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Bird Profiles

Explore Wisconsin birds by type, then select a species to learn how to recognize it, where to find it, what it sounds like, and when you’re most likely to see it.


  • Songbirds 
  •     American Robin
  •     Northern Cardinal 
  •     Blue Jay 
  •     Black-capped Chickadee 
  •     Rose-breasted 
  •     Grosbeak 
  •     Yellow Warbler

  • Woodpeckers & Tree-Climbing Birds 
  •     Downy Woodpecker 
  •     Hairy Woodpecker 
  •     Red-bellied Woodpecker 
  •     White-breasted Nuthatch 
  •     Brown Creeper

  • Waterfowl & Water Birds
  •     Mallard 
  •     Canada Goose 
  •     American Coot 
  •     Double-crested 
  •     Cormorant 
  •     Common Merganser

  • Herons, Rails & Marsh Birds
  •      Great Blue Heron 
  •      Sora 
  •      Virginia Rail 
  •      Red-winged Blackbird 
  •      Belted Kingfisher

  • Birds of Prey 
  •      Bald Eagle 
  •      Red-tailed Hawk 
  •     Cooper’s Hawk 
  •     American Kestrel 
  •     Osprey 
  •     Barred Owl

  • Shorebirds 
  •     Killdeer 
  •     American Avocet 
  •     Spotted Sandpiper 
  •     Greater Yellowlegs 
  •     Lesser Yellowlegs

  • Game Birds 
  •     Wild Turkey 
  •     Ruffed Grouse 
  •     Ring-necked 
  •     Pheasant 
  •     American Woodcock



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