Birds

Maryland Native Birds

Select Maryland Native Birds are listed below.   There are the species featured in the Garden Templates.  In time, all native species will be added.

Songbirds

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Boat-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Hummingbirds

Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Black-chinned Hummingbird  (Archilochus alexandri)

Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Credit and Thanks

We are grateful to the following organizations who suppored the Maryland Pollinator Atlas with their time, knowledge, data and access to thier websites:

• National Audobon Society

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology

• Maryland Ornathological Society

• Maryland-DC Breeding Bird Atlas