The Bird Atlas
02 · Explore birds

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41 species, each with a complete profile. Search by name or scientific name, and combine filters by place, habitat, family, size, diet, status and role.

41 birds
A male Andean Condor standing on a misty mountain rock, wings half-open showing silver-white panels, white neck ruff and fleshy comb
VUAndean CondorVultur gryphusSouth America
An Atlantic Puffin resting on a rock with a beakful of silvery sand eels in its red-and-yellow striped bill
VUAtlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaEurope · North America
An adult Bald Eagle banking in flight with a fish in its yellow talons, white head and tail, dark brown wings spread
LCBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusNorth America
A wing-tagged California Condor sunning with wings spread wide in a pine, bare pinkish-orange head and white underwing panels
CRCalifornia CondorGymnogyps californianusNorth America
Hand-coloured engraving of seven Carolina parakeets clambering and feeding among cocklebur stems: green birds with yellow heads and orange-red faces, and one all-green young bird
EXCarolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensisExtinct · Eastern and central United States
A Clark's Nutcracker calling from a sunlit rock, long dagger-like black bill open, pale grey body and black wings
LCClark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbianaNorth America
A Common Kingfisher perched on a pale branch, electric-blue back and tail, orange cheeks and underparts, long dagger-shaped bill
LCCommon KingfisherAlcedo atthisEurope · Asia
A male Common Ostrich striding through dry savanna grass, black body plumage, white wing plumes and long grey neck
LCCommon OstrichStruthio camelusAfrica
Hand-coloured lithograph of a dodo standing on a grassy patch beside a rock inscribed 'Roelandt Savery fe 1626': a plump grey bird with a large hooked yellowish bill, small pale wings and a curled tuft of tail feathers
EXDodoRaphus cucullatusExtinct · Mauritius, Indian Ocean
A small group of adult Emperor Penguins standing on sea ice, golden-yellow ear patches, blue-black backs and pale yellow breasts
NTEmperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteriAntarctica
A Eurasian Hoopoe on grass with its black-tipped cinnamon crest fully fanned, long down-curved bill and zebra-striped wings
LCEurasian HoopoeUpupa epopsEurope · Asia
A Eurasian Jay perched on an autumn branch, pinkish-buff body, black moustache stripe and bright blue-barred wing patch
LCEurasian JayGarrulus glandariusEurope · Asia
Hand-coloured engraving of two great auks on a rocky North Atlantic shore: large upright black-and-white seabirds with heavy grooved bills and a white patch in front of each eye, one on a rock and one among breaking waves, with cliffs behind
EXGreat AukPinguinus impennisExtinct · North Atlantic: Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Britain and Ireland
A Great Hornbill in flight against blue sky, huge yellow bill and casque, black wings with broad yellow and white bands, white tail with a black band
VUGreat HornbillBuceros bicornisAsia
A Great Tit perched on a twig, glossy blue-black head with white cheeks, olive back and yellow underparts
LCGreat TitParus majorEurope · Asia
A female Greater Honeyguide perched on a diagonal branch, plain grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts
LCGreater HoneyguideIndicator indicatorAfrica
An adult Guanay Cormorant standing on a coastal rock, glossy blue-black upperparts, white throat and belly, red eye-ring and pink feet
NTGuanay CormorantLeucocarbo bougainvilliorumSouth America
An adult Harpy Eagle perched on a thick rainforest branch, grey head, black chest band, white underparts and massive yellow talons
VUHarpy EagleHarpia harpyjaNorth America · South America
Hand-coloured lithograph of a pair of huia on a berry-laden branch: the male in front with a short, stout bill and the female behind with her long, curved bill; both black with orange wattles and white-tipped tails
EXHuiaHeteralocha acutirostrisExtinct · North Island, New Zealand
Two Hyacinth Macaws clambering through a leafy tree in the Pantanal, cobalt-blue plumage with yellow eye-rings and bare yellow skin at the base of the bill
VUHyacinth MacawAnodorhynchus hyacinthinusSouth America
A moss-green Kākāpō drinking from a forest pool at night, its mottled feathers and owl-like facial disc reflected in the water
