Learn all about the birds at the National Zoo: where they live in the wild, where you can find them at the Zoo, and more.
View list in alphabetical order
Rheas
Cassowaries and emus
Kiwis
Tinamous
Pelicans and cormorants
Herons, hammerhead, storks, ibis, and flamingo
- Cattle Egret
- Boat-billed Heron
- Little blue Heron
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- Hamerkop
- Marabou Stork
- Scarlet Ibis
- White-faced Ibis
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Flamingo
Waterfowl
- Crested Screamer
- Plumed Whistling-Duck
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Mandarin Duck
- Wood Duck
- White-cheeked Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Mallard
- American Black Duck
- Barrow's Goldeneye
- Muscovy Duck
- Ringed Teal
- Smew
- Hooded Merganser
Vultures, hawks, eagles, and falcons
Pheasants, peafowl, and partridges
- Great Argus
- Palawan Peacock Pheasant
- Golden Pheasant
- Indian Peafowl
- Crested Partridge
- Mountain Bamboo-Partridge
- Temminck's Tragopan
Cranes, trumpeters, rails, sunbitterns, seriemas, and bustards
- Stanley Crane
- Wattled Crane
- Sarus Crane
- Florida Sandhill Crane
- Red-crowned Crane
- White-naped Crane
- Guam Rail
- Black Crake
- Sunbittern
- Red-legged Seriema
- Kori Bustard
Shorebirds
Pigeons and doves
Cuckoos
Parrots, cockatoos, and macaws
- Plum-headed Parakeet
- Derbyan Parakeet
- Green-winged Macaw
- Scarlet Macaw
- Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
- Red-fan Parrot
- Eclectus Parrot
Owls
Hummingbirds
Kingfishers, rollers, and hornbills
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Micronesian Kingfisher
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Von der Decken's Hornbill
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Blue-crowned Motmot
Toucans
Leafbirds
Shrikes
Old World flycatchers
Honey eaters
Cardinals and tanagers
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Silver-beaked Tanager
- Black-faced Tanager
- Rufous-crowned Tanager
- Turquoise Tanager
- Blue-gray Tanager
- Palm Tanager
Weavers
Starlings and mynahs
Orioles
Birds of paradise
Crows, jays, and magpies
White-eyes
Pittas
Mousebirds
Turacos
