Brown Birds

One of the most common colors in birds, the brown color comes from melanin pigments in their feathers. Some avian species known for their brown plumage include sparrows, thrushes, and wrens.

Brown Birds

List of Birds That Appear Brown

  • Abert’s Towhee
  • American Pipit
  • American Robin
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Bachman’s Sparrow
  • Baird’s Sparrow
  • Bald Eagle
  • Barred Owl
  • Bell’s Sparrow
  • Bendire’s Thrasher 
  • Bewick’s Wren
  • Bicknell’s Thrush
  • Black-chinned Sparrow
  • Black-throated Sparrow
  • Botteri’s Sparrow
  • Brewer’s Sparrow
  • Brown Booby
  • Brown Creeper
  • Brown Jay
  • Brown Pelican
  • Brown Shrike
  • Brown Sparrow
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Brown-headed Nuthatch
  • Cactus Wren
  • California Thrasher
  • California Towhee
  • Carolina Wren
  • Cassin’s Sparrow
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Chestnut-backed Chickadee
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Clay-colored Thrush
  • Common Myna
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Curve-billed Thrasher
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Eastern Towhee
  • Eastern Whip-poor-will
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • Five-striped Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Golden Eagle
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow
  • Grasshopper Sparrow
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Great-crested Flycatcher
  • Harris’s Sparrow
  • Henslow’s Sparrow
  • Hermit Thrush
  • House Finch
  • House Sparrow
  • House Wren
  • Lapland Longspur
  • Lark Sparrow
  • LeConte’s Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • Little Bunting
  • Long-billed Thrasher
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Marsh Wren
  • Mourning Dove
  • Nelson’s Sparrow
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Northern Flicker
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Ovenbird 
  • Pacific Wren
  • Pine Siskin
  • Purple Finch
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Red-throated Pipit
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Rock Wren
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow
  • Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  • Rufous-winged Sparrow
  • Rustic Bunting
  • Sage Thrasher
  • Sagebrush Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Scaly-breasted Munia
  • Seaside Sparrow
  • Sedge Wren
  • Sinaloa Wren
  • Skylark
  • Smith’s Longspur
  • Song Sparrow
  • Song Thrush
  • Spotted Towhee
  • Sprague’s Pipit
  • Striped Sparrow
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Tree Pipit
  • Veery
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • White-throated Thrush
  • Winter Wren
  • Wood Thrush

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