BIRDS OF THE WORLD INDEX - W

BIRDS OF THE WORLD INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES – W

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

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

Wandering albatross and Southern giant petrel off Kaikoura, New Zealand - by Denise Motard, Feb. 2013
Wandering albratross off Kaikoura, NZ

WANDERING ALBATROSS (Diomeda exulans) – New Zealand
WANDERING TATTLER (Tringa incana) – USA, Hawaii
WARBLING VIREO (Vireo gilvus) – Canada, PEI
WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER (Ardenna pacificus) – USA, Hawaii
WESTERN GULL(Larus occidentalis) – USA, California
WESTERN KINGBIRD (Tyrannus verticalis) – Canada, PEI
WESTERN SANDPIPER (Calidris mauri) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
WESTERN SWAMPHEN(Porphyrio porphyrio) – Spain
WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana) – Canada, PEI
WHIMBREL (Numenius phaeopus) – Iceland; Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
WHITE STORK (Ciconia ciconia) – Tanzania
WHITE TERN(Gygis alba) – USA, Hawaii
WHITE WAGTAIL(Motacilla alba) – Spain
WHITE-BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus) – Tanzania
WHITE-BELLIED BUSTARD (Eupodotis senegalensis) – Tanzania
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH(Sitta carolinensis) – Canada, PEI
WHITE-CHINNED PETREL (Procellaria aequinoctialis) – New Zealand
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW(Zonotrichia leucophrys) – Canada, PEI
WHITE-EYED VIREO (Vireo griseus) – Canada, PEI
WHITE-FACED HERON (Egretta novaehollandiae) – New Zealand
WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna viduata) – Tanzania
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER(Calidris fuscicollis) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA (Copsychus malabaricus) – USA, Hawaii
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (Phaethon lepturus)  – USA, Hawaii
WHITE-THROATED MAGPIE-JAY (Calocitta formosa) - Nicaragua
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Zonotrichia albicollis) – Canada, PEI
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL(Loxia leucoptera) – Canada, PEI
WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica) – Canada, PEI
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER(Melanitta deglandi) – Canada, PEI
WILD TURKEY(Meleagris gallopavo) – USA, Mass.; Hawaii; Canada, PEI
WILLET – (Tringa semipalmata) – Canada, PEI; USA, Florida; Hawaii
WILLOW FLYCATCHER (Empidonax traillii) – Canada, PEI
WILSON’S PHALAROPE (Phalaropus tricolor) – Canada, PEI; USA, Hawaii
WILSON’S SNIPE (Gallinago delicata) – USA, Hawaii; Canada, PEI
WILSON’S STORM PETREL(Oceanites oceanicus) – Canada, PEI
WILSON’S WARBLER(Cardellina pusilla) – Canada, PEI
WINTER WREN(Troglodytes hiemalis) – Canada, PEI
WOOD DUCK (Aix sponsa) – Canada, PEI
WOOD THRUSH(Hylocichla mustelina) – Canada, PEI
WORM-EATING WARBLER(Helmitheros vermivorum) – Canada, PEI