Brownbag Productions Bird List




In addition to portrait and cu shots we can provide video of males and females of
many of the listed species. Our footage of bird behavior includes feeding, preening,
nest building, brooding, sleeping, and flocking. Songs and calls of many species are
also availabe. We have a comprehensive collection of establishing shots for most North
American bird habitats as well as extensive footage of bird banding and research projects.

ALPHABETIC ORDER

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Ani, Smooth-billed
Ani, Groove-billed
Avocet, American
Bittern: American,Least
Blackbird: Brewer's, Red-winged, Rusty, Yellow-headed
Bluebird: Eastern, Western, Mountain
Bobolink
Bobwhite, Northern
Brant
Bunting: Indigo, Lark, Lazuli, Painted, Snow
Bushtit
Cardinal, Northern
Catbird, Gray
Chachalaca, Plain
Chat, Yellow-breasted
Chickadee: Black-capped, Carolina, Chestnut-backed
Chuck-will's-widow
Chukar
Coot, American
Cormorant: Brandt's, Double-crested, Neotropic
Cowbird: Bronzed, Brown-headed, Shiny
Crane: Sandhill, Whooping
Creeper, Brown
Crossbill: Red, White-winged
Crow: American, Fish
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed
Curlew, Long-billed
Dickcissel
Dipper, American
Dove: Common Ground-, Eurasian Collared-, Inca, Mourning, Rock, White-tipped, White-winged
Dowitcher: Long-billed, Short-billed
Duck: American Black, Mottled, Harlequin, Ring-necked, Ruddy, Wood
Dunlin
Eagle: Bald, Golden
Egret: Cattle, Great, Reddish, Snowy
Eider: Common, King
Falcon, Peregrine
Finch: House, Purple
Flamingo, Greater
Flicker, Northern
Flycatcher: Alder, Fork-tailed, Gray, Great Crested, Least, Scissor-tailed, Vermilion, Willow
Frigatbird, Magnificent
Gallinule, Purple
Gannet, Northern
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray
Godwit: Hudsonian, Marbled
Goldfinch: American, Lesser
Goose: Barnacle, Cackling, Canada, Graylag, Greater White-fronted, Ross's, Snow
Goshawk, Northern
Grackle: Boat-tailed, Common, Great-tailed
Grebe: Eared, Horned, Least, Pied-billed, Western
Grosbeak: Black-headed, Evening, Pine, Rose-breasted
Grouse, Ruffed
Guillemot, Pigeon
Gull: Bonaparte's, California, Glaucous-winged, Great Black-backed, Heermann's, Herring, Laughing, Lesser, Black-backed,
Gulls (cont.): Mew, Ring-billed, Western
Gyrfalcon
Harrier, Northern
Hawk: Broad-winged, Cooper's, Harris's, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, Rough-legged, Sharp-shinned, Swainson's, White-tailed
Heron: Black-crowned Night-, Great Blue, Green, Little Blue, Tricolored, Yellow-crowned Night-
Hummingbird: Anna'a, Black-chinned, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Costa's, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, Rufous
Ibis: Glossy, Scarlet (zoo), White
Jaeger, Parasitic
Jay: Blue, Florida Scrub-, Green, Steller's, Western Scrub-
Junco, Dark-eyed
Kestrel, American
Killdeer
Kingbird: Cassin's, Couch's, Eastern, Gray, Western
Kingfisher: Belted, Ringed
Kinglet: Golden-crowned, Ruby-crowned
Kiskadee, Great
Kite: Mississippi, Snail, Swallow-tailed, White-tailed
Knot, Red
Lark, Horned
Limpkin
Longspur: Chestnut-collared, McCown's
Loon, Common
Magpie: American, Yellow-billed
Mallard
Martin, Purple
Meadowlark: Eastern, Western
Merganser, Hooded
Merlin
Mockingbird, Northern
Moorhan, Common
Murre, Common
Nighthawk, Common
Nutcracker, Clark's
Nuthatch: Brown-headed, Pygmy, Red-breasted, White-breasted
Oriole: Altamira, Baltimore, Orchard, Scott's
Osprey
Ovenbird
Owl: Barred, Boreal, Burrowing, Eastern Screech-, Great Horned, Great Gray, Long-eared, Northern Hawk
Owls (cont.):Ferruginous Pygmy-, Northern Saw-whet, Short-eared, Snowy
Oystercather: American, Black
Parakeet, Monk
Parula, Northern
Pelican: American White, Brown
Pewee: Eastern Wood-, Western Wood-
Phainopepla
Phalarope: Red, Wilson's
Pheasant, Ring-necked
Phoebe: Black, Eastern, Say's
Pigeon, Feral
Pintail, Northern
Pipit, American
Plover: American Golden, Black-bellied, Piping, Semipalmated, Snowy, Wilson's
Prairie-Chicken, Greater
Pyrrhuloxia
Quail: California, Montezuma
Rail: Clapper, Virginia
Raven: Chihuahuan, Common
Redpoll, Common
Redstart: American, Painted
Robin, American
Sanderling
Sandpiper: Baird's, Buff-breasted, Curlew, Least, Pectoral, Purple, Semipalmated, Solitary, Spotted, Stilt
Sandpipers (cont.): Upland, Western, White-rumped
Sapsucker: Red-breasted, Red-naped, Yellow-bellied, Williamson's
Scoter, Surf
Shoveler, Northern
Shrike: Loggerhead, Northern
Siskin, Pine
Skimmer, Black
Snipe, Common
Sora
Sparrow: American Tree, Black-throated, Brewer's, Chipping, Field, Fox, Golden-crowned, Grasshopper, House, Lark, Lincoln's
Sparrows (cont.): Nelson's Sharp-tailed, Olive, Rufous-crowned, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed, Savannah, Song
Sparrows (cont.): Swamp, White-crowned, White-throated
Spoonbill, Roseate
Starling, European
Stilt, Black-necked
Stork, Wood
Surfbird
Swallow: Barn, Cliff, Northern Rough-winged, Tree, Violet-green
Swan: Mute, Trumpeter, Tundra
Tanager: Scarlet, Summer, Western
Tatler, Wandering
Teal: Blue-winged, Green-winged
Tern: Caspian, Forster's, Least, Royal, Sandwich
Thrasher: Brown, California, Long-billed
Thrush: Gray-cheeked, Hermit, Swainson's, Wood
Titmouse, Tufted
Towhee: California, Eastern, Spotted
Turkey, Wild
Turnstone: Black, Ruddy
Tyrannulet, Northern Beardless
Vireo: Bell's, Blue-headed, Cassin's, Philadelphia, Red-eyed, White-eyed, Yellow-throated
Warbler: Bay-breasted, Black-and-white, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blue-winged
Warblers (cont.): Cape May, Cerulean, Chestnut-sided, Hooded, Magnolia, Nashville, Orange-crowned, Palm, Pine,
Warblers (cont.): Prairie, Prothonotary, Tennessee, Townsend's, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated
Waterthrush: Northern, Louisiana
Waxwing: Bohemian, Cedar
Whimbrel
Whip-poor-will
Whistling-Duck, Fulvous
Wigeon, American
Willet
Woodcock, American
Woodpecker: Acorn, Black-backed, Downy, Gila, Golden-fronted, Hairy, Lewis's, Pileated, Red-bellied, Red-cockaded,
Red-headed, Three-toed, White-headed
Wren: Bewick's, Cactus, Canyon, Carolina, House, Marsh
Wrentit
Yellowlegs: Greater, Lesser
Yellowthroat, Common



