Bird Etymology
NameGenusspecies
FamilyTROGLODYTIDAEWrens
Cave Dwellers
House wrenTroglodytesaedon
Cave Dwellernightingale
Winter wrenTroglodytestroglodytes
Cave DwellerCave Dweller
Carolina wrenThryothorusludovicianus
reed bedLouisiana
FamilyTURDIDAEThrushes
RobinTurdus migratorius
thrushmigratory
FamilyCORVIDAECrows
Blue Jay Cyanocittacristata
blue jaycrested
American CrowCorvusbrachyrhynchos
Crowshort nose
Fish CrowCorvusossifragus
Crowbone breaking
(sea eagle or osprey)
Common RavenCorvusCorax
CrowCrow
FamilyPICIDAEWoodpeckers
Red Headed WoodpeckerMelanerpeserythrocephalus
black creeperred headed
Red bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpescarolinus
black creeperCarolina
Downy WoodpeckerPicoidespubescens
woodpeckerDowny
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoidesvillosus
woodpeckerHairy
FamilyPASSERIDAESparrows
House SparrowPasserdomesticus
sparrowhouse
Zebra FinchTaeniopygiaguttata
band or ribbon rumpdrop
FamilyFRINGILLIDAEfinches
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
fruit biterMexican
Purple FinchCarpodacuspurpureus
fruit biterpurple
FamilyEMBERIZIDAEBuntings
Eastern Towhee
(Rufus-sided)
Pipiloerythrophthalmus
chirpred eye
White-throated SparrowZonotrichiaalbicollis
belt thrushwhite neck
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichialeucophrys
belt thrushwhite ???
Dark-eyed Junco
(Slate-Grey)
Juncohyemalis
birdwinter
FamilyParidaeTitmice
Carolina Chickadee
Poecilecarolinensis
varigatedCarolina
Black-cappped Chickadee
Poecileatricapillus
varigatedblack hair
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophusbicolor
little cresttwo colors