornis webbianus	Kim Hyun-Tae	Siberia, Korea, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan	...
Violaceous Coucal	Centropus violaceus	...	Bismarck Archipelago	...
Violaceous Euphonia	Euphonia violacea	Arthur Grosset	Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina	...
Violaceous Jay	Cyanocorax violaceus	...	Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil	...
Violaceous Quail-Dove	Geotrygon violacea	Teus Luijendijk	Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia	...
Violaceous Trogon	Trogon violaceus	Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi	Mexico, Central America, northern South America	...
Violet Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus	Ivor Lee	India, Bangladesh, Andaman andNicobar Islands, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines	...
Violet Sabrewing 1 Violet Sabrewing 2	Campylopterus hemileucurus	Tyler Hicks Trevor Feltham	Mexico, Central America	...
Violet Turaco 1 Violet Turaco 2	Musophaga violacea	Nigel Blake Pat Goltz	Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Chad, Central African Republic	...
Violet Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus damarensis	Hideo Tani	Angola, Namibia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania	...
Violet-backed Hyliota	Hyliota violacea	...	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Zaire	...
Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	Eric Van Poppel	Most sub-saharan African countries, Saudi Arabia and Yemen	...
Violet-bellied Hummingbird	Damophila julie	Allen Chartier	Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru	...
Violet-breasted Sunbird	Nectarinia chalcomelas	...	Somalia, Kenya	...

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Name of Bird	Scientific Name	Photographer	Species Distribution	Additional Information
Violet-capped Hummingbird	Goldmania violiceps	Birders' View (Karl and Rosabel Kaufmann)	Panama, Colombia	...
Violet-capped Woodnymph	Thalurania glaucopis	Arthur Grosset	Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina	...
Violet-chested Hummingbird	Sternoclyta cyanopectus	...	Venezuela	...
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	Amazilia violiceps	Bill Scholtz	Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Violet-fronted Brilliant 1 Violet-fronted Brilliant 2	Heliodoxa leadbeateri	Didier Godreau Trevor Feltham	Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia	...
Violet-green Swallow 1 Violet-green Swallow 2	Tachycineta thalassina	Patricia Michaels Manuel Grosselet	Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, western US, Mexico. Winters south to Panama	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Violet-headed Hummingbird	Klais guimeti	Richard Garrigues	Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia	...
Violet-necked Lory	Eos squamata	...	Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea	...
Violet-tailed Sunbird	Anthreptes aurantium	...	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Gabon, Congo, Angola	...
Violet-tailed Sylph	Aglaiocercus coelestis	Peter Jones	Colombia and Ecuador	...
Violet-throated Metaltail	Metallura baroni	...	Ecuador	MORE INFO
Violet-throated Starfrontlet	Coeligena violifer	...	Peru, Bolivia	...
Virginia Rail 1 Virginia Rail 2	Rallus limicola	Don DesJardin Don DesJardin	Southern Canada, most US states, Mexico, Central America, Colmbia, Venezuela, Peru	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Virginia's Warbler	Vermivora virginiae	Don Roberson	California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas. Winters in Mexico	Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Viridian Dacnis	Dacnis viguieri	...	Panama, Colombia	MORE INFO
Viridian Metaltail	Metallura williami	...	Colombia, Ecuador	...
Visayan Flowerpecker	Dicaeum haematostictum	...	Philippines	MORE INFO
Visayan Watled Broadbill	Eurylaimus samarensis	...	Philippines	MORE INFO
Vitelline Masked-Weaver	Ploceus vitellinus	Ron Eggert	Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Camerron, Sao Tome, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania	...
Vitelline Warbler	Dendroica vitellina	...	Cayman and Swan Islands	MORE INFO
Vivid Niltava	Niltava vivida	C. C. Chang	Indian sub-continent, Tibet, China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan	...
Vizcaino Thrasher	Toxostoma arenicola	...	Baja California around Bahía Sebastián Vizcaíno from Santo Domingo to San Ignacio Lagoon	...
Vogelkop Bowerbird	Amblyornis inornatus	Don Roberson	New Guinea	...
Vogelkop Honeyeater (or Vogelkop Melidictes)	Melidectes leucostephes	...	New Guinea	...
Vogelkop Scrubwren	Sericornis rufescens	...	New Guinea	...
Vogelkop Whistler	Pachycephala meyeri	...	New Guinea	...
Volcano Hummingbird	Selasphorus flammula	Richard Garrigues	Costa Rica, Panama	...
Volcano Junco	Junco vulcani	...	Costa Rica, Panama	...
Volcano Swiftlet	Aerodramus vulcanorum	...	Sumatra, Java	...
Von der Decken's Hornbill 1 Von der Decken's Hornbill 2	Tockus deckeni	Anke Poggel Tim Carney	Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania	...
Vulterine Guineafowl 1 Vulterine Guineafowl 2	Acryllium vulturinum	Peter Bono Nick Lowton	From Ethiopia and somalia south to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania	...
Vulterine Parrot	Gypopsitta vulturina	...	Brazil	...

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