Common Birds of Atlanta
(Click on each bird name for identification tips, pictures, songs, and habitat)
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
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.
