Bird Identification

Trying to figure out what bird you just saw? Our Bird Identification guides help you put a name to birds you encounter in your backyard, neighborhood, parks, fields, and beyond.

Bird identification involves much more than matching feather color to a photograph. Size, body shape, bill shape, markings, behavior, habitat, geographic location, season, sounds, age, and sex can all provide important clues. Even experienced birdwatchers can have trouble separating species that look remarkably similar.

Here you’ll find practical bird identification guides, comparisons between commonly confused species, male and female differences, juvenile identification, seasonal plumage changes, bird sound information, and other resources designed to help you narrow down what you’re seeing.

Whether you’re trying to identify a little brown bird at your feeder or determine whether that large bird overhead is a hawk, eagle, or vulture, Bird Resource is here to make bird identification easier.