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

PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes

PELECANIDAE: Pelicans

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

ANHINGIDAE : Darters

CICONIIDAE: Storks

ARDEIDAE: Bitterns and Herons

THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises and Spoonbills

ANATIDAE: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

CATHARTIDAE: American Vultures

ACCIPITRIDAE: Kites, Eagles, and Hawks

FALCONIDAE: Falcons

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

RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

GRUIDAE: Cranes

CHARADRIIDAE: Plovers

RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts and Avocets

SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers and Phalaropes

LARIDAE: Jaegers, Gulls, and Terns

ALCIDAE: Auks / Alcids

COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons and Doves

CUCULIDAE: Cuckoo , Ani, Roadrunner

CAPRIMULGIDAE : Goatsuckers

STRIGIDAE: Typical Owls

APODIDAE: Swifts

TROCHILIDAE: Hummingbirds

TROGONIDAE: Trogons

ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfishers

PICIDAE: Woodpeckers

TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant Flycatchers

ALAUDIDAE: Larks

HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows

CORVIDAE: Jays, Magpies, and Crows

PARIDAE: Titmice / Chickadee / Verdin

SITTIDAE: Nuthatches / Creeper

TROGLODYTIDAE: Wrens

CINCLIDAE: Dippers

MUSCICAPIDAE: Thrushes, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers

S YLVIIDAE: Sylvild Warblers

MIMIDAE: Mockingbird and Thrashers

MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits

PTILOGONATIDAE : S ilky Flycatchers

BOMBYCILLIDAE: Waxwings

LANIIDAE: Shrikes

STURNIDAE: Starlings

VIREONIDAE: Vireos

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY PARULINAE: Wood-Warblers

FAMILY: COEREBINAE - Bananquit

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE: Tanagers

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

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

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

FRINGILLIDAE: Finches

PASSERIDAE: Old World Sparrows

 

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