Songbird Pictures

We hope you enjoy these songbird pictures.  Songbirds (or Song birds) are a diverse group of birds known as Passerines (Order Passeriformes). 

This page currently includes pictures of thirteen bird Families (listed below) and five bird Orders (Passeriformes, Apodiformes, Cuculiformes, Coraciiformes and Gruiformes).

Please enjoy the following bird pictures we have taken over the years. We will be adding new ones often. Please note the Terms of Use.

PASSERINES

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Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) Adult Female by eye color Order: Passeriformes Bushtit Family: Aegithalidae	Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Order: Passeriformes Nuthatch Family: Sittidae	Red Breasted Nuthatch (Different bird with different view of bill)

Yellow Warbler (male) (Dendroica petechia) (Breeding Plumage) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae	Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae	Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae

Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) (Biting finger) Order: Passeriformes Grosbeak/Bunting Family: Cardinalidae	Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) (difficult to see crown in the field) Order: Passeriformes Kinglet Family: Regulidae	Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) Order: Passeriformes Finch Family: Fringillidae

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Order: Passeriformes Finch Family: Fringillidae	Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Order: Passeriformes Waxwing Family: Bombycillidae	Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Order: Passeriformes Wood Warbler Family: Paurilidae

Superb Sunbird (Nectarina superba) Order: Passeriformes Sunbird Family: Necarinidae	Crimson Seed-cracker (Pyrenestes sanquineus) Order: Passeriformes Estrilidine Weaver Family: Estrilidae

NON-PASSERINES

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) (Nest with 2 chicks almost  ready to fledge) Order: Apodiformes Hummingbird Family: Trochilidae	Malochite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) Order: Coraciiformes Kingfisher Family: Alcedinidae	Yellow Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Order: Cuculiformes Cuckoo/Roadrunner /Ani Family: Cuculidae

White-spotted Fluff tail - Male (AKA White-spotted Pygmy Rail) (Soruthrura pulchra) Order: Gruiformes Rail Family: Ralidae	White-spotted Fluff tail - Female Order: Gruiformes Rail Family: Ralidae

List of Bird Families included in Songbird pictures:

Bushtits: Aegithalidae

Cuckoos/Roadrunners/Anis: Cuculidae

Estrilidine Weavers: Estrilidae

Finches: Fringillidae

Grosbeaks/Buntings: Cardinalidae

Hummingbirds: Trochilidae

Kingfishers:  Alcedinidae

Kinglets: Regulidae

Nuthatches: Sittidae

Rails: Ralidae

Sunbirds: Necarinidae

Waxwings: Bombycillidae

Wood Warblers: Paurilidae

List of Bird Species in Songbird pictures:

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea)

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Crimson Seed-cracker (Pyrenestes sanquineus)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

Malochite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)

Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)

Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)

Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

Superb Sunbird (Nectarina superba)

White-spotted Fluff tail (Soruthrura pulchra)

Yellow Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

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