This bird bingo printable deals from 93 squares: 65 North American feeder and yard birds, named as Project FeederWatch names them, and 28 things any bird might do, such as hang upside down. East and West are mixed, so trim first.
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Trim the list to the birds you can see
Ready-made list has Seen across much of the continent, 33 widespread birds, and Any bird, anywhere, 28 things birds do on any continent. For your region's birds too, stay on the full list: in the East, select Steller's Jay down to Western Meadowlark in the word list and delete; in the West, Northern Cardinal down to Pine Warbler.
At the window, or called as a guessing game
At a window, print one card per watcher: a line can take a weekend. Indoors, press Call the game and read the clue under each call in place of the name: crow-sized and mostly black, with a red crest, is the Pileated Woodpecker. Over 4,000 simulated games with 12 cards, the first line came after about 30 calls.
Settle what counts first: seen by two people, or heard and named. A woodpecker drumming counts by ear.
The cards carry names, not pictures, so keep a field guide beside them.
In the word list, press Enter after any bird and type your regulars: the neighbor's chickens, the gull on the streetlight.
Questions and answers
Is there a UK garden birds list?
Yes. Empty the list, then paste these 24, checked against the RSPB's pages: Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Starling, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Jay, Swift.
Why are there no pictures on the cards?
The cards print words only. Every bird on the list below has its field marks beside it, and most have a fact too, checked against Wikipedia on September 19, 2026.
How do you win bird bingo?
The usual rule is the first full line: across, down or corner to corner, with the free center square counting for everyone. A window game is slow, so agree an end date, or play on to four corners.
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Seen across much of the continent 33
American CrowAll black, bill, legs and feet included, and smaller than a raven. Family groups can reach 15 birds.
American GoldfinchSummer male: lemon yellow with a jet black cap. In winter both sexes turn olive-brown. One call sounds like po-ta-to-chip.
American RobinReddish-orange breast, brown back, dark head with white eye arcs. One of the earliest songbirds to sing at dawn. It finds worms by sight, at times by hearing.
American Tree SparrowRusty cap, gray underparts and a small dark breast spot. Nests in Alaska and northern Canada, and spends the winter farther south.
Black-capped ChickadeeBlack cap, black bib, white cheeks. The number of dees in its chick-a-dee-dee call rises with the threat it has seen. Northern United States, Canada and Alaska.
Brown CreeperBrown and spotted like bark, white underneath, with a thin curved bill. It zigzags up a trunk from the bottom, then flies down to the foot of the next tree.
Brown-headed CowbirdMale: glossy black with a brown head. It raises no young of its own: its eggs have been recorded in the nests of at least 220 other species.
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Cedar WaxwingCrest, black mask, red wax-like droplets on the wing feathers and a yellow or orange tail tip. Flock members may pass a berry beak to beak along a twig.
Chipping SparrowBreeding adult: reddish cap, nearly white eyebrow, black line through the eye. The song is a trill.
Common RavenLarger than a crow, with a heavier bill, shaggy throat feathers and a wedge-shaped tail. The call is a deep croak.
Dark-eyed JuncoGray head, neck and breast, a pale pinkish bill, and white outer tail feathers that flash in flight. An early name for it was the snow-bird.
Downy WoodpeckerBlack and white, white back; the male has a red patch at the back of his head. The smallest woodpecker in North America, with a bill shorter than its head.
Eurasian Collared-DoveGray-buff, black half-collar on the back of the neck, three-note coo. Fewer than 50 escaped in Nassau in 1974; it now lives in nearly every US state.
European StarlingGlossy black with a metallic sheen, white-speckled for part of the year. Bill yellow in summer, black in winter. About 60 were released in Central Park in 1890.
Evening GrosbeakMale: bright yellow forehead and body, brown head, a large white wing patch and a large pale bill. Where it spends the winter varies from year to year.
Hairy WoodpeckerPatterned like a downy woodpecker, but bigger and with a longer bill. The two are not close relatives: the likeness is a case of convergent evolution.
House FinchMale: reddish head, neck and shoulders. Female: brown above, streaked below. Native to Mexico and the Southwest, and introduced to the East in the 1940s.
