Credits: All illustrations © David Allen Sibley. All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman © 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Bird call audio © Lang Elliott & Associates. Photography sourced in part from VIREO, the worldwide bird photography collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

Some of Our Favorite Birds

Abert's Towhee

Latin:  Melozone aberti

Acadian Flycatcher

Latin:  Empidonax virescens

Acorn Woodpecker

Latin:  Melanerpes formicivorus

Alder Flycatcher

Latin:  Empidonax alnorum

Aleutian Tern

Latin:  Onychoprion aleuticus

Allen's Hummingbird

Latin:  Selasphorus sasin

Altamira Oriole

Latin:  Icterus gularis

American Avocet

Latin:  Recurvirostra americana

American Bittern

Latin:  Botaurus lentiginosus

American Black Duck

Latin:  Anas rubripes

American Coot

Latin:  Fulica americana

American Crow

Latin:  Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Dipper

Latin:  Cinclus mexicanus

American Flamingo

Latin:  Phoenicopterus ruber

American Golden-Plover

Latin:  Pluvialis dominica

American Goldfinch

Latin:  Spinus tristis

American Kestrel

Latin:  Falco sparverius

American Oystercatcher

Latin:  Haematopus palliatus

American Pipit

Latin:  Anthus rubescens

American Redstart

Latin:  Setophaga ruticilla

American Robin

Latin:  Turdus migratorius

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Latin:  Picoides dorsalis

American Tree Sparrow

Latin:  Spizelloides arborea

American White Pelican

Latin:  Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American Wigeon

Latin:  Mareca americana

American Woodcock

Latin:  Scolopax minor

Ancient Murrelet

Latin:  Synthliboramphus antiquus

Anhinga

Latin:  Anhinga anhinga

Anna's Hummingbird

Latin:  Calypte anna

Antillean Nighthawk

Latin:  Chordeiles gundlachii

Aplomado Falcon

Latin:  Falco femoralis

Arctic Loon

Latin:  Gavia arctica