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.
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Bald eagle, PEI, by Matt Beardsley |
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