Listen and name the bird. Each round plays 10 real song recordings, drawn at random from 217 songbirds of North America in the Birbs library, with four names to choose from. Every round is different — play as often as you like.
Name the Bird by Ear
Listen to a real recording and pick the bird. A fresh round every time you play.
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Each recording is credited to its recordist with its question, where the recordist is known.
The 217 songbirds of North America in this quiz
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Adelaide’s Warbler
- Alder Flycatcher
- Altamira Oriole
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Grey Flycatcher
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Yellow Warbler
- Audubon’s Oriole
- Audubon’s Warbler
- Bachman’s Sparrow
- Bahama Mockingbird
- Bahama Oriole
- Bahama Warbler
- Bahama Yellowthroat
- Baird’s Sparrow
- Bell’s Sparrow
- Bell’s Vireo
- Bendire’s Thrasher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Black-capped Vireo
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Black-crested Titmouse
- Black-faced Grassquit
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Grey Warbler
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Black-whiskered Vireo
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Mountain Elaenia
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bobolink
- Boreal Chickadee
- Botteri’s Sparrow
- Bridled Titmouse
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown Trembler
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher
- Cactus Wren
- California Gnatcatcher
- California Thrasher
- California Towhee
- Canyon Wren
- Cassin’s Finch
- Cassin’s Sparrow
- Cassin’s Vireo
- Cedar Waxwing
- Cerulean Warbler
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Common Yellowthroat
- Connecticut Warbler
- Crissal Thrasher
- Cuban Bullfinch
…and 157 more.