Free Printable Backyard Bird Life List (157 Birds)

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Backyard Bird Life List

157 birds you can find across North America — tick them off as you go.

Name: ______________________Started: ____________Total seen: ______ / 157

Sparrows, Juncos & Towhees

  • House Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Eastern Towhee
  • Spotted Towhee

Finches & Siskins

  • House Finch
  • Purple Finch
  • American Goldfinch
  • Lesser Goldfinch
  • Pine Siskin
  • Common Redpoll
  • Evening Grosbeak

Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Buntings

  • Northern Cardinal
  • Pyrrhuloxia
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Black-headed Grosbeak
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Painted Bunting

Chickadees, Titmice & Nuthatches

  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Mountain Chickadee
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Black-crested Titmouse
  • Bushtit
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Brown-headed Nuthatch
  • Pygmy Nuthatch
  • Brown Creeper

Wrens

  • Carolina Wren
  • House Wren
  • Bewick’s Wren
  • Winter Wren
  • Marsh Wren
  • Cactus Wren

Thrushes & Bluebirds

  • American Robin
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Western Bluebird
  • Mountain Bluebird
  • Wood Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Veery

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Gray Catbird
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Curve-billed Thrasher

Woodpeckers

  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Acorn Woodpecker
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Jays, Crows & Ravens

  • Blue Jay
  • Steller’s Jay
  • California Scrub-Jay
  • Florida Scrub-Jay
  • Canada Jay
  • Black-billed Magpie
  • American Crow
  • Fish Crow
  • Common Raven

Blackbirds, Grackles & Orioles

  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Boat-tailed Grackle
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Brewer’s Blackbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Bullock’s Oriole
  • Orchard Oriole
  • European Starling

Doves & Pigeons

  • Mourning Dove
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • White-winged Dove
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Inca Dove

Hummingbirds

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • Anna’s Hummingbird
  • Rufous Hummingbird
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  • Costa’s Hummingbird

Warblers, Kinglets & Vireos

  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • American Redstart
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Warbling Vireo
  • Cedar Waxwing

Flycatchers, Swallows & Swifts

  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Black Phoebe
  • Say’s Phoebe
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Western Kingbird
  • Barn Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Purple Martin
  • Chimney Swift

Hawks, Falcons & Eagles

  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • American Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Bald Eagle
  • Osprey
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Black Vulture

Owls & Nightjars

  • Great Horned Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Eastern Screech-Owl
  • Barn Owl
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Eastern Whip-poor-will

Ground & Game Birds

  • Wild Turkey
  • Northern Bobwhite
  • California Quail
  • Gambel’s Quail
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Killdeer
  • Horned Lark

Water & Wading Birds

  • Canada Goose
  • Mallard
  • Wood Duck
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • Ring-billed Gull
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