Birds Index

This site is being reconstructed using materials exclusively from the Missouri Department of Conservation. A special thanks goes to Greg Collier of the MDC for his help in getting the site reconstruction started.
The photos/drawings come from Birds of Missouri by Brad Jacobs, ©2001.
The sounds played on the links from this index page were recorded and digitized from:
   Missouri Bird Calls, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1996.
   Talking Toad and Frog Poster, Misouri Department of Conservation, ©1985.
   Singing Insects of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1998.
The Freshman Biology students studying animal sounds should use the BI100 Natural History Study Page.

Cranes & Allies: American coot
Cuckoos, Anis, Roadrunners: Black-billed cuckoo | Yellow-billed cuckoo
Gallinaceous Birds: Greater Prairie Chicken | Northern Bobwhite | Ring-necked pheasant | Ruffed grouse | Wild turkey
Goatsuckers: Chuck-will's widow | Common nighthawk | Whip-poor-will
Grebes: Pied-billed grebe
Herons & Allies: American bittern | Great Blue Heron | Green-backed heron | Least Bittern
Kingfishers: Belted kingfisher
Owls: Barred owl | Eastern screech owl | Great horned owl
Perching Birds
Blackbirds, Orioles: Brown-headed cowbird | Common grackle | Eastern meadowlark | Baltimore oriole | Orchard oriole | Red-winged blackbird | Scarlet tanager | Summer tanager | Western Meadowlark
Chickadees, Titmice; Black-capped chickadee | Carolina chickadee | Tufted titmouse
Empidonax flycatchers: Acadian flycatcher | Willow flycatcher
Grosbeaks, Buntings, Finches, Sparrows: Blue grosbeak | Chipping sparrow | Dickcissel | Field sparrow | Grasshopper sparrow | Indigo bunting | Lark sparrow | Northern cardinal | Purple finch | Rose-breasted grosbeak | Eastern towhee | Song sparrow | White-crowned sparrow | White-throated sparrow
Jays, Magpies, Crows: Bluejay | Common crow
Larks: Horned lark
Mimic thrushes: Brown thrasher | Gray catbird | Northern mockingbird
Nuthatches: White-breasted nuthatch
Shrikes: Loggerhead shrike
Starlings: Starling
Swallows: Barnswallow | Purple martin
Thrushes: American robin | Blue-gray gnatcatcher | Eastern bluebird | Wood thrush
Tyrant flycatchers: Eastern kingbird | Eastern phoebe | Eastern Wood-Peewee | Great crested flycatcher
Vireos: Bell's vireo | Red-eyed vireo | Warbling vireo | White-eyed vireo | Yellow-throated vireo
Warblers, sparrows: American redstart | Black & white warbler | Blue-winged warbler | Cerulean warbler | Common yellowthroat | Kentucky warbler | Louisiana waterthrush | Northern parula | Ovenbird | Priairie warbler | Prothonotary warbler | Worm-eating warbler | Yellow warbler | Yellow-breasted chat | Yellow-throated warbler
Weavers: House sparrow
Wrens: Bewick's wren | Carolina wren | House wren
Pigeons, Doves: Mourning dove | Rock dove
Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids: American woodcock | Greater yellowlegs | Killdeer | Lesser yellowlegs | Upland sandpiper
Swifts, Hummingbirds: Chimney swift | Ruby-throated hummingbird
Vultures, Hawks, Falcons: American kestrel | Bald eagle | Broad-winged hawk | Red-shouldered hawk | Red-tailed hawk | Turkey vulture
Waterfowl: Canada goose | Mallard | Snow goose | Wood duck
Woodpeckers: Northern flicker | Downy woodpecker | Hairy woodpecker | Pileated woodpecker | Red-bellied woodpecker | Red-headed woodpecker

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