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Please note: If a name is duplicated, there is a difference in geographical region or in location within the National Aviary.

Commmon name

African Grey Parrot
African Jacana
African Penguin
African Pygmy Falcon
American Crow
American Flamingo
American Kestrel
American Robin
Andean Condor
Augur Buzzard
Bahama Pintail
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Bali Mynah
Bali Mynah
Bartlett Bleeding Heart Dove
Black Kite
Black Parrot
Black-faced Tanager
Black-headed Gonolek
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Black-necked Stilt
Black-throated Magpie Jay
Blue Ground Dove
Blue Jay
Blue-bellied Roller
Blue-crowned Laughing Thrush
Blue-crowned Motmot
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Blue-Grey Tanager
Blue-naped Mousebird
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager
Boat-Billed Heron
Brazilian Tanager
Brown Pelican
Call Duck
Cape Thick-knee
Cape Thick-knee
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Chukar Partridge (Chukar)
Collard-Finch Billed Bulbul
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk
Crested Oropendola
Crested Wood Partridge
Cuban Tree Duck
Cut-throat Finch
Dhyal Thrush
Dhyal Thrush
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl
European Starling
Fairy Bluebird
Fire-tufted Barbet
Giant Cowbird
Gold-crested Mynah
Golden Conure
Golden Plover
Golden-bellied Grosbeak
Golden-Breasted Starling
Goldie's Lorikeet
Gouldian Finch
Gray-winged Trumpeter
Great Argus Pheasant
Green Aracari
Green Woodhoopoe
Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon
Green-winged Macaw
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Grosbeak Starling
Guam Rail
Guira Cuckoo
Guira Cuckoo
Hamerkop
Hamerkop
Hooded Merganser
Hooded Vulture
Hyacinth Macaw
Inca Dove
Inca Tern
Keel-billed Toucan
Kikuyu White-Eye
Killdeer
Mandarin Duck
Martial Eagle
Melba Finche
Micronesian Kingfisher
Military Macaw
Nicobar Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
North American Ruddy Duck
Orange Bishop Weaver
Orange-Bellied Leafbird
Orchard Oriole
Oriole Warbler
Palm Cockatoo
Palm Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Paradise Whydah
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Nutmeg Imperial Pigeon)
Purple-crested Turaco
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-billed Leiothrix
Red-fronted Macaw
Red-legged Seriema
Red-tailed Hawk
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Ring Teal Duck
Roseate Spoonbill
Rosybill Pochard
Runner Duck
Saffron Finch
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Scarlet Ibis
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Screaming Piha
Shaft-tailed Finch
Silkie Chicken
Spectacled Owl
Spectacled Owl
Steller's Sea Eagle
Sudan Golden Sparros
Sunbittern
Superb Starling
Taveta Golden Weaver
Tufted Titmouse
Two-toed Sloth
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Waldrapp Ibis
Wattled Curassow
White-bellied Turaco
White-cheeked Turaco
White-collared Kingfisher
White-crested Laughing Thrush
White-eared Catbird
White-faced Whistling Duck
White-headed wattled Lapwing
White-rumped Shama Thrush
White-tailed Trogon
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Yellow-naped Amazon