House SparrowMale: dark gray crown, chestnut sides to the head, black bib. Female: no black, and a pale eyebrow. First set free in New York City in 1852.
Mourning DoveSlender and long-tailed, with black spots on the wings. The call is a slow, plaintive coo, and the wings whistle on takeoff and landing.
Northern FlickerA woodpecker that often feeds on the ground, and ants can make up 45 percent of its diet. Beige belly with black spots, and a white rump that shows in flight.
Northern MockingbirdGray above, paler below, with a long tail and white wing patches that show in flight. It mimics other birds and other sounds. State bird of five states.
Pileated WoodpeckerCrow-sized and mostly black, with a red crest and a white neck stripe. It carves large, nearly rectangular holes in trees.
Pine SiskinBrown and heavily streaked, with yellow patches in the wings and tail. Large numbers move south in some winters and hardly any in others.
Purple FinchMale: raspberry red on head, back, breast and rump. Female: brown streaks and a white line above the eye. State bird of New Hampshire.
Red-breasted NuthatchBlack cap, black line through the eye, white eyebrow, rust-colored underparts. Its call has been compared to a tin trumpet.
Red-winged BlackbirdMale: black all over with a red shoulder and a yellow wing bar. Female: plain dark brown.
Rock PigeonThe city pigeon. Wild-type birds are pale gray with two black bars on each wing; town flocks descend from escaped domestic pigeons.
Ruby-crowned KingletTiny and olive green, with a white eye ring, two white wing bars and a habit of flicking its wings. The male's red crown patch is often hidden.
Song SparrowWhite below with dark streaks and, mid-breast, a dark brown spot. One bird may know as many as 20 tunes.
White-breasted NuthatchPale blue-gray above, glossy black cap, white face. Nuthatches walk down tree trunks head first.
White-crowned SparrowBlack and white stripes on the head, gray face, long tail. Breeds across northern Canada and the western states; winters in the southern United States.
Wild TurkeyMale: bare reddish head, glossy bronze wings, fan-shaped tail. It flies fast, roosts in trees at night, and a gobble can carry up to a mile.
Yellow-rumped WarblerYellow patches on crown, flank and rump; nicknamed butter butt. The only warbler able to digest waxy berries, so it can winter as far north as Newfoundland.
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Baltimore OrioleMale: orange and black. Named for the colors on Lord Baltimore's coat of arms. The nest is a tightly woven pouch hung from the tip of a branch.
Blue JayBlue crest, white chest, black U-shaped collar. It can copy a hawk's cry, and it hides acorns to eat later.
Brown ThrasherBright reddish brown above, dark streaks below, long tail, yellow eye. Known for more than 1,000 song types. State bird of Georgia.
Carolina ChickadeeThe chickadee of the southern states: black cap and bib, white cheeks. Four-note song, fee-bee-fee-bay; a faster, higher chick-a-dee call than the black-capped.
Carolina WrenRich brown with a white eyebrow. It sings teakettle-teakettle-teakettle, and nests have turned up in the pockets of jackets hanging in sheds.
Common GrackleLong dark bill, pale yellowish eye, long tail, and a purple, green or blue sheen on the head.
Eastern BluebirdMale: bright blue head, back and wings, brownish-red breast. Female: paler, gray on head and back. State bird of Missouri and New York.
Eastern TowheeMale: black head, back and tail, rufous sides, white belly; the female is brown where he is black. Song: drink your teeeea. The name copies its two-part call.
Northern CardinalMale: crimson red with a black face mask. Female: fawn with a reddish tint. Both have a raised crest and a coral-colored bill. State bird of seven states.
Pine WarblerOlive above, with a bright yellow throat and breast and two white wing bars. Unlike other wood-warblers, it sometimes eats seeds.
Red-bellied WoodpeckerBlack and white bars on the back; the male's red cap runs from the bill to the nape. The belly's reddish tinge is hard to see.
Ruby-throated HummingbirdMale: iridescent ruby red throat and a forked black tail. Eastern North America's most common hummingbird; its wings beat up to 80 times a second.
Tufted TitmouseGray crest, black forehead, rust-colored flanks. It whistles peter-peter-peter, and it plucks hair from live mammals to line its nest.
White-throated SparrowWhite throat and a yellow spot between the eye and the bill. The song is remembered as Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada.
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerA woodpecker with a red forehead; the male's throat is red too. It drills its sap holes in horizontal rows.
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Anna's HummingbirdMale: reddish-pink crown and throat. The only North American hummingbird with a red crown, and mostly a year-round resident of the Pacific coast.
Bewick's WrenGray-brown above and white below, with a long white eyebrow and a long tail tipped in white. Today very rare anywhere east of the Mississippi.
Black-billed MagpieBlack and white, long tail, blue-green sheen on wings and tail. It builds a domed twig nest. Lewis and Clark reported magpies bold enough to enter their tents.
Black-chinned HummingbirdMale: black face and chin, with a glossy purple band below that shows only when the sun hits it.
BushtitTiny, gray-brown and long-tailed, in flocks of 10 to 40. Males have dark eyes and adult females yellow ones. The whole family sleeps in one large hanging nest.
California QuailA curving topknot, longer on the male, who has a black face outlined in white. It gathers in coveys and calls chi-ca-go. State bird of California.
California Scrub-jayBlue head, wings and tail, gray-brown back, white eyebrows. It remembers more than 200 food caches, and re-hides food once it is alone, to foil thieves.
Chestnut-backed ChickadeeDark blackish-brown head, white cheeks, bright rufous back. About half of its nest is fur and hair.
Golden-crowned SparrowA broad yellow stripe on the crown, edged in black. The song is three falling whistles: oh dear me.
Lesser GoldfinchMale: bright yellow below, with large white tail patches. It is perhaps the world's smallest true finch.
Mountain ChickadeeA chickadee with white eyebrows. Its song sounds like the word cheeseburger.
Oak TitmouseSmall, plain and brown-tinged gray, with a small crest. It lives from southern Oregon through California, and pairs often stay together for life.
Rufous HummingbirdMale: rufous face, flanks and tail, orange-red throat. It weighs 3 to 4 grams and migrates more than 2,000 miles.
Spotted TowheeDark head and back with white spots, rufous sides, white belly, bright red eyes. It rummages noisily through dry leaves.
Steller's JayBlackish crested head, blue body. A noted mimic: it imitates hawks, which sends other birds away from a feeder.
Varied ThrushBright orange breast crossed by a black band. It breeds in moist conifer forest from Alaska to northern California.
Western MeadowlarkYellow below, a black V across the breast, and a flute-like song. State bird of six states.
Any bird, anywhere 28
A bird at the feederAny bird on any feeder. The easy square.
A bird carrying a twigOr grass, moss or string: anything bound for a nest.
A bird carrying foodCarried off, not eaten on the spot.
A bird climbing a tree trunkUp, down or around it.
A bird cracking a seedHeld under a foot and hammered, or rolled in the bill.
A bird drinkingWatch a pigeon or dove: it can drink with its bill down, without tilting its head back.
A bird feeding on the groundUnder the feeder counts.
A bird fluffed up like a ballUsually on a cold morning.
A bird hanging upside downFeet above head, even for a second.
A bird heard but not seenA song or a call from somewhere in the leaves.
A bird of prey overheadA hawk, an eagle or a vulture, circling or passing through.
A bird on a fenceA railing or a gate counts too.
A bird on a wireOne bird or a whole row.
A bird on the roofYours or a neighbor's, chimney included.
A bird preeningDrawing feathers through the bill to set them straight. Of the time a bird spends on upkeep, over 90 percent goes on preening.
A bird singing in plain viewYou have to see it sing, not only hear it.
A bird taking a bathIn a birdbath, a puddle or a gutter.
A bird you cannot nameNote its size, colors and bill, and look it up later.
A feather on the groundLook, then leave it where it lies.
A flock of ten or moreCount fast.
A nestIn a tree, a hedge or under the eaves. Look from a distance.
A pair of one kindTwo birds of the same species, side by side.
A squirrel at the feederNot a bird. Still counts.
A woodpecker drummingHearing it counts.
A young bird beggingWings fluttering, beak wide open. Late spring and summer.
Birds flying in a VGeese, ducks, gulls, cranes and pelicans all do it. Each follower gets lift from the swirl of air off the wingtip ahead.
Birdsong before sunriseThe dawn chorus peaks at daybreak and is most noticeable in spring.
Two birds squabblingA chase, a peck or a standoff over one perch.
How this list was compiled: Written for this site on 2026-09-18; nothing was copied from another bingo card or bird list. The 65 species are North American feeder and yard birds chosen from Project FeederWatch's Common Feeder Birds list (Cornell Lab of Ornithology with Birds Canada, https://feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/, read on 2026-09-19), and each name is spelled as that list spells it. The Cornell Lab's allaboutbirds.org could not be read on 2026-09-19, so the same lab's FeederWatch list was used. Redpolls were left off: Wikipedia now treats the redpolls as a single species while the FeederWatch list still names two. The birds are sorted by where they are seen (across much of the continent, mostly east of the Rockies, mostly the West) from the range given in each Wikipedia article; ranges have soft edges, so check a local field guide. The last group holds 28 things any bird might do, written for this site, so that a card can be finished anywhere in the world. No photographs or drawings are used. The line beside each bird gives field marks and one fact, in our own words, from the English Wikipedia article for that species, each read on 2026-09-19 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ followed by: American_robin, American_crow, American_goldfinch, Black-capped_chickadee, Mourning_dove, Downy_woodpecker, Hairy_woodpecker, Northern_flicker, House_finch, House_sparrow, Common_starling, Dark-eyed_junco, Song_sparrow, White-crowned_sparrow, Chipping_sparrow, American_tree_sparrow, Red-winged_blackbird, Brown-headed_cowbird, Rock_dove, Eurasian_collared_dove, White-breasted_nuthatch, Red-breasted_nuthatch, Brown_creeper, Pine_siskin, Purple_finch, Evening_grosbeak, Cedar_waxwing, Northern_mockingbird, Yellow-rumped_warbler, Ruby-crowned_kinglet, Pileated_woodpecker, Wild_turkey, Common_raven, Northern_cardinal, Blue_jay, Tufted_titmouse, Carolina_chickadee, Carolina_wren, Red-bellied_woodpecker, Eastern_bluebird, Baltimore_oriole, Ruby-throated_hummingbird, Common_grackle, White-throated_sparrow, Eastern_towhee, Brown_thrasher, Yellow-bellied_sapsucker, Pine_warbler, Steller's_jay, California_scrub_jay, Black-billed_magpie, Anna's_hummingbird, Rufous_hummingbird, Black-chinned_hummingbird, Spotted_towhee, American_bushtit, Mountain_chickadee, Chestnut-backed_chickadee, Lesser_goldfinch, California_quail, Varied_thrush, Golden-crowned_sparrow, Bewick's_wren, Oak_titmouse, Western_meadowlark, Preening, Dawn_chorus_(birds), V_formation. Two clues in the last group rest on the Rock_dove, Preening, Dawn_chorus_(birds) and V_formation articles, also in that list; the other lines in that group are what-counts rules, not facts. The 24 United Kingdom garden bird names given in the page's FAQ (Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Starling, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Jay, Swift) were checked on 2026-09-19 against the RSPB's pages: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/big-garden-birdwatch, https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/identifying-birds/bird-song-identifier, https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/identifying-birds/small-brown-birds-you-might-see-in-your-garden, https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/identifying-birds/corvids-how-to-identify-the-crow-family, https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/identifying-birds/pigeons-and-doves-an-id-guide and https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/identifying-birds/a-beginners-guide-to-birdwatching. They are not on this list, because the cards deal from the whole list and a mixed card could not be finished on either side of the Atlantic. Every square is 30 characters or fewer. No brand, film, song or character appears. The usual ways to win at bingo (a row, column or diagonal, four corners, blackout) were checked at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_%28American_version%29 on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work