Songbird Pictures
We hope you enjoy these songbird pictures. Songbirds are a diverse group of birds known as Passerines (Order Passeriformes).
This page currently includes pictures of thirteen bird Families (listed below) and five bird Orders (Passeriformes, Apodiformes, Cuculiformes, Coraciiformes and Gruiformes).
Please enjoy the following bird pictures we have taken over the years. We will be adding new ones often. Please note the Terms of Use.
PASSERINES
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Common Bushtit Adult Female by eye color (Psaltriparus minimus) Order: Passeriformes Bushtit Family: Aegithalidae |
Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Order: Passeriformes Nuthatch Family: Sittidae |
Red Breasted Nuthatch (Different bird with different view showing upturned bill) |
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Yellow Warbler (male in Breeding Plumage) (Dendroica petechia) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae |
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae |
Northern Waterthrush
(Seiurus noveboracensis) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae |
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Blue Grosbeak (male) (Guiraca caerulea) (Biting finger!) Order: Passeriformes Grosbeak/Bunting Family: Cardinalidae |
Golden-crowned Kinglet (male) (Regulus satrapa) (difficult to see crown in the field) Order: Passeriformes Kinglet Family: Regulidae |
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) Order: Passeriformes Finch Family: Fringillidae |
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American Goldfinch (male) (Carduelis tristis) Order: Passeriformes Finch Family: Fringillidae |
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Order: Passeriformes Waxwing Family: Bombycillidae |
Common Yellowthroat (male) (Geothlypis trichas) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae |
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Superb Sunbird (Nectarina superba) Order: Passeriformes Sunbird Family: Necarinidae Photo taken in Sierra Leone (West Africa) in 1980. |
Crimson Seed-cracker (male) (Pyrenestes sanquineus) Order: Passeriformes Estrilidine Weaver Family: Estrilidae Photo taken in Sierra Leone (West Africa) in 1980. |
NON-PASSERINES
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) (Nest with 2 chicks almost ready to fledge) Order: Apodiformes Hummingbird Family: Trochilidae |
Malochite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) Order: Coraciiformes Kingfisher Family: Alcedinidae Photo taken in Sierra Leone (West Africa) in 1980. |
Yellow Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Order: Cuculiformes Cuckoo/Roadrunner/ Ani Family: Cuculidae |
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White-spotted Fluff Tail (Male) (AKA White-spotted Pygmy Rail) (Soruthrura pulchra) Order: Gruiformes Rail Family: Ralidae |
White-spotted Fluff Tail (Female) To our knowledge, these are the only photos of a male and female White-spotted Fluff tail Photos taken in Sierra Leone (West Africa) in 1980. |
List of Bird Families included in Songbird pictures:
- Bushtits: Aegithalidae
- Cuckoos/Roadrunners/Anis: Cuculidae
- Estrilidine Weavers: Estrilidae
- Finches: Fringillidae
- Grosbeaks/Buntings: Cardinalidae
- Hummingbirds: Trochilidae
- Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
- Kinglets: Regulidae
- Nuthatches: Sittidae
- Rails: Ralidae
- Sunbirds: Necarinidae
- Waxwings: Bombycillidae
- Wood Warblers: Paurilidae
List of Bird Species in Songbird pictures:
- American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
- Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea)
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Crimson Seed-cracker (Pyrenestes sanquineus)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
- Malochite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)
- Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
- Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
- Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Superb Sunbird (Nectarina superba)
- White-spotted Fluff tail (Soruthrura pulchra)
- Yellow Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
- Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
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