Bird Bingo Printable: 65 Backyard Birds, 28 Things They Do

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Bird Bingo Printable: 65 Backyard Birds, 28 Things They Do: how it works

Press New set of 4 cards and the page deals four bird bingo cards, no two alike, 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. The list mixes East and West, so trim it to your side of the Rockies first.

Trim the list to the birds you can see

Open Word list, one per line. The squares follow the groups below: 33 birds seen across much of the continent, 15 mostly eastern, 17 mostly western, then 28 things birds do. In the East, delete the lines from Steller's Jay down to Western Meadowlark. In the West, delete Northern Cardinal down to Pine Warbler. With small children, or outside North America, keep only A bird at the feeder and the lines under it, on the 4 × 4 grid. Then deal again.

At the window, or called as a guessing game

At a window, print one card per watcher: a line can take a weekend. With a group indoors, switch to Call the game and read the clue from the list below in place of the name: "crow-sized, red crest, white neck stripe" is the pileated woodpecker. In our simulation of 4,000 games with 12 cards, the first line came after about 30 calls.

Tips

  • 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.
  • Add your own regulars under the last line: the neighbor's chickens, the gull on the streetlight, the heron at the pond.

Questions and answers

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.

Is there a UK garden birds list?

Yes. Press Empty the list, paste these 24 names into Word list, one per line and deal again: the page splits them at the commas, and 24 fill a 5 × 5 card. Each was checked against the RSPB's garden bird pages on September 19, 2026: 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. To make up for it, 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.

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Seen across much of the continent 33

  • American Crow All black, bill, legs and feet included, and smaller than a raven. Family groups can reach 15 birds.
  • American Goldfinch Summer male: lemon yellow with a jet black cap. In winter both sexes turn olive-brown. One call sounds like po-ta-to-chip.
  • American Robin Reddish-orange breast, brown back, dark head with white arcs around the eye. Among the first songbirds to sing at dawn. It finds worms by sight and sometimes by hearing.
  • American Tree Sparrow Rusty cap, gray underparts and a small dark spot on the breast. Breeds in Alaska and northern Canada, and spends the winter farther south.
  • Black-capped Chickadee Black cap, black bib, white cheeks. The number of dees in its chick-a-dee-dee call rises with the threat it has spotted. Northern United States, Canada and Alaska.
  • Brown Creeper Brown and spotted like a piece of 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 Cowbird Male: 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.
  • Cedar Waxwing Crest, 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 Sparrow Breeding adult: reddish cap, nearly white eyebrow, black line through the eye. The song is a trill.
  • Common Raven Larger than a crow, with a heavier bill, shaggy throat feathers and a wedge-shaped tail. The call is a deep croak.
  • Dark-eyed Junco Gray 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 Woodpecker Black and white with a white back; the male has a red patch on the back of the head. The smallest woodpecker in North America, with a bill shorter than its head.
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove Gray-buff with a black half-collar on the back of the neck, and a three-note coo. Fewer than 50 escaped in Nassau in 1974; it now lives in nearly every US state.
  • European Starling Glossy black with a metallic sheen, speckled with white for part of the year. The bill is yellow in summer and black in winter. About 60 were released in Central Park in 1890.
  • Evening Grosbeak Male: 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 Woodpecker Patterned 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 Finch Male: 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 Sparrow Male: dark gray crown, chestnut sides to the head, black bib. Female: no black, and a pale eyebrow. First released in New York City in 1852.
  • Mourning Dove Slender 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 Flicker A 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 Mockingbird Gray 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 Woodpecker Crow-sized and mostly black, with a red crest and a white neck stripe. It carves large, nearly rectangular holes in trees.
  • Pine Siskin Brown and heavily streaked, with yellow patches in the wings and tail. Large numbers move south in some winters and hardly any in others.
  • Purple Finch Male: raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump. Female: brown streaks and a white line above the eye. State bird of New Hampshire.
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch Black cap, black line through the eye, white eyebrow, rust-colored underparts. Its call has been likened to a tin trumpet.
  • Red-winged Blackbird Male: all black with a red shoulder and a yellow wing bar. Female: plain dark brown.
  • Rock Pigeon The city pigeon. Wild-type birds are pale gray with two black bars on each wing; town flocks descend from escaped domestic pigeons.
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet Tiny 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 Sparrow White below with dark streaks and a dark brown spot in the middle of the breast. One bird may know as many as 20 tunes.
  • White-breasted Nuthatch Pale blue-gray above, glossy black cap, white face. Nuthatches walk down tree trunks head first.
  • White-crowned Sparrow Black 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 Turkey Male: 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 Warbler Yellow patches on the crown, flank and rump; the nickname is butter butt. The only warbler able to digest waxy berries, so it can winter as far north as Newfoundland.