TAXONOMIC ORDER
This list follows the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds (3rd Edition).
Besides the bird species listed below, we have extensive footage of birders in various
settings, typical birding habitats and locations, as well as researchers banding birds.


LOONS
Common Loon

GREBES
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Least Grebe
Western Grebe

PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican

GANNETS & BOOBIES
Northern Gannet

ANHINGAS
Anhinga

CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant

HERONS & BITTERNS
Least Bittern
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret (Dark & White Morphs)
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great White Heron

STORKS
Wood Stork

FLAMINGOS
Greater Flamingo (zoo)

IBISES & SPOONBILLS
Glossy Ibis
White Ibis
Scarlet Ibis (zoo)
Roseate Spoonbill

DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
American Black Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Common Eider
King Eider
Surf Scoter
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck

VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture

HAWKS, KITES & EAGLES
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Harris's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
White-tailed Hawk

FALCONS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon

CHACHALACA
Plain Chachalaca

PARTRIDGES, GROUSE & TURKEYS
Chukar
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie Chicken

NEW WORLD QUAILS
California Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Montezuma Quail

LIMPKINS
Limpkin

RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS
Clapper Rail
Sora
Virginia Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot

CRANES
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane

LAPWINGS & PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer

OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher

STILTS & AVOCETS
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt

SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wandering Tattler
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Purple Sandpiper
Red Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowicher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Stilt Sandpiper
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS
Parasitic Jaeger
Heermann's Gull
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer

AUKS, MURRES, PUFFINS
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot

PIGEONS & DOVES
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Inca Dove
White-tipped Dove

PARROTS etc.
Monk Parakeet

CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Smooth-billed Ani
Goove-billed Ani

OWLS
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Snowy Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Boreal Owl
Burrowing Owl

NIGHTHAWKS
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will (vocals)

HUMMINGBIRDS
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS
Belted
Ringed

WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker

FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Northern Beardless-tyrannulet

SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike

VIREOS
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo

CROWS & JAYS
Blue Jay
Steller's Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Western Scrub-Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
Green Jay
American Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Fish Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven

LARKS
Horned Lark

SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES & TITMICE
Tufted Titmouse (Gray-crested & Black-crested)
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

BABBLERS
Wrentit

BUSHTITS
Bushtit

CREEPERS
Brown Creeper

NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch

WRENS
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Canyon Wren
Cactus Wren
Marsh Wren

DIPPERS
American Dipper

KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
California Thrasher

STARLINGS
European Starling

PIPITS
American Pipit

WAXWINGS
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

SILKY FLYCATCHER
Phainopepla

WOOD WARBLERS
Prothonotary Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler (in-hand)
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
American Redstart
Painted Redstart

TANAGERS
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager

EMBERIZIDS
Olive Sparrow
California Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Grasshopper Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored and Oregon)
Chestnut-collared Longspur
McCown's Longspur
Snow Bunting

CARDINALS
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Dickcissel
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting

BLACKBIRDS
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Scott's Oriole

FINCHES
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Common Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow


CAPTIVE BIRDS
Red Jungle Fowl
Green Jungle Fowl
Pea Fowl
Victoria Crowned-Pigeon
Ostrich



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