Birds by Family
The birds are listed by family, in TiF order. The photos range from high-quality to pictures where the bird is merely identifiable.
Non-passerines
Rheas (Rheidae)
Screamers (Anhimidae)
- Horned Screamer: #1, #2.
- Southern Screamer
Swans, Geese, and Ducks (Anatidae)
- Black-bellied and White-faced Whistling-Ducks
- Masked Duck: #1, #2.
- Mute Swans
- Trumpeter Swan
- Snow Geese
- Harlequin Duck: #1, #2.
- Long-tailed Duck / Oldsquaw
- Common Eider
- Bufflehead
- Lesser Scaup
- Brazilian Teal
- White-cheeked Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
Chachalacas and Guans (Cracidae)
- Rusty-margined Guan
- Dusky-legged Guan
- Plain Chachalaca: #1, #2.
- Chaco Chachalaca #1, #2, #3
- Razor-billed Curassows
- Red-billed Curassow
- Bare-faced Curassow
Quail (Odontophoridae)
Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys (Phasianidae)
Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Eared Dove
- Mourning Dove
- White-tipped Dove: #1, #2
- White-crowned Pigeon
- Scaled Pigeon
- Pale-vented Pigeon
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Inca Dove
- Scaled Dove: #1, #2
- Ruddy Ground-Dove: #1, #2
- Picui Ground-Dove
Sunbittern (Eurypygidae)
Potoos (Nyctibiidae)
Nighthawks and Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
- Chuck-will's-widow
- Blackish Nightjar
- Common Pauraque: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Spot-tailed Nightjar: #1, #2
- White-tailed Nightjar: #1, #2
- Ladder-tailed Nightjar: #1, #2
- Nacunda Nighthawks
- Common Nighthawk: perched, flying
Swifts Apodidae
Hummingbirds Trochilidae
- Rufous-breasted Hermit
- Scale-throated Hermit
- Brown Violetear
- Green Violetear: #1, #2
- Green Thorntail
- Festive Coquette
- Blue-mantled Thornbill
- Tyrian Metaltail
- Violet-throated Metaltail
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg
- Shining Sunbeam
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet, photo #1, #2, #3
- Sword-billed Hummingbird, photo #1, #2
- Great Sapphirewing, photo #1, #2
- Brazilian Ruby #1, #2, #3
- Long-billed Starthroat
- Purple-throated Mountain-gem: #1, #2
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird: #1, #2
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing
- Violet Sabrewing
- Violet-capped Woodnymph #1, #2
- Coppery-headed Emerald: #1, #2
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
- Sombre Hummingbird
- White-throated Hummingbird #1, #2
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird: #1, #2, #3
- Gilded Hummingbird / Gilded Sapphire
- Glittering-throated Emerald
Hoatzin (Opisthocomidae)
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis (Cuculidae)
- Guira Cuckoo
- Greater Ani
- Smooth-billed Ani: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Greater Roadrunner
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo: #1, #2
Trumpeters (Psophiidae)
Limpkin (Aramidae)
Cranes (Gruidae)
Sungrebe (Heliornithidae)
Rails and Gallinules (Rallidae)
- Ecuadorian Rail
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail #1, #2
- Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
- Purple Swamphen
- Purple Gallinule: #1, #2, #3, #4.
- American Coot: #1, #2, Feet!.
- Slate-colored Coot
- Sora
Loons (Gaviidae)
Southern Storm-Petrels (Oceanitidae)
Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Black-capped Petrel
- Cory's and Great Shearwaters
- Great Shearwater: #1, #2
- Cory's Shearwater: #1, #2.
- Audubon's Shearwaters: #1, #2, #3
Northern Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae)
- European Storm-Petrel: #1, #2.
- Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Storks (Ciconiidae)
Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)
Anhinga (Anhingidae)
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- White Ibis: #1, #2, #3, #4.
- Scarlet Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
- Sharp-tailed Ibis
- Green Ibis
- Bare-faced Ibis #1, #2
- Plumbeous Ibis #1, #2
- Roseate Spoonbill: #1, #2, #3, #4.
Herons (Ardeidae)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron: #1, #2.
- Boat-billed Heron: #1, #2, #3
- Zigzag Heron
- American Bittern
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: #1, #2
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- Great Egret: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5.
- Great Blue Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4.