CRKākāpōStrigops habroptilusOceania
Hand-coloured lithograph of a laughing owl perched on a mossy branch, large and streaked brown with a pale whitish face, beside a smaller dark morepork, with tussock grass and a mountain behind
EXLaughing OwlNinox albifaciesExtinct · New Zealand
A Mauritius Kestrel perched on a thick branch in native forest, chestnut back with dark spots and heavily spotted white underparts
ENMauritius KestrelFalco punctatusAfrica
A wild Northern Bald Ibis walking on sandy steppe in Morocco, glossy dark plumage with a bronze-purple shoulder sheen, bare red face, shaggy crest and long down-curved red bill
ENNorthern Bald IbisGeronticus eremitaAfrica · Europe
Hand-coloured lithograph of two paradise parrots perched on bare twigs: slender, long-tailed parrots with turquoise faces and breasts, a dark cap with a red forehead, scarlet shoulder patch and belly, and dark brown back
EXParadise ParrotPsephotellus pulcherrimusExtinct · South-eastern Queensland, Australia
Hand-coloured engraving of a pair of passenger pigeons on bare branches: the brownish female above leans down to meet the blue-grey, rose-breasted male below, beak to beak
EXPassenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusExtinct · Eastern and central North America
An adult Peregrine Falcon in flight against blue sky, slate-grey barred back, dark helmet, barred underparts and yellow feet
LCPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusEurope · Asia
A wild Philippine Eagle perched in a tree on a forested hillside in Mindanao, shaggy crest, cream-white underparts and dark brown back
CRPhilippine EaglePithecophaga jefferyiAsia
A Red-billed Oxpecker perched on a bare branch, bright red bill, yellow eye-ring and plain brown plumage
LCRed-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorynchusAfrica
A male Resplendent Quetzal perched in cloud-forest foliage, shaggy emerald crest, crimson belly and long green tail streamers
NTResplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinnoNorth America
Copper engraving titled 'De Solitaire': a tall, long-necked solitaire stands among fruiting shrubs in the foreground, while in the background people climb a palm tree and another walks with a pole on his shoulder past a hut on Rodrigues
EXRodrigues SolitairePezophaps solitariaExtinct · Rodrigues, Mauritius, Indian Ocean
A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering with wings spread, iridescent red gorget, white collar and green back
LCRuby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisNorth America
Museum photograph of the mounted skeleton of a South Island giant moa seen from the front against a black background: a very long upright neck, broad pelvis and massive, long leg bones standing on a grey plinth
EXSouth Island Giant MoaDinornis robustusExtinct · South Island, New Zealand
A Southern Cassowary in tropical rainforest, tall brown casque, bright blue bare neck, red wattles and coarse black plumage
LCSouthern CassowaryCasuarius casuariusOceania
A captive Spix's Macaw with ruffled pale grey-blue head feathers, dark facial skin and deep blue wings, photographed in an aviary (the species is Extinct in the Wild)
EWSpix’s MacawCyanopsitta spixiiSouth America
A Spoon-billed Sandpiper in grey-brown non-breeding plumage wading on a tidal mudflat, its flattened spatula-tipped black bill in profile
CRSpoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaAsia
Close view of a Toco Toucan against blue sky, enormous orange bill with a black tip, white throat and blue eye-ring
LCToco ToucanRamphastos tocoSouth America
A Wandering Albatross gliding past snowy mountains at South Georgia, long narrow dark wings, white body and massive pink bill
VUWandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansAntarctica · Africa
A Western Barn Owl perched on a weathered fence post, heart-shaped white facial disc and golden-buff, grey-speckled back
LCWestern Barn OwlTyto albaEurope · Africa
An adult White-rumped Vulture standing on bare ground at a feeding site in Nepal, blackish plumage, grey head and white neck ruff, with other vultures behind
CRWhite-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisAsia
Two adult Whooping Cranes and a rusty-headed juvenile on a coastal mudflat, tall white bodies, red crowns and black facial marks
ENWhooping CraneGrus americanaNorth America