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Goose-sized

58 Bird species

American Bittern

A rather compact heron-like bird with a fairly long tapering neck and head. The head is mostly brown with white supercillium and pale iris. Large, long, sharp, dirty-yellowish bill. White throat bordered with dark malar. Neck patterned with broad, bold brown vertical stripes. Heavy body with smudgy, more...

Length: 71 cm Wingspan: 107 cm

Anhinga

Large, black, slender cormorant-like bird with longer tail and neck. Long, yellowish, pointy bill. Adult male: black overall. Short white plumes and sides of head and neck. Orange patch at base of bill. Dark greenish lores. Silvery-white wing panels. White streaks and spots on scapular feathers and b more...

Length: 89 cm Wingspan: 114 cm

Arctic Loon

Accidental outside Western Alaska. In all plumages, note the white flank tuft above waterline. Otherwise, similar to Pacific Loon but slightly larger and heavier-billed; alternate adult has black back with white patches, black throat, vertical white lines on neck, and gray head and nape. Nape is slig more...

Length: 69 cm Wingspan: 102 cm

Bald Eagle

Familiar to most as the avian symbol of the United States; adults are instantly recognizeable. They are dark brown overall with a gleaming white head and tail. The bill and feet are yellow, as is the eye. When soaring, the wings are held flat. At a distance, when the white head and tail blend in with more...

Length: 86 cm Wingspan: 183 cm

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Similar to Rufescent and Fasciated Tiger-Herons, which are unrecorded from the U.S. Black crown, gray cheeks, and yellow-green face and throat. Yellow eye. Gray bill and legs. Gray-brown neck and upper back finely barred; wings have faint barring or checkering. Rusty, pale-fringed stripe on front ext more...

Length: 80 cm Wingspan: cm

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Similar to Rufescent and Fasciated Tiger-Herons, which are unrecorded from the U.S. or Canada. Black crown, gray cheeks, and yellow-green face and throat. Yellow eye. Gray bill and legs. Gray-brown neck and upper back finely barred; wings have faint barring or checkering. Rusty, pale-fringed stripe o more...

Length: 80 cm Wingspan: cm

Black-browed Albatross

Common in the southern hemisphere, Black-browed Albatross is a rare vagrant to the north Atlantic. Appears broad-winged and stocky. Adult: White overall with a dark brow. Wings, back and tail are black. The undersides of the wings have extensive white panels and a broad black leading edge. The bill i more...

Length: 81 cm Wingspan: 224 cm

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Adult: large head with black crown, red eye, pale forehead, dark lores and thick, pointy, dark bill. Several long, thin white plumes. Pale face and throat, short pale gray neck, pale gray underparts and wings. Black back and dark green. Short gray tail. Yellow legs. Breeding plumage: plumes longer, more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 112 cm

Black-footed Albatross

A huge, long-winged seabird of the Pacific Ocean. Adult is sooty-gray overall, entirely dark except for paler face and tail coverts. Outstretched wings are very long and narrow. Bill is grayish pink with a dark tip. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has dark bill. Other albatrosses in range have white mark more...

Length: 82 cm Wingspan: 214 cm

Blue-footed Booby

Boobies are large and distinctive in shape with long slightly crooked, pointed wings, fairly long necks that taper into a slender head and long pointed bill, with a lot of neck and head extension in front of the wing. The rump and tail extend well behind the wings tapering to a fairly narrow wedge-sh more...

Length: 81 cm Wingspan: 157 cm

Brandt's Cormorant

Similar in length, but slightly slimmer overall than Double-crested Cormorant. In flight, they hold their necks straighter; neck and head more streamlined than Double-crested. Adults are all black. During nesting season, they show some greenish iridescence, a bright azure blue throat pouch, and may h more...

Length: 80 cm Wingspan: 120 cm

Brown Booby

Boobies are large and distinctive in shape with long slightly crooked pointed wings, fairly long necks that taper into a slender head and long pointed bill, with a lot of neck and head extension in front of the wing. The rump and tail extend well behind the wings tapering to a fairly narrow wedge-sha more...

Length: 76 cm Wingspan: 145 cm

Canada Goose

Local introductions and reintroductions have made this large goose a familiar sight throughout North America. In terms of size and coloration variability, this species has few rivals, thus the number of recognized subspecies has been the subject of much debate. All forms share a black head and neck w more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 127 cm

Chinese Egret

Medium-small white egret with long neck and long legs. Alternate Adult: plumage is entirely white with shaggy plumes. Bill is long, sharp, reddish at the base and gradually fading to orange towards the tip. Bare skin on lores is azure-blue and irises are yellow. Legs are dark with orangish-yellow fee more...

Length: 65 cm Wingspan: 105 cm

Clark's Grebe

A relatively slender-necked, large grebe. Body is gray with paler sides; dark strip connects up back of neck to black crown; white face reaches above eye. White underneath from throat to belly. Long, slender bill is yellow to yellow-orange. Out of water, lobed toes on feet make walking awkward. In ba more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Common Loon

A familiar loon across much of coastal North America. Larger than Pacific and Red-throated; bulkier, with heavier bill. Alternate Adult is black with white spots covering back, has white neck with a black head and collar, and vertical lines on neck. Areas of the head and neck that look black from a d more...

Length: 81 cm Wingspan: 116 cm

American Bittern
23 Photographs
Anhinga
7 Photographs
Arctic Loon
1 Photograph
Bald Eagle
46 Photographs
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
3 Photographs
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
0 Photographs
Black-browed Albatross
8 Photographs
Black-crowned Night-Heron
12 Photographs
Black-footed Albatross
31 Photographs
Blue-footed Booby
5 Photographs
Brandt's Cormorant
8 Photographs
Brown Booby
2 Photographs
Canada Goose
20 Photographs
Chinese Egret
0 Photographs
Clark's Grebe
17 Photographs
Common Loon
15 Photographs

Non-vegetated Areas

2 species

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Salt Water

47 species

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Arctic Loon

Gavia arctica

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Estuaries and Bays, Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

Open Ocean

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Black-footed Albatross

Phoebastria nigripes

Open Ocean

Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores

Brandt's Cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Chinese Egret

Egretta eulophotes

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows

Clark's Grebe

Aechmophorus clarkii

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Intermediate Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes

Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

Open Ocean

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters

Light-mantled Albatross

Phoebetria palpebrata

Open Ocean

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

Open Ocean

Red-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax urile

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

Open Ocean

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves

Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves

Snow Goose

Chen caerulescens

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Taiga Bean-Goose

Anser fabalis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Western Grebe

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Estuaries and Bays, Coastal Cliffs

Yellow-billed Loon

Gavia adamsii

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs

Yellow-footed Gull

Larus livens

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

Open Ocean

Human-altered Areas

12 species

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Fresh Water

34 species

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Arctic Loon

Gavia arctica

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Clark's Grebe

Aechmophorus clarkii

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Intermediate Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes

Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

Ponds and Rivers, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves

Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves

Snow Goose

Chen caerulescens

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Taiga Bean-Goose

Anser fabalis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Tundra Bean-Goose

Anser serrirostris

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Western Grebe

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Yellow-billed Loon

Gavia adamsii

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs

Grassland and Scrubland

14 species

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Greater Sage-Grouse

Centrocercus urophasianus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps