Alabama Birds

Common Orders and Families

Order Gaviiformes

Loons

Grebes

Common Loon

Order Phalacrocoriiformes

Anhingas

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant

Order Pelecaniformes

Brown PelicanWhite Pelican

Brown Pelican

White Pelican

Order Ciconiiformes

Herons and Egrets

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Green Heron

Order Charadriiformes

Shorebirds:

PloversSandpipersTernsGulls

American Oyster Catcher

Black-necked Stilt

Killdeer

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Royal Tern

Laughing Gull

Black Skimmer

Order Anseriformes

• WaterfowlDucks, Geese, Swans

Mallard

Canvasback

Wood Duck

Canada Goose

Snow Goose

Tundra Swan

Order Gruiformes

CranesRailsCoots

Sandhill Crane

Clapper Rail

American Coot

Order Coraciiformes

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Order Falconiformes

Diurnal Birds of Prey:

EaglesHawksVulturesFalcons

Black Vulture

Bald Eagle

Golden Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Order Galliformes

Grouse-like Birds:

Quail

Turkey

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Order Columbiformes

Pigeons and Doves

Mourning Dove

Order Cuculiformes

Cuckoos

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Order Strigiformes

Owls

Barn Owl

Barred Owl

Eastern Screech Owl

Great Horned

Owl

Order Caprimulgiformes

• Goat Suckers:Nighthawks Whip-poor-wills

Common Nighthawk

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Order Apodiformes

Swifts

Hummingbirds

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Order Passeriformes

• Perching/Song Birds

American Crow

Blue Jay

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

Eastern Blue Bird

Robin

Red-eyed Vireo

Common Yellowthroat

Common Grackle

Red-winged

Blackbird

Orchard Oriole

Eastern Meadowlark

Brown-headed Cowbird

Scarlet Tanager

House Finch

Northern Cardinal

White-throated Sparrow

House Sparrow

European Starling