- Cocoi Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7
- Green Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4.
- Striated Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Agami Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- Whistling Heron: #1, #2
- Tricolored Heron: #1, #2, #3.
- Reddish Egret
- Little Blue Heron: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5.
Thick-Knees (Burhinidae)
Golden-Plovers (Pluvialidae)
Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
- Southern Lapwing: #1,#2, #3
- Semipalmated Plover
- Wilson's Plover
- Killdeer
- Killdeer Eggs
- Piping Plover
- Collared Plover
Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
Jacana (Jacanidae)
- Northern Jacana
- Wattled Jacana: #1, #2
Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Hudsonian Godwit: #1, #2
- Marbled Godwit
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper: #1, #2
- Western Sandpiper
- Red-necked Phalarope: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Spotted Sandpiper: #1, #2
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Wilson's Snipe: #1, #2, #3, #4
Skuas & Jaegers (Stercorariidae)
Gulls and Terns (Laridae)
- Black Skimmer
- Sooty and Bridled Terns
- Bridled Tern: #1, #2, #3
- Large-billed Tern #1, #2
- Black Tern
- Arctic Tern: #1, #2
- Arctic Tern Egg
- Forster's Tern
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Andean Gull
- Bonaparte's and Little Gulls
- Heermann's Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Iceland Gull
- Slaty-backed Gull: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
- Vulture Kettle
- Turkey Vulture
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture: #1, #2, #3
- King Vulture
Kites, Hawks, and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Pearl Kite
- Bald Eagle
- Mississippi Kite
- Black-collared Hawk: #1, Black-collared Hawk
- Crane Hawk
- Snail Kite: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
- Slender-billed Kite
- Mangrove Black-Hawk
- Savanna Hawk: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
- Great Black-Hawk
- Roadside Hawk: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- White-tailed Hawk: #1, #2.
- Gray Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk: #1, #2, #3.
- Short-tailed Hawk
- Swainson's Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk: #1, #2.
- Northern Harrier
Owls (Strigidae)
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Burrowing Owl: #1, #2
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
- Striped Owl
- Tropical Screech-Owl: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Spectacled Owl
- Barred Owl: #1, #2, #3
- Mottled Owl
- Black-and-white Owl
- Great Horned Owl: #1, #2, #3, #4
Trogons (Trogonidae)
- Resplendent Quetzal: #1, #2
- Black-throated Trogon
- Black-tailed Trogon
- Blue-crowned Trogon
Kingfishers (Cerylidae)
- Ringed Kingfisher: #1, #2
- Amazon Kingfisher: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Green Kingfisher #1, #2
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher: #1,#2
- American Pygmy Kingfisher
Jacamars (Galbulidae)
- Three-toed Jacamar
- Brown Jacamar
- Great Jacamar
- White-eared Jacamar, photo #1, #2
- Paradise Jacamar
- Bronzy Jacamar
- Purplish Jacamar
- Blue-cheeked Jacamar / Blue-necked Jacamar
- Coppery-chested Jacamar
- White-chinned Jacamar, photo #1, #2
Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
- Black-streaked Puffbird
- White-eared Puffbird #1, #2
- Swallow-winged Puffbird / Swallow-wing
- Black-fronted Nunbird
- Spotted Puffbird
Prong-billed & Toucan Barbets (Semnornithidae)
Barbets (Capitonidae)
- Lemon-throated Barbet, photo #1, #2, #3
- Red-headed Barbet
Toucans (Ramphastidae)
- Toco Toucan #1, #2
- Chestnut-eared Aracari: #1, #2
- Emerald Toucanet
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- White-browed Woodpecker / Yellow-browed Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker (red-shafted)
- Campo Flicker
- Lineated Woodpecker: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pale-crested Woodpecker
- Cream-colored Woodpecker
- Red-necked Woodpecker
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker
- White Woodpecker
- Red-crowned Woodpecker
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker: #1, #2
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Little Woodpecker
Seriemas (Cariamidae)
Falcons (Falconidae)
- Laughing Falcon
- Collared Forest-Falcon
- Crested Caracara: #1, #2, #3/
- Southern Caracara / Southern Crested Caracara
- Yellow-headed Caracara: #1, #2, #3