Scientific name

Actophilornis africanus   African Jacana
Ailuroedus buccoides   White-eared Catbird
Aix galericulata   Mandarin Duck
Ajaia ajaja   Roseate Spoonbill
Alectoris chukar   Chukar Partridge (Chukar)
Amadina fasciata   Cut-throat Finch
Amazona auropalliata   Yellow-naped Amazon
Amblyramphus holosericeus   Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Amblyramphus holosericeus   Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Ampeliceps coronatus   Gold-crested Mynah
Anas bahamensis   Bahama Pintail
Anas platyrhynchos   Call Duck
Anas platyrhynchos   Runner Duck
Anisognathus somptuosus   Blue-winged Mountain Tanager
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus   Hyacinth Macaw
Ara chloroptera   Green-winged Macaw
Ara militaris   Military Macaw
Ara rubrogenys   Red-fronted Macaw
Argusianus argus   Great Argus Pheasant
Baeolophus bicolor   Tufted Titmouse
Bubo bubo   Eurasian Eagle Owl
Buceros rhinoceros   Rhinoceros Hornbill
Burhinus capensis   Cape Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis   Cape Thick-knee
Buteo augur   Augur Buzzard
Buteo jamaicensis   Red-tailed Hawk
Callonetta leucophrys   Ring Teal Duck
Calocitta formosa colliei   Black-throated Magpie Jay
Caloenas nicobarica   Nicobar Pigeon
Caloenas nicobarica   Nicobar Pigeon
Cariama cristata   Red-legged Seriema
Catharus minimus   Grey-cheeked Thrush
Charadrius vociferus   Killdeer
Chlorpsis hardwickei   Orange-Bellied Leafbird
Choloepus didactylus   Two-toed Sloth
Chordeiles minor   Common Nighthawk
Chrysomus icterocephalus   Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Claravis pretiosa   Blue Ground Dove
Cochlearius cochlearius   Boat-Billed Heron
Copsychus malabaricus   White-rumped Shama Thrush
Copsychus saularis   Dhyal Thrush
Copsychus saularis   Dhyal Thrush
Coracias cyanogaster   Blue-bellied Roller
Coracopsis nigra   Black Parrot
Corvus brachyrhynchos   American Crow
Corythaixoides leucogaster   White-bellied Turaco
Cosmopsarus regius   Golden-Breasted Starling
Crax globulosa   Wattled Curassow
Cyanocitta cristata   Blue Jay
Dendrocygna arborea   Cuban Tree Duck
Dendrocygna viduata   White-faced Whistling Duck
Ducula bicolor   Pied Imperial Pigeon (Nutmeg Imperial Pigeon)
Entomyzon cyanotis   Blue-faced Honeyeater
Erythrura gouldiae   Gouldian Finch
Eudocimus ruber   Scarlet Ibis
Euplectes franciscanus   Orange Bishop Weaver
Eurypyga helias   Sunbittern
Falco sparverius   American Kestrel
Gallicolumba criniger   Bartlett Bleeding Heart Dove
Gallirallus owstoni   Guam Rail
Garrulax galbanus   Blue-crowned Laughing Thrush
Garrulax leucolophus   White-crested Laughing Thrush
Geronticus eremita   Waldrapp Ibis
Glaucidium perlatum   Pearl-spotted Owlet
Goura victoria   Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Guaruba guarouba   Golden Conure
Guira guira   Guira Cuckoo
Guira guira   Guira Cuckoo
Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina   Micronesian Kingfisher
Haliaeetus leucocephalus   Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus   Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus   Steller's Sea Eagle
Himantonus mexicanus   Black-necked Stilt
Hypergerus atriceps   Oriole Warbler
Icterus spurious   Orchard Oriole
Irena puella   Fairy Bluebird
Lamprotornis superbus   Superb Starling
Laniarius erythrogaster   Black-headed Gonolek
Leiothrix lutea   Red-billed Leiothrix
Leucopsar rothschildi   Bali Mynah
Leucopsar rothschildi   Bali Mynah
Lipaugus vociferans   Screaming Piha
Lorosterna inca   Inca Tern
Megascops asio   Eastern Screech-Owl
Mergus cucullatus   Hooded Merganser
Milvus migrans   Black Kite
Molothrus oryzivorus   Giant Cowbird
Momotus momota   Blue-crowned Motmot
Necrosyrtes monachus   Hooded Vulture
Netta peposaca   Rosybill Pochard
Otidiphaps nobilis   Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon
Oxyura jamaicensis   North American Ruddy Duck
Paroaria capitata   Yellow-billed Cardinal
Passer luteus   Sudan Golden Sparros
Patagioenas squamosa)   Scaly-naped Pigeon
Pelecanus occidentalis   Brown Pelican
Phalacrocorax auritus   Double-Crested Cormorant
Pheucticus chrysogaster   Golden-bellied Grosbeak
Phoeniconais ruber   American Flamingo
Phoeniculus purpureus   Green Woodhoopoe
Phoephila acuticauda   Shaft-tailed Finch
Picoides pubescens   Downy Woodpecker
Piranga olivacea   Scarlet Tanager
Ploceus castaneiceps   Taveta Golden Weaver
Pluvialis dominica   Golden Plover
Polemaetus bellicosus   Martial Eagle
Polihierax semitorquatus   African Pygmy Falcon
Probosciger aterrimus   Palm Cockatoo
Psarocolius decumanus   Crested Oropendola
Psilopogon pyrolophus   Fire-tufted Barbet
Psittacus Erithacus   African Grey Parrot
Psitteuteles goldiei   Goldie's Lorikeet
Psophia crepitans   Gray-winged Trumpeter
Pteroglossus viridis   Green Aracari
Ptilinopus magnificus   Wompoo Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus melanospila   Black-naped Fruit Dove
Pulsatrix perpicillata   Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perpicillata   Spectacled Owl
Pytilia melba   Melba Finche
Querula purpurata   Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Quiscalus quiscula   Common Grackle
Ramphastos sulfuratus   Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos swainsonii   Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Ramphocelus bresilius   Brazilian Tanager
Rollulus rouloul   Crested Wood Partridge
Scarafella inca   Inca Dove
Schistoclamys melanops   Black-faced Tanager
Scissirostrum dubium   Grosbeak Starling
Scopus umbretta   Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta   Hamerkop
Sicalis flaveola   Saffron Finch
Spheniscus demersus   African Penguin
Spizixos semitorques cinereicapillus   Collard-Finch Billed Bulbul
Steganura paradisaea   Paradise Whydah
Sturnus vulgaris   European Starling
Tangara chilensis   Paradise Tanager
Tauraco leucotis   White-cheeked Turaco
Tauraco porphyreolophus   Purple-crested Turaco
Thraupis episcopus   Blue-Grey Tanager
Thraupis palmarum   Palm Tanager
Todiramphus chloris   White-collared Kingfisher
Trichoglossus haematodus   Rainbow Lorikeet
Trogon viridis   White-tailed Trogon
Turdus migratorius   American Robin
Urocolius macrourus   Blue-naped Mousebird
Vanellus albiceps   White-headed wattled Lapwing
Vultur gryphus   Andean Condor
Zosterops kikuyuensis   Kikuyu White-Eye





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