Free bird sound guide

Bird sounds

Songs and calls of 70 common North American birds. Each page has several recordings with spectrograms, what to listen for, and where the bird lives.

Blackbirds and Orioles

• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
• Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
• Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius

Cardinals

• Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis

Cormorants

• Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum

Corvids

• American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
• Blue JayCyanocitta cristata

Creepers

• Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus

Falcons

• American KestrelFalco sparverius

Finches

• American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
• House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
• Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus

Gulls and Terns

• Herring GullLarus argentatus

Hawks and Eagles

• Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
• Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis

Herons

• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Green HeronButorides virescens

Hummingbirds

• Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
• Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris

Ibises and Spoonbills

• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• White IbisEudocimus albus

Mimids

• Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

Nuthatches

• Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
• White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis

Old World Sparrows

• House SparrowPasser domesticus

Ospreys

• OspreyPandion haliaetus

Other

• Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus

Owls

• Barred OwlStrix varia

Pelicans

• American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos

Pigeons and Doves

• Mourning DoveZenaida macroura

Rails and Coots

• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus

Shorebirds

• American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
• Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
• Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata

Sparrows

• American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
• Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
• Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
• Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
• White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis

Thrushes

• American RobinTurdus migratorius
• Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
• Western BluebirdSialia mexicana

Titmice and Chickadees

• Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
• Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
• Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor

Uncategorized

• Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
• Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator

Waterfowl

• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• Canada GooseBranta canadensis
• GadwallMareca strepera
• Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
• Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
• Wood DuckAix sponsa

Waxwings

• Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum

Woodpeckers

• Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
• Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
• Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
• Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
• Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus

Wrens

• House WrenTroglodytes aedon
• Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis

Photos are from Wikimedia Commons; each bird's page credits its photographer and license. Recordings are from xeno-canto under Creative Commons licenses.