Bird Photo Gallery

South Dakota Birds and Birding

The photo gallery is devoted to the better quality bird photos that I've taken.  The gallery currently holds over 5,000 bird photos, featuring over 350 species of North American birds.  Click on the appropriate links below to view photos for each respective familiy group of birds. 

Note I also have a growing photo gallery of other animals, and landscape photos as well.  Click on the links below to bring you to the animal and landscape photo gallery.  Finally, I have put together one page of my favorite photos that you also may visit.

Below the photo image/family photo links are a taxonomical listing of the bird photos that I have displayed on this site.  You may also access individual species pages by clicking on those links.  If you don't wish to look through this taxonomical list for a species, you can also use the following Google custom search dialogue to search this website.

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Avian Photos - Species List - Taxonomical Order
(Click here for avian photos with species in alphabetical order instead)

GAVIIDAE: Loons

Common Loon    
Pacific Loon

PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe    
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe

PELECANIDAE: Pelicans

American White Pelican
Brown Pelican

PHALACROCORACIDAE, SULIDAE, FREGATIDAE: Cormorants, Gannets, Boobies, Frigatebirds

Double-crested Cormorant  
Northern Gannet
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird

ANHINGIDAE : Darters

Anhinga

CICONIIDAE: Storks

Wood Stork

ARDEIDAE: Bitterns and Herons

American Bittern    
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron

THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill

ANATIDAE: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Barnacle Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Long-tailed Duck
King Eider
Common Eider
White-winged Scoter

CATHARTIDAE: American Vultures

Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture

ACCIPITRIDAE: Kites, Eagles, and Hawks

Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
White-tailed Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Harris's Hawk

FALCONIDAE: Falcons

American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon

PHASIANIDAE: Partridge, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey, and Quail

Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Sage Grouse
Blue Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Chukar
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Gray Partridge
California Quail
Gambel's Quail

RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Virginia Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sora

GRUIDAE: Cranes

Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane

CHARADRIIDAE: Plovers

Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover

RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet

SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers and Phalaropes

Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Baird's Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Black Oystercatcher

LARIDAE: Jaegers, Gulls, and Terns

Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Ross's Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Caspian Tern
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer

ALCIDAE: Auks / Alcids

Horned Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Rhinoceros Auklet

COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons and Doves

Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rock Dove
Zenaida Dove
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Spotted Dove

CUCULIDAE: Cuckoo , Ani, Roadrunner

Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Mangrove Cuckoo

CAPRIMULGIDAE : Goatsuckers

Common Nighthawk

STRIGIDAE: Typical Owls

Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Great Gray Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Snowy Owl
Elf Owl

APODIDAE: Swifts

Chimney Swift

TROCHILIDAE: Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Green-throated Carib

TROGONIDAE: Trogons

Elegant Trogon

ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

PICIDAE: Woodpeckers

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpecker

TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant Flycatchers

Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Vermilion Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Caribbean Elaenia

ALAUDIDAE: Larks

Horned Lark

HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Violet-green Swallow

CORVIDAE: Jays, Magpies, and Crows

Canada Jay
Blue Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Mexican Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Fish Crow
American Crow

PARIDAE: Titmice / Chickadee / Verdin

Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Verdin
Bridled Titmouse

SITTIDAE: Nuthatches / Creeper

White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch

TROGLODYTIDAE: Wrens

House Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Pacific Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren

CINCLIDAE: Dippers

American Dipper

MUSCICAPIDAE: Thrushes, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Varied Thrush

S YLVIIDAE: Sylvild Warblers

Wrentit

MIMIDAE: Mockingbird and Thrashers

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Pearly-eyed Thrasher

MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits

American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit

PTILOGONATIDAE : S ilky Flycatchers

Phainopepla

BOMBYCILLIDAE: Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

LANIIDAE: Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike 
Northern Shrike

STURNIDAE: Starlings

European Starling
Common Myna

VIREONIDAE: Vireos

Yellow-throated Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Gray Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
White-eyed Vireo

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY PARULINAE: Wood-Warblers

Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Virginia's Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Painted Redstart

FAMILY: COEREBINAE - Bananquit

Bananquit

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE: Tanagers

Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Hepatic Tanager

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY CARDINALINAE: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Bunting

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Dickcissel
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE: Towhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and Longspurs

Green-tailed Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY ICTERINAE: Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, and Orioles

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
 Brewer's Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Bronzed Cowbird

FRINGILLIDAE: Finches

Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch

PASSERIDAE: Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

 

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