Mostly east of the Rockies 15

  • Baltimore Oriole Male: 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 Jay Blue crest, white chest, black U-shaped collar. It can copy a hawk's cry, and it hides acorns to eat later.
  • Brown Thrasher Bright reddish brown above, dark streaks below, long tail, yellow eye. Noted for having over 1,000 song types. State bird of Georgia.
  • Carolina Chickadee The chickadee of the southern states: black cap and bib, white cheeks. A four-note song, fee-bee-fee-bay, and a faster, higher chick-a-dee call than the black-capped.
  • Carolina Wren Rich brown with a white eyebrow. It sings teakettle-teakettle-teakettle, and nests have turned up in the pockets of jackets hanging in sheds.
  • Common Grackle Long dark bill, pale yellowish eye, long tail, and a purple, green or blue sheen on the head.
  • Eastern Bluebird Male: bright blue head, back and wings, brownish-red breast. Female: paler, with gray on the head and back. State bird of Missouri and New York.
  • Eastern Towhee Male: black head, back and tail, rufous sides, white belly; the female is brown where he is black. The song is drink your teeeea, and the name copies its two-part call.
  • Northern Cardinal Male: 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 Warbler Olive above, with a bright yellow throat and breast and two white wing bars. Unlike other wood-warblers, it sometimes eats seeds.
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker Black and white bars on the back; the male's red cap runs from the bill to the nape. The reddish tinge on the belly is hard to see.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird Male: iridescent ruby red throat and a forked black tail. The most common hummingbird in eastern North America; its wings beat up to 80 times a second.
  • Tufted Titmouse Gray crest, black forehead, rust-colored flanks. It whistles peter-peter-peter, and it plucks hair from live mammals to line its nest.
  • White-throated Sparrow White throat and a yellow spot between the eye and the bill. The song is remembered as Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada.
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker A woodpecker with a red forehead; the male's throat is red too. It drills its sap holes in horizontal rows.

Mostly the West 17

  • Anna's Hummingbird Male: 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 Wren Gray-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow and a long tail tipped in white. Now extremely rare east of the Mississippi River.
  • Black-billed Magpie Black and white, with a long tail and a blue-green sheen on the wings and tail. It builds a domed nest of twigs. Lewis and Clark reported magpies bold enough to enter their tents.
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird Male: black face and chin, with a glossy purple band below that shows only when the sun hits it.
  • Bushtit Tiny, 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 Quail A 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-jay Blue 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 Chickadee Dark blackish-brown head, white cheeks, bright rufous back. About half of its nest is fur and hair.
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow A broad yellow stripe on the crown, edged in black. The song is three falling whistles: oh dear me.
  • Lesser Goldfinch Male: bright yellow below, with big white patches in the tail. It may be the smallest true finch in the world.
  • Mountain Chickadee A chickadee with white eyebrows. Its song sounds like the word cheeseburger.
  • Oak Titmouse Small, plain and brown-tinged gray, with a small crest. It lives from southern Oregon through California, and pairs often stay together for life.
  • Rufous Hummingbird Male: rufous face, flanks and tail, orange-red throat. It weighs 3 to 4 grams and migrates more than 2,000 miles.
  • Spotted Towhee Dark head and back with white spots, rufous sides, white belly, bright red eyes. It rummages noisily through dry leaves.
  • Steller's Jay Blackish crested head, blue body. A noted mimic: it imitates hawks, which sends other birds away from a feeder.
  • Varied Thrush Bright orange breast crossed by a black band. It breeds in moist conifer forest from Alaska to northern California.
  • Western Meadowlark Yellow underparts with a black V on the breast, and a flute-like song. State bird of six states.

Any bird, anywhere 28

  • A bird at the feeder Any bird on any feeder. The easy square.
  • A bird carrying a twig Or grass, moss or string: anything bound for a nest.
  • A bird carrying food Carried off, not eaten on the spot.
  • A bird climbing a tree trunk Up, down or around it.
  • A bird cracking a seed Held under a foot and hammered, or rolled in the bill.
  • A bird drinking Watch a pigeon or dove: it can drink with its bill down, without tilting its head back.
  • A bird feeding on the ground Under the feeder counts.
  • A bird fluffed up like a ball