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Online Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe Over 600 species of birds are illustrated and described! >> Beginners Bird Identifier at the bottom of this page. A useful tool for any beginner birdwatcher. >> Advanced Bird Identifier (Britain and Ireland only) click here. Great if you got a good view or know a bit about birds already. >> Quickly Browse ID Guide | Browse Our Galleries Header photographs by Alain Fosse, Paul Burrows, Paul Hackett, Graham Catley, Bill Baston click here for the list of photographer credits >>
BIRD FAMILIES Divers Grebes Albatross Shearwaters & Petrels Gannets Pelicans Cormorants Herons, storks and ibises Flamingos Swans Geese Ducks Birds of Prey Grouse, partridges and pheasants Rails, crakes and coots Cranes Bustards Waders - shorebirds Skuas Gulls and terns Auks Sandgrouse Pigeons and doves Cuckoos Owls Nightjars Swifts Kingfishers, bee-eaters, Roller, Parakeet Woodpeckers Larks Swallows and martins Pipits and wagtails Wrens, waxwings, bulbuls and Dipper Accentors Thrushes Warblers Flycatchers Tits Nuthatches Wallcreeper Treecreepers Shrikes Crows Starlings Orioles Sparrows Finches North American Passerines Buntings Just Show Me British Birds Only (tick box) TYPES OF BIRDS Duck-like Birds Long-necked Birds Sandpiper-like Birds Pigeon-like Birds Perching Birds Tree-clinging Birds Swallow-like Birds Owls Hawk-like Birds Sea Gull-like Birds Just Show Me British Birds Only BIRD NAMES Enter the name of a bird: Or select from the list below Alpine Accentor Alpine Chough Alpine Swift American Golden Plover American Pipit American Redstart American Robin American Wigeon Aquatic Warbler Arctic Redpoll Arctic Skua Arctic Tern Arctic Warbler Audouin's Gull Azure Tit Azure-winged Magpie Baikal Teal Baillon's Crake Baird's Sandpiper Bald Ibis Balearic Shearwater Baltimore Oriole Bar-tailed Godwit Barbary Partridge Barn Owl Barn Swallow Barnacle Goose Barred Warbler Barrow's Goldeneye Bearded Tit Berthelot's Pipit Bewick's Swan Bimaculated Lark Black Brant Black Duck Black Francolin Black Grouse Black Guillemot Black Kite Black Lark Black Redstart Black Stork Black Tern Black Vulture Black Wheatear Black Woodpecker Black-and-White Warbler Black-bellied Sandgrouse Black-browed Albatross Black-crowned Night Heron Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Black-eared Wheatear Black-headed Bunting Black-headed Gull Black-necked Grebe Black-tailed Godwit Black-throated Diver Black-winged Kite Black-winged Pratincole Black-winged Stilt Blackbird Blackcap Blackpoll Warbler Blackstart Blue Chaffinch Blue Rock Thrush Blue Tit Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Blue-headed Wagtail Blue-winged Teal Bluethroat Blyth's Pipit Blyth's Reed Warbler Bobolink Bohemian Waxwing Bonaparte's Gull Bonelli's Eagle Booted Eagle Booted Warbler Brambling Bridled Tern Broad-billed Sandpiper Brown Booby Brown Shrike Brown Thrasher Brunnich's Guillemot Buff-breasted Sandpiper Bullfinch Bulwer's Petrel Calandra Lark Canada Goose Capercailie Carrion Crow Caspian Gull Caspian Plover Caspian Tern Cattle Egret Cetti's Warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Chimney Swift Chukar Cinereous Bunting Cirl Bunting Citril Finch Citrine Wagtail Cliff Swallow Coal Tit Collared Dove Collared Flycatcher Collared Pratincole Common Buzzard Common Coot Common Crane Common Crossbill Common Cuckoo Common Eider Common Goldeneye Common Grasshopper Warbler Common Guillemot Common Gull Common Kingfisher Common Nighthawk Common Nightingale Common Pheasant Common Pochard Common Redpoll Common Redshank Common Redstart Common Rosefinch Common Sandpiper Common Scoter Common Shelduck Common Snipe Common Starling Common Stonechat Common Swift Common Tern Common Yellowthroat Common Whitethroat Corn Bunting Corncrake Corsican Nuthatch Cory's Shearwater Crag Martin Cream-coloured Courser Crested Coot Crested Lark Crested Tit Cretzschmar's Bunting Curlew Sandpiper Cyprus Pied Wheatear Cyprus Warbler Dalmatian Pelican Dark-bellied Brent Goose Dark-breasted Barn Owl Dark-eyed Junco Dark-throated Thrush Dartford Warbler Dead Sea Sparrow Demoiselle Crane Desert Lark Desert Warbler Desert Wheatear Dipper Dotterel Dunlin Dunnock Dupont's Lark Dusky Thrush