Birds of Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Ornithological Society’s Bird Records Committee, or OBRC, accepts around 500 species living in Oklahoma. Out of these, around 100 are accidental, 7 are introduced, and 2, namely the passenger pigeon and Eskimo curlew, have gone extinct.

The scissor-tailed flycatcher, also called the Texas bird-of-paradise, has been designated Oklahoma’s state bird since 1951. They are most commonly seen throughout the state from spring to early summer.

Birds of Oklahoma

  • Anhinga
  • American Avocet
  • American Bittern
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Least Bittern
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Bufflehead
  • Lark Bunting
  • Canvasback
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Blue Jay
  • Painted Bunting
  • Western Bluebird
  • White-faced Ibis
  • Snow Bunting
  • Common Bushtit
  • Mountain Bluebird
  • Gray Catbird
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Black Phoebe
  • Yellow-breasted Chat
  • Lazuli Bunting
  • Bobolink
  • Northern Bobwhite
  • Brant
  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Mountain Chickadee
  • American Coot
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Neotropic Cormorant
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Brown Creeper
  • White-winged Crossbill
  • Red Crossbill
  • American Crow
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Long-billed Cuckoo
  • Dickcissel
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird
  • Tricolored Heron
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • Calliope Hummingbird
  • Mississippi Kite
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Rufuous Hummingbird
  • Green Heron
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Bald Eagle

Birds of Prey: Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk

Backyard Birds:

All-year-round – Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Crow, American Robin, Carolina Chickadee

Water Birds: American Avocet,Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron

 Rare Birds: Wood Stork, Yellow-throated Warbler, Fish Crow, Ash-throated Flycatcher

Common Birds Identification by Color

Yellow Birds

  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • American Goldfinch
  • Dickcissel
  • Western Kingbird
  • Cedar Waxwing

Red Birds

Black Birds

  • European Starling
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Common Grackle
  • European Starling

Blue Birds

  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Mountain Bluebird
  • Blue Jay
  • Western Bluebird
  • Great Blue Heron

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