- American Kestrel: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Merlin
- Orange-breasted Falcon
Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Green-rumped Parrotlet
- Dusky-billed Parrotlet #1, #2
- Monk Parakeet #1, #2
- White-winged Parakeet
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet #1, #2
- Cobalt-winged Parakeet, photo #1, #2, #3, #4
- Scaly-headed Parrot
- Blue-headed Parrot
- Red-crowned Amazon-Parrot
- Orange-winged Amazon-Parrot
- Lilac-crowned Amazon-Parrot: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Mealy Amazon-Parrot: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Yellow-crowned Amazon-Parrot: #1, #2, #3
- Blue-fronted Amazon-Parrot: #1, #2
- Amazon Parrots
- Amazon Parrots
- Black-headed Parrot
- Hyacinth Macaw #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- Red-bellied Macaw
- Military Macaw
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Scarlet Macaw: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Black-hooded Parakeet / Nanday Parakeet #1, #2
- Green Parakeets
- Mitred Parakeet: #1, #2, #3
- Red-masked Parakeet: #1, #2, #3
- White-eyed Parakeet
- Dusky-headed Parakeet: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- Peach-fronted Parakeet
- Brown-throated Parakeet
- Eclectus Parrot
- Rose-ringed Parakeets
- Red-breasted Parakeet
Passerines
Manakins (Pipridae)
Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Tityras and Becards (Tityridae)
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill: #1, #2
- Common Tody-Flycatcher
- Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
- Plain Tyrannulet / Plain Inezia
- Golden-faced Tyrannulet
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
- Gray-capped Tyrannulet
- Plain-crested Elaenia #1, #2
- Mottle-backed Elaenia
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant
- Gray-hooded Attila
- Sirystes
- Great Crested Flycatcher: #1, #2
- Brown-crested Flycatcher
- White-bearded Flycatcher
- Lesser Kiskadee: #1, #2, #3
- Great Kiskadee: #1, #2
- Cattle Tyrant: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
- Boat-billed Flycatcher
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Social Flycatcher
- Gray-capped Flycatcher
- Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher: #1, #2 (flight)
- Tropical Kingbird
- Tropical Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Gray Kingbird
- Loggerhead Kingbird: #1, #2
- Vermilion Flycatcher: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, nest with young, #6, #7
- Masked Water-Tyrant #1, #2
- White-headed Marsh-Tyrant: #1, #2, #3
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant
- Fuscous Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Gray Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Crested Black-Tyrant
- Velvety Black-Tyrant
- Paramo (Plain-capped) Ground-Tyrant
- Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant
- White-rumped Monjita #1, #2
Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
- Rusty-backed Antwren
- Barred Antshrike: #1, #2
- Rufous-winged Antshrike
- Band-tailed Antbird
Ant-pittas (Grallariidae)
- Jocotoco Antpitta, photo #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- Chestnut-naped Antpitta
- Tawny Antpitta
Ovenbirds and allies (Furnariidae)
- Great Rufous Woodcreeper
- Red-billed Scythebill
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper: #1, #2
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
- Scaled Woodcreeper
- Wing-banded Hornero / Band-tailed Hornero #1, #2
- Lesser Hornero
- Rufous Hornero
- Chestnut-winged Cinclodes
- Stout-billed Cinclodes #1, #2
- Andean Tit-Spinetail
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird
- Many-striped Canastero
- Rufous Cacholote / Gray-crested Cacholote
- Chotoy Spinetail #1, #2, #3
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Vireos (Vireonidae)
- Rufous-crowned Greenlet
- White-eyed Vireo: #1, #2
- Thick-billed Vireo: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
- Bell's Vireo: #1, #2 (flight)
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Warbling Vireo: #1, #2
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
Shrikes (Laniidae)
Jays and Crows (Corvidae)
- Gray Jay: #1, #2 (juvenile)
- Violaceous Jay
- Green Jay
- Inca (Green) Jay
- Florida Scrub-Jay
- Clark's Nutcracker
- Black-billed Magpie: #1, #2 (flight)
- American Crow: #1, #2 (juvenile)
- Fish Crow
Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)
- Boreal Chickadee
- Black-capped Chickadee: #1, #2
Larks (Alaudidae)
Swallows (Hirundinidae)
- Leucistic Swallow: #1, Swallow #2, Swallow #3
- Mangrove Swallow: #1, #2, #3, #4
- White-winged Swallow: #1, #2, #3
- Blue-and-white Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow
- Barn Swallow with nestlings
- Cave Swallow: #1, #2, #3
Donacobius (Donacobiidae)
Bulbuls Pycnonotidae
Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens (Polioptilidae)
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
- Marsh Wren
- House Wren
- Stripe-backed Wren: #1, #2
- Bicolored Wren
- Bay Wren
- Fawn-breasted Wren
Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
- Gray Catbird
- Long-billed Thrasher
- Bendire's Thrasher
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Tropical Mockingbird
- Bahama Mockingbird: #1, #2, #3
Starlings and Mynas (Sturnidae)
- Hill Myna: #1, #2, #3
- Common Myna
Dippers (Cinclidae)
Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Mountain Bluebird
- Eastern Bluebird
- Rufous-bellied Thrush: #1, #2
- Great Thrush: #1, #2
Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)
Finches and Euphonias (Fringillidae)
- Purple-throated Euphonia
- Thick-billed Euphonia
- Yellow-throated Euphonia
- Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
- House Finch
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch: #1, #2
- Pine Grosbeaks
- Common Redpoll
- American Goldfinch: #1, #2
Longspurs and Snow Buntings (Calcariidae)
- Snow Bunting
- Lapland Longspur
- Smith's Longspur: #1, #2, #3
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
- Western Spindalis: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Connecticut Warbler: #1, #2
- Common Yellowthroat
- Hooded Warbler
- American Redstart
- Cape May Warbler
- Northen Parula
- Magnolia Warbler: #1, #2
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler: #1, #2
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler: #1, #2
- Black-throated Blue Warbler: #1, #2, #3
- Palm Warbler: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Pine Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Myrtle Warbler
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Townsend's Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Spectacled Whitestart
Blackbirds (Icteridae)
- Bobolink: #1, #2, #3
- Yellow-headed Blackbird: #1, #2
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Giant Cowbird
- Shiny Cowbird
- Brewer's Blackbird: #1, #2
- Carib Grackle
- Boat-tailed Grackle: #1, #2
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird
- Chopi Blackbird: #1, #2, #3
- Unicolored Blackbird
- Bay-winged Cowbird / Baywing
- Yellow-rumped Cacique
- Russet-backed Oropendola
- Montezuma Oropendola
- Yellow Oriole: #1,#2 (flight)
- Spot-breasted Oriole
- Orange-backed Troupial: #1, #2
American Sparrows (Passerellidae)
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Yellow-browed Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Saffron-billed Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Vesper Sparrow: #1, #2
- Le Conte's Sparrow: #1, #2
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow: #1, #2
- Henslow's Sparrow: #1, #2
- Baird's Sparrow
- California Towhee
- Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch
Cardinal-Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)
- Northern Cardinal: #1, #2
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak
- Summer Tanager: #1, #2
- Western Tanager
- Dickcissel
- Blue Grosbeak
- Lazuli Bunting
- Painted Bunting: #1, #2
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
- Black-throated Saltator
- Grayish Saltator: #1, #2, #3
- Buff-throated Saltator
- Orinocan Saltator
- Bananaquit
- Yellow-faced Grassquit
- Green-and-gold Tanager
- Silver-throated Tanager
- Brassy-breasted Tanager
- Blue-gray Tanager
- Blue-gray Tanager, photo #1, #2
- Sayaca Tanager
- Glaucous Tanager
- Palm Tanager
- Golden-chevroned Tanager
- Golden-hooded Tanager
- Burnished-buff Tanager
- White-banded Tanager / Shrike-like Tanager
- Black-faced Tanager
- Cinnamon Tanager
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Yellow-billed Cardinal #1, #2, #3
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, photo #1, #2
- Swallow Tanagers
- Yellow-bellied Dacnis
- Blue Dacnis
- White-rumped Tanager
- Bay-chested Warbling-Finch
- Hooded Tanager
- Masked Crimson Tanager, photo #1, #2
- Silver-beaked Tanager: #1, #2
- Pileated Finch / Gray Pileated-Finch
- Red-crested Finch / Red Pileated-Finch
- Gray Seedeater
- Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
- Giant Conebill, photo #1, #2, #3
- Plumbeous Sierra-Finch
- Masked Flowerpiercer
- Glossy Flowerpiercer, photo #1, #2
- Saffron Finch: #1, #2 (immature), #3, #4, #5, #6