Dusky Warbler Eagle Owl Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Egyptian Goose Egyptian Vulture Elegant Tern Eleonora's Falcon Eurasian Curlew Eurasian Kestrel Eurasian Nuthatch Eurasian Siskin Eurasian Skylark Eurasian Sparrowhawk Eurasian Teal Eurasian Treecreeper Eurasian Wigeon European Bee-eater European Bittern European Nightjar European Reed Warbler European Robin European Serin European Storm Petrel Eye-browed Thrush Fea's Petrel Ferruginous Duck Fieldfare Finsch's Wheatear Firecrest Forster's Tern Franklin's Gull Fuerteventura Stonechat Gadwall Garden Warbler Garganey Glaucous Gull Glossy Ibis Goldcrest Golden-winged Warbler Golden Eagle Golden Oriole Golden Pheasant Goldfinch Goosander Goshawk Great Black-backed Gull Great Black-headed Gull Great Bustard Great Egret Great Grey Owl Great Grey Shrike Great Northern Diver Great Reed Warbler Great Shearwater Great Skua Great Snipe Great Spotted Cuckoo Great Tit Great-crested Grebe Great-spotted Woodpecker Greater Cormorant Greater Flamingo Greater Golden Plover Greater Sandplover Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Green Sandpiper Green Woodpecker Green-winged Teal Greenfinch Green-backed Heron Greenish Warbler Greenland Wheatear Greenland White-fronted Goose Greenshank Grey Catbird Grey Heron Grey Partridge Grey Phalarope Grey Plover Grey Wagtail Grey-cheeked Thrush Grey-headed Woodpecker Greylag Goose Griffon Vulture Gull-billed Tern Gyr Falcon Harlequin Duck Hawfinch Hawk Owl Hen Harrier Hermit Thrush Herring Gull Hobby Honey Buzzard Hooded Crow Hoopoe Lark Hoopoe Horned Lark Houbara Bustard House Crow House Martin House Sparrow Hume's Leaf Warbler Iberian Chiffchaff Iceland Gull Icterine Warbler Imperial Eagle Isabelline Shrike Isabelline Wheatear Ivory Gull Jack Snipe Jackdaw Jay Kentish Plover Killdeer King Eider Kittiwake Kittlitz's Plover Lady Amherst's Pheasant Lammergeier Lappet-faced Vulture Lanceolated Warbler Lanner Falcon Lapland Longspur Lapwing Laughing Gull Laughing Dove Least Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Grey Shrike Lesser Kestrel Lesser Sandplover Lesser Scaup Lesser Short-toed Lark Lesser Spotted Eagle Lesser White-fronted Goose Lesser Whitethroat Lesser Yellowlegs Lesser-crested Tern Lesser-spotted Woodpecker Levant Sparrowhawk Linnet Little Auk Little Bittern Little Bunting Little Bustard Little Crake Little Egret Little Grebe Little Green Bee-eater Little Gull Little Owl Little Ringed Plover Little Stint Little Swift Little Tern Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Pipit Long-eared Owl Long-legged Buzzard Long-tailed Duck Long-tailed Skua Long-tailed Tit Long-toed Stint Madeiran Storm Petrel Magpie Mallard Duck Mandarin Duck Manx Shearwater Marbled Duck Marmora's Warbler Marsh Harrier Marsh Sandpiper Marsh Tit Marsh Warbler Masked Shrike Meadow Pipit Mediterranean Gull Melodious Warbler Merlin Middle-spotted Woodpecker Mistle Thrush Montagu's Harrier Moorhen Mourning Wheatear Moussier's Redstart Moustached Warbler Mute Swan Namaqua Dove Northern Fulmar Northern Gannet Northern Parula Northern Waterthrush Northern Wheatear Nutcracker Olivaceous Warbler Olive-backed Pipit Olive-tree Warbler Oriental Skylark Oriental Turtle Dove Orphean Warbler Ortolan Bunting Osprey Oystercatcher Pacific Golden Plover Paddyfield Warbler Pale Scop's Owl Pale Rock Sparrow Pale-bellied Brent Goose Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Pallas's Warbler Pallid Harrier Pallid Swift Parrot Crossbill Pechora Pipit Pectoral Sandpiper Penduline Tit Peregrine Falcon Pied Avocet Pied Flycatcher Pied Kingfisher Pied Wagtail Pied Wheatear Pied-billed Grebe Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pine Bunting Pine Grosbeak Pink-footed Goose Pintail Pomarine Skua Ptarmigan Puffin Purple Gallinule Purple Heron Purple Sandpiper Pygmy Cormorant Pygmy Owl Quail Radde's Warbler Raven Razorbill Red Grouse Red Kite Red Knot Red-backed Shrike Red-billed Chough Red-breasted Flycatcher Red-breasted Goose Red-breasted Merganser Red-crested Pochard Red-eyed Vireo Red-flanked Bluetail Red-fronted Serin Red-footed Falcon Red-headed Bunting Red-legged Partridge Red-necked Grebe Red-necked Nightjar Red-necked Phalarope Red-necked Stint Red-rumped Swallow Red-tailed Wheatear Red-throated Diver