Alabama Birds Common Orders and Families
Order Gaviiformes Loons Grebes
Common Loon
Order Phalacrocoriiformes Anhingas Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Order Pelecaniformes Brown Pelican White Pelican
Brown Pelican
White Pelican
Order Ciconiiformes Herons and Egrets
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Order Charadriiformes Shorebirds: Plovers Sandpipers Terns Gulls
American Oyster Catcher
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Royal Tern
Laughing Gull
Black Skimmer
Order Anseriformes Waterfowl Ducks, Geese, Swans
Mallard
Canvasback
Wood Duck
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Tundra Swan
Order Gruiformes Cranes Rails Coots
Sandhill Crane
Clapper Rail
American Coot
Order Coraciiformes Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Order Falconiformes Diurnal Birds of Prey: Eagles Hawks Vultures Falcons
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Red- tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Order Galliformes Grouse-like Birds: Quail Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Order Columbiformes Pigeons and Doves
Mourning Dove
Order Cuculiformes Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Order Strigiformes Owls
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Order Caprimulgiformes Goat Suckers: Nighthawks Whip-poor-wills
Common Nighthawk
Order Piciformes Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Order Apodiformes Swifts Hummingbirds
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Order Passeriformes Perching/Song Birds
American Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Blue Bird
Robin
Red-eyed Vireo
Common Yellowthroat
Common Grackle
Red- winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Eastern Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Scarlet Tanager
House Finch
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
House Sparrow
European Starling