Colors Used by BirdFinder

Color names we use in describing birds.

This table shows the color names we use in describing birds, a sample approximating the color, examples of birds which have a color like this on some part of their body, and the relative frequency, across all birds, that this color occurs to some extent. Return to BirdFinder by clicking here.

Color Name	Sample	Example Birds	Relative Frequency
Beige		adult Green Parakeet	4
Black		adult female Bronzed Cowbird, adult female Magnificent Frigatebird, adult female Ladder-Backed Woodpecker, adult female Southern Martin, adult female Lesser Frigatebird	6,516
Blue		adult female Indigo Bunting, adult female Southern Martin, adult female Blue Bunting, adult male Cuban Martin, adult female Mountain Bluebird	1,159
Brown		adult female Common Redpoll, adult female summer Rock Ptarmigan, adult female Gray Partridge, adult female Aztec Thrush, adult winter Eastern Phoebe	5,034
Chocolate		adult Bank Swallow, adult light morph Pomarine Jaeger, adult female Smew, adult female Common Goldeneye, adult male Northern Pintail	30
Coral		adult Paint-billed Crake	4
Crimson		adult Red-Billed Tropicbird, adult male Spruce Grouse, adult Black-Necked Stilt	5
Dark Blue		adult male Black-Throated Blue Warbler, adult Western Scrub Jay, adult white morph Reddish Egret, adult Bahaman Swallow, adult White-Winged Dove	39
Dark Gray		adult female Brewer's Blackbird, adult Brown Noddy, adult Western Wood Pewee, adult female Blackburnian Warbler, adult Couch's Kingbird	340
Dark Green		adult female Green Kingfisher, adult female Magnificent Hummingbird, adult Green Jay, adult black-backed male Lesser Goldfinch, adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbird	86
Dark Red		adult male Hepatic Tanager, adult Lewis's Woodpecker, adult Whiskered Tern, adult Scaly-Naped Pigeon, adult winter Little Gull	55
Dark Violet		adult Zenaida Dove	1
Gray (Grey)		adult summer female Lark Bunting, adult female Gray Partridge, adult female Pine Grosbeak, juvenile Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch, adult Chimney Swift	4,705
Green		adult female Cape May Warbler, adult female Black-Chinned Hummingbird, adult White-Winged Parakeet, adult European Starling, adult Green Parakeet	1,679
Indigo		adult female Blue Grosbeak, adult female Lazuli Bunting, adult female Varied Bunting, adult female Blue Bunting	8
Ivory		adult female Pileated Woodpecker, adult Yellow-billed Loon	3
Light Blue		adult Red-Footed Booby, adult White-Winged Dove	10
Light Green		adult female Green-Breasted Mango, adult Green Jay	13
Light Gray		adult summer Willet, adult Black-Capped Chickadee, adult summer Black-Legged Kittiwake, adult Couch's Kingbird, adult female Mourning Warbler	67
Light Yellow		adult Cedar Waxwing, adult Prairie Warbler, adult Herring Gull	5
Lime Green		adult male Painted Bunting	1
Maroon		adult Northern Jacana, adult Little Blue Heron, adult summer Black-Headed Gull	28
Olive		adult female Cape May Warbler, adult female MacGillivray's Warbler, adult female Western Spindalis, adult female Wilson's Warbler, adult female Mourning Warbler	1,472
Orange		adult male Hepatic Tanager, adult female Brambling, adult female Varied Thrush, adult female Bullock's Oriole, adult male American Redstart	350
Orange Red		adult American White Pelican, adult Northern Goshawk	3
Pale Green		adult Eastern male Common Eider, adult Jack Snipe, adult Green Parakeet	5
Pink		adult Greater Flamingo, adult winter Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch, adult male Common Chaffinch, adult male White-winged Crossbill, adult female Masked Tityra	408
Plum		adult Common Poorwill, adult male Varied Bunting, adult male summer Ruff, adult Cassin's Vireo, adult Gray Vireo	35
Purple		adult European Starling, adult Groove-billed Ani, adult Common Raven, adult Glossy Ibis, adult female Great-Tailed Grackle	260
Red		adult female Northern Cardinal, adult female summer Rock Ptarmigan, adult male Red Crossbill, adult male Summer Tanager, adult male Hepatic Tanager	1,307
Royal Blue		adult male Varied Bunting	1
Salmon		adult American White Pelican, adult Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher	4
Sandy Brown		adult Wilson's Plover	15
Silver		adult female Anhinga, adult female Evening Grosbeak, adult American Woodcock, adult winter Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch, adult Eurasian Woodcock	38
Slate Blue		adult Peregrine Falcon	3
Slate Gray		adult White-Crowned Pigeon, adult Gray Catbird, adult Franklin's Gull, adult Black Rail, adult summer Sabine's Gull	59
Snow		adult Bank Swallow, adult summer Piping Plover, adult Great Egret, adult Greater White Fronted Goose, adult white morph Ross's Goose	10
Steel Blue		adult Bahaman Swallow	12
Tan		adult female Red-Winged Blackbird, adult female Red-bellied Woodpecker, adult Northern Flicker, adult female Scarlet Tanager, adult female Summer Tanager	49
Teal		adult female Wood Duck, adult female Northern Shoveler, adult female Green Winged Teal, adult female Garganey, adult female Ruddy Duck	13
Turquoise		adult male Mountain Bluebird, adult male Lazuli Bunting, adult male White-Eared Hummingbird	35
Violet		adult Common Raven, adult American Crow, adult male Varied Bunting, adult male Painted Bunting, adult male Blue Winged Teal	78
White		adult female Snowy Owl, adult female Lesser Goldfinch, adult female Black-Headed Grosbeak, adult summer Spotted Redshank, adult female Snow Bunting	4,744
Yellow		adult female Yellow Warbler, adult summer female Western Tanager, adult female Eurasian Siskin, adult female Cape May Warbler, adult female Prothonotary Warbler	1,359
Yellow Green		adult black-backed male Lesser Goldfinch, adult female Hooded Oriole, adult Yucatan Vireo	4