Red-throated Pipit Redwing Reed Bunting Richard's Pipit Ring Ouzel Ring-billed Gull Ring-necked Duck Ringed Plover River Warbler Rock Bunting Rock Dove Rock Nuthatch Rock Partridge Rock Pipit Rock Sparrow Rock Thrush Roller Rook Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rose-coloured Starling Rose-ringed Parakeet Roseate Tern Ross's Goose Ross's Gull Rough-legged Buzzard Royal Tern Ruddy Duck Ruddy Shelduck Ruff Rufous Bush Robin Ruppell's Warbler Rustic Bunting Sabine's Gull Saker Falcon Sand Martin Sanderling Sandwich Tern Sardinian Warbler Savi's Warbler Scop's Owl Sedge Warbler Semi-collared Flycatcher Semipalmated Sandpiper Senegal Thick-Knee Shag Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Short-eared Owl Short-toed Eagle Short-toed Lark Short-toed Treecreeper Shoveler Siberian Accentor Siberian Chiffchaff Siberian Jay Siberian Pipit Siberian Rubythroat Siberian Thrush Slavonian Grebe Slender-billed Gull Smew Snow Bunting Snow Goose Snowfinch Snowy Owl Sociable Lapwing Solitary Sandpiper Sombre Tit Song Sparrow Song Thrush Sooty Gull Sooty Shearwater Sooty Tern Sora Spanish Imperial Eagle Spanish Sparrow Spectacled Warbler Spectacled Bulbul Spoonbill Spotless Starling Spotted Crake Spotted Eagle Spotted Flycatcher Spotted Redshank Spotted Sandpiper Spur-winged Plover Squacco Heron Steller's Eider Steppe Eagle Steppe Buzzard Stilt Sandpiper Stock Dove Stone Curlew Striated Heron Subalpine Warbler Surf Scoter Swainson's Thrush Taiga Bean Goose Tawny Owl Tawny Pipit Temminck's Lark Temminck's Stint Tengmalm's Owl Terek Sandpiper Thekla Lark Three-toed Woodpecker Thrush Nightingale Tree Pipit Tree Sparrow Tristram's Starling Trumpeter Finch Tufted Duck Tundra Bean Goose Turnstone Turtle Dove Twite Two-barred Crossbill Upland Sandpiper Ural Owl Veery Velvet Scoter Wallcreeper Water Pipit Water Rail Western Bonelli's Warbler Western Sandpiper Whimbrel Whinchat Whiskered Tern White Pelican White Stork White Wagtail White's Thrush White-backed Woodpecker White-billed Diver White-cheeked Tern White-crowned Wheatear White-faced Storm Petrel White-fronted Goose White-headed Duck White-rumped Sandpiper White-tailed Eagle White-tailed Lapwing White-throated Kingfisher White-throated Robin White-throated Sparrow White-winged Tern Whooper Swan Willow Grouse Willow Tit Willow Warbler Wilson's Phalarope Wood Sandpiper Wood Warbler Woodchat Shrike Woodcock Woodlark Woodpigeon Wren Wryneck Yelkouan Shearwater Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow Wagtail Yellow Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-breasted Bunting Yellow-browed Warbler Yellow-legged Gull Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellowhammer Zitting Cisticola Or Search by Colloquial Bird Name (eg Bonxie or Tystie) Find the Scientific name or French translation for a name HABITAT Search for Birds by Habitat Sea and Coast Mountain and Upland Wood Park Garden Marsh Lake River Field Mediterranean and Middle East Just Show Me British Birds Only Instantly identify any bird! In just 4 easy steps using our form below. To make it simpler for you, only the most regular birds of Britain and Europe will be shown. HINT: If you are unsure of anything, just leave it blank. If you can't find your bird first time, try again by leaving some sections blank and you will get more results to choose from. Where did you see your bird? Was it in... Britain and Ireland? Continental Europe? --------------------------------------> How big was your bird? Was it similar in size or smaller than a sparrow? Was it larger than a sparrow but the same size or smaller than a pigeon? Was it much larger than a pigeon? --------------------------------------> What was the habitat? Was your bird in or on a large body of water such as a lake or ocean? Yes No --------------------------------------> What colours were on your bird? Select one or more colors that you saw on the bird . If you are unsure of any colors, don't select those colors. . Brown . Light Blue . Cream . . Dark Brown . Blue Grey . Buff . Red Brown . Red . Green . Light Brown . Orange . Yellow . Black . Purple . Olive . White . Grey .. Pink . Blue . Dark Grey .	.	RECOMMENDED BUY! Collins Bird Guide/Birds of Europe by Svensson and Grant US birders: Order this book from Amazon.com