Birds of Maine

The Maine Bird Records Committee (MBRC) approves around 475 species of birds living in the state. While around 140 birds are rare or accidental, 5 are introduced, and 3 have gone extinct. The three extinct species are the labrador duck, passenger pigeon, and great auk. The Eskimo curlew is considered critically endangered throughout the world.

The black-capped chickadee, distinguished by its black cap and white cheeks, has been officially accepted as the state bird of Maine since 1927.

Birds of Maine

  • American Woodcock
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Black-Capped Chickadee
  • Mourning Dove
  • Common Elder
  • Red-Bellied Woodpecker
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Wood Thrush
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • American Robin
  • Red-Shouldered Hawk
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Great Cormorant
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Song Sparrow
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Green Heron
  • American Bittern
  • Sora Rail
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Virginia Rail
  • Northern Goshawk
  • Wood Duck
  • American Black Duck
  • Common Eider
  • Long-tailed Buck
  • Horned Grebe
  • Northern Fulmar
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Turkey Vulture
  • American Goldfinch
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • King Eider
  • Evening Grosbeak
  • Blue Jay
  • Snowy Owl
  • Atlantic Puffin
  • Razorbill
  • Herring Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • American Oystercatcher
  • Northern Flicker
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Canada Jay
  • Black-Throated Blue Warbler
  • Brown Creeper
  • Northern Gannet
  • Surf Scoter
  • Common Tern
  • Gyrfalcon
  • Ruffled Grouse
  • Piping Plover
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Black-backed Woodpecker
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • White-winged Crossbill
  • Snow Bunting
  • American Crow

Backyard Birds:

All-year-round: Black-Capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, American Goldfinch

Migratory Birds:

In Spring and Summer: Cedar Waxwing, Chipping Sparrow, Pine Grosbeak, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated Green Warbler

In Winter: Snow Bunting, White-winged Crossbill, Brown Creeper, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin

Birds of Prey: Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Red-Shouldered Hawk

Water Birds: Common Eider, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Ring-billed Gull, Great Cormorant

Rare Birds: Long-billed Curlew, Ruff, Surfbird, Red-necked Stint, Gray-tailed Tattler

Common Birds Identification by Color

Yellow Birds

  • Cedar Waxwing
  • American Yellow Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Pine Warbler

Black Birds

Blue Birds

  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Black-Throated Blue Warbler
  • Blue Jay
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Blue-headed Vireo

Red Birds

  • Northern Cardinal
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • House Finch
  • Red Crossbill
  • Common Redpoll

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