Identification Guides – BIRDS

VERDINS (Family Remizidae)
– Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)

BUSHTITS (Family Aegithalidae)
– Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

NUTHATCHES (Family Sittidae)
– Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
– White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
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– Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
– Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pulsilla)

CREEPERS (Family Certhiidae)
– Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

BULBULS (Family Pycnonotidae)
– Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pyncnonotus jocosus)

AFRICAN BULBULS (Family Pycnonotidae)
– Common Bulbul (Pyconotus barabatus)
Common Bulbul (Pyconotus barabatus)

WRENS (Family Troglodytidae)
– Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
– Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
– Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
– Carolina Wren (Thyrothorus ludivicianus)
Carolina Wren (Thyrothorus ludivicianus)

Carolina Wren - Twin Canals Trail - Barataria Preserve
– Berwick’s Wren (Thyromanes bewickii)
– House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
– Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
– Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
– Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

DIPPERS (Family Cinclidae)
– American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)

OLD WORLD WARBLERS & THRUSHES (Family Muscicapiodae)
– Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
– Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
– Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
– Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerula)
– California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica)
– Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptera melanura)
– Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptera nigriceps)
– Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
– Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
– Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
– Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
– Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
– Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
– Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
– Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
– Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli)
– Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatis)
– Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
– Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
– Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi)
– American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
– Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
– Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)

AFRICAN OLD WORLD WARBLERS & THRUSHES (Family Muscicapidae)
– White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (Dioptrornis fischeri)
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (Dioptrornis fischeri)
– Red-backed Scrub Robin (Cercotrickas leucophrys/Erythropygia leucophrys) (African name: White-browed Scrub Robin)
Red-backed Scrub Robin (Cercotrickas leucophrys/Erythropygia leucophrys) (African name: White-browed Scrub Robin)

MIMIC-THRUSHES (Family Mimidae)
– Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Catbird (male) at Lyonia Preserve, Deltona, Florida
– Northern Mockingbird (Mimus ployglottos)
Northern Mockingbird - French Quarter - New Orleans

– Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
– Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
– Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
– Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma benderei)
– Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
– California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
– Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
– Le Conte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)

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