Birds of Atlanta

The list does not contain every bird that can be seen in Atlanta, however it is a good sample of the common birds that live in or migrate through the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Click on each bird name for identification tips, pictures, songs, and habitat

HERONS
Green Heron**
Great Blue Heron**

DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
 

HAWKS
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

CRANES, RAILS, AND COOTS
American Coot

SHOREBIRDS
Killdeer
 

DOVES
Rock Dove or Pigeon
Mourning Dove

CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo**
 

OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl**
Barred Owl**
Barn Owl**

SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
 
WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher

VIREOS
Red-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo

JAYS AND CROWS
Blue Jay
American Crow

SWALLOWS
Barn Swallow
 

CHICKADEES AND TITMICE
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch

WRENS
Carolina Wren

GNATCATCHERS AND KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird

Hermit Thrush    
Wood Thrush 
American Robin

THRASHERS
Gray Catbird 
Northern Mockingbird 
Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS
European Starling

WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing

WOOD WARBLERS

Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler 

Hooded Warbler 

TANAGERS

Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager  


TOWHEES AND SPARROWS

Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting  

BLACKBIRDS

Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

FINCHES

American goldfinch
House Finch

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow

**Not necessarily common in Atlanta, but a very interesting bird indeed!