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Species Guide
Explore bird species around the world by region or search for a cool bird you're interested in. See distribution maps, photos, info and Birda user sightings. If it is up there, it is in here!
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Albatrosses
Austral Storm Petrels
Bee-eaters
Caracaras, Falcons
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cormorants, Shags
Coursers, Pratincoles
Cuckoos
Drongos
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Flamingos
Frigatebirds
Gannets, Boobies
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Herons, Bitterns
Ibises, Spoonbills
Kingfishers
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Leaf Warblers & Allies
Northern Storm Petrels
Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Owls
Penguins
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Plovers
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rollers
Sandpipers, Snipes
Sheathbills
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Storks
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Thrushes
Tropicbirds
Wagtails, Pipits
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
White-eyes
Hardhead
Aythya australis
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
Pintail
Anas acuta
Teal
Anas crecca
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Christmas Frigatebird
Fregata andrewsi
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
Antarctic Tern
Sterna vittata
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
Kerguelen Tern
Sterna virgata
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
Lesser Noddy
Anous tenuirostris
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
White Tern
Gygis alba
White-winged Black Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Bittern
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Chinese Pond Heron
Ardeola bacchus
Cinnamon Bittern
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Eastern Cattle Egret
Bubulcus coromandus
Great White Egret
Ardea alba
Indian Pond Heron
Ardeola grayii
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Javan Pond Heron
Ardeola speciosa
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Malayan Night Heron
Gorsachius melanolophus
Nankeen Night Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Pacific Reef Heron
Egretta sacra
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
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Species Categories
Albatrosses
Austral Storm Petrels
Bee-eaters
Caracaras, Falcons
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cormorants, Shags
Coursers, Pratincoles
Cuckoos
Drongos
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Flamingos
Frigatebirds
Gannets, Boobies
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Herons, Bitterns
Ibises, Spoonbills
Kingfishers
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Leaf Warblers & Allies
Northern Storm Petrels
Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Owls
Penguins
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Plovers
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rollers
Sandpipers, Snipes
Sheathbills
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Storks
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Thrushes
Tropicbirds
Wagtails, Pipits
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
White-eyes
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