BIRDS OF THE WORLD INDEX - B

BIRDS OF THE WORLD INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES – B

Beside each bird name are the countries (states, provinces) where the birds were observed.

Please click on the bird name for its profile including photos.

Bald eagle in North Rustico, PEI - photo by Matt Beardsley, Apr. 2017
Bald eagle, PEI, by Matt Beardsley
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER (Calidris bairdii) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BALD EAGLE ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus) – Canada, PEI
BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Icterus galbula) – Canada, PEI
BANANAQUIT(Coereba flaveola) – Costa Rica
BANK SWALLOW(Riparia riparia) – Canada, PEI
BARN OWL(Tyto alba) – USA, Hawaii; Canada, PEI
BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica) – Japan; Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BARNACLE GOOSE(Branta leucopsis) – Canada, PEI
BARRED OWL(Strix varia) – Canada, PEI
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE(Bucephala islandica) – Canada, PEI
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER(Setophaga castanea) – Canada, PEI
BELTED KINGFISHER (Megaceryle alcyon) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BERTRAM’S WEAVER (Ploceus bertrandi) – Tanzania
BICKNELL’S THRUSH(Catharus bicknelli) – Canada, PEI
BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER(Mniotilta varia) – Canada, PEI
BLACK FRANCOLIN (Francolinus francolinus) – USA, Hawaii
BLACK GUILLEMOT(Cepphus grylle) – Canada, PEI
BLACK OYSTERCATCHER (Haematopus bachmani) – Canada, PEI
BLACK SCOTER (Melanitta americana) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BLACK SKIMMER(Rynchops niger) – Canada, PEI
BLACK TERN (Chlidonias niger) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus) – USA, Texas; Canada, PEI
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER(Picoides arcticus) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER(Pluvialis squatarola) – USA, Florida; Hawaii; Canada, PEI
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis) – USA, Texas
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO(Coccyzus erythropthalmus) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-BILLED GULL (Chroicocephalus buller) – New Zealand
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE (Poecile atricapillus) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON (Nycticorax nycticorax) – USA, Hawaii; Spain; Canada, PEI
BLACK-FRONTED DOTTEREL (Elseyornis melanops) – New Zealand
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK(Pheucticus melanocephalus) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus) – Japan; Canada, PEI; Spain; USA, Hawaii
BLACK-HEADED HERON (Ardea melanocephala) – Tanzania
BLACK-HEADED or Long-tailed SHRIKE (Lanius schach) – Japan
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE(Rissa tridactyla) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT(Limosa limosa) Canada, PEI; Iceland; USA, Hawaii
BLACK-TAILED GULL – (Larus crassirostris) – Japan
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER(Setophaga caerulescens) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER(Setophaga nigrescens) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER(Setophaga virens) – Canada, PEI
BLACK-WINGED STILT(Himantopus himantopus) – Spain; USA, Hawaii
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER(Setophaga fusca) – Canada, PEI
BLACKPOLL WARBLER(Setophaga striata) – Canada, PEI
BLACKSMITH LAPWING (Vanellus armatus) – Tanzania
BLUE GROSBEAK(Passerina caerulea) – Canada, PEI
BLUE JAY  (Cyanocitta cristata) – Canada, PEI
BLUE PENGUIN (Eudyptula minor) – New Zealand
BLUE ROCK THRUSH (Monticola solitarius)Japan
BLUE-CAPPED MOTMOT(Momotus coeruliceps) – Costa Rica
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER – (Polioptila caerulea) – USA, Georgia; Canada, PEI
BLUE-HEADED VIREO(Vireo solitarius)– Canada, PEI
BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Spatula discors) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER(Vermivora cyanoptera) – Canada, PEI
BOBOLINK (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) – Canada, PEI
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garrulus) – Canada, PEI
BONAPARTE’S GULL (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BOREAL CHICKADEE(Poecile hudsonicus) – Canada, PEI
BOREAL OWL(Aegolius funereus) – Canada, PEI
BRANT(Branta bernicla) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD(Euphagus cyanocephalus) – Canada, PEI
BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW(Numenius tahitiensis) – USA, Hawaii
BROAD-WINGED HAWK (Buteo platypterus) – Canada, PEI
BROWN BOOBY(Sula leucogaster) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BROWN CREEPER(Certhia americana) – Canada, PEI
BROWN PELICAN – (Pelecanus occidentalis) – USA, Texas; Mexico; Canada, PEI
BROWN TRASHER (Toxostoma rufum) – Canada, PEI
BROWN-EARED BULBUL (Hypsipetes amaurotis) – Japan
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (Molothrus ater) – Canada, PEI
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH(Sitta pusilla) – USA, Florida
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Calidris subruficollis) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BUFFLEHEAD(Bucephala albeola) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE (Icterus bullockii) – Canada, PEI