Bird Identification by Color

I always use to wonder what bird was it when I saw any colorful little creature sitting on the sidewalk or up on the balcony, in the garden, etc. Bird watching and watching fish can be great stress busters. It is a known fact. It is not about being sensitive or anything to be able to appreciate and like nature. This is for people who find identifying birds a boring activity or call people who like this as 'losers.' Just too sad that this amazing activity and interest of knowing different types of birds does not appeal to everyone's senses. But for bird lovers like us, get geared to know an important bird identification key in the following paragraphs.

Life would be drab and sound-less (read sound worth listening) without birds. I read it in school about the dodo bird and that is what is making me write this article. I want to contribute a bit for working towards the endangered species by arousing interest in birds, in this case.

There are so many kinds of birds in this world residing in various habitats. Most of them we have watched only on TV, thanks to the science and nature - dedicated channels. Well, though bird identification by color is not a foolproof way of bird identification, it certainly is one factor which a bird identification guide would have.

There are some factors you need to pay attention to while using the bird identification by color technique. The reason why it is not a foolproof technique is because of these drawbacks... Color of a bird varies in its entire life span. An old bird won't necessarily have color as vibrant as when it was young. But a saving grace here is that the markings on the bird's body, spots on its breast, etc. remains the same.

RED	White-winged Crossbill Vermilion Flycatcher Summer Tanager Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Scarlet Tanager Ruby-throat Hummingbird	Ruby-crowned Kinglet Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red Finch Red Crossbill Purple Finch Pink Flamingos	Pine Grosbeak Painted Bunting Ovenbird Northern Cardinal House Finch Golden-crowned Kinglet	Common Redpoll Blackburnian Warbler Baltimore Oriole American Robin (on breast) American Redstart
BLUE	Western Scrub-Jay Western Bluebird Stellar's Jay Pinyon Jay	Mountain Bluebird Little Blue Heron Lazuli Bunting Indigo Bunting	Florida Scrub-Jay Eastern Bluebird Cerulean Warbler Blue Jay	Blue Grosbeak Black-throated Blue Warbler Belted Kingfisher Barn Swallow
YELLOW	Yellow-throated Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-headed Blackbird Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow Warbler Wilson's Warbler Western Tanager Western Meadowlark Verdin	Siskin Scott's Oriole Prothonotary Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Northern Parula Nashville Warbler	Mourning Warbler Magnolia Warbler Lesser Goldfinch Kentucky Warbler Hooded Warbler Hooded Oriole Flickers Evening Grosbeak	Eastern Meadowlark Connecticut Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chestnut-sided Warbler Cape May Warbler Canada Warbler Black-throatedGreen Warbler American Goldfinch
ORANGE	Spotted Towhee (on side) Orchard Oriole	Eastern Towhee (on side)	Bullock's Oriole	Baltimore Oriole
BROWN	Wood Thrush Vesper Sparrow Veery Song Sparrow Orchard Oriole	McCown's Longspur House Wren Hermit Thrush Fox Sparrow Eastern Towhee	Dickcissel Chestnut-collaredLongspur Cedar Waxwing Carolina Wren Brown-headed Nuthatch	Brown Thrasher Brown Creeper Black-billed Cuckoo Bay-breasted Warbler American Robin
BLACK & WHITE	White-throated Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch Red-winged Blackbird Hairy Woodpecker	Downy Woodpecker Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird	Bobolink Blackpoll Warbler Black-capped Vireo Black-capped Chickadee	Black and White Warbler American Crow
BLACK	Turkey Vulture Red-winged Blackbird Fish Crow	European Starling Double-crested Cormorant Brown-headed Cowbird	Brewer's Blackbird Black Vulture	Anhinga American Crow
WHITE	White Ibis	Snowy Egret	Great Egret	Cattle Egret
GRAY	Great Blue Heron Northern Mockingbird	Gray Jay Loggerhead Shrike	Tufted Titmouse Dark-eyed Junco	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher White-breasted Nuthatch

So this was an attempt to give you a list of some birds so that you can identify them by their color. Hope it turns out to be helpful. You are most welcome to add to this list through the 'comments' section below. Other ways of wild bird species identification are their cries, size, habitat, behavior, tails, nests, songs, markings on the body, etc. It is evident from these factors that their physical characteristics form most of the bird identification keys. You can also read some books on ornithology, the study of birds. Enjoy watching these creatures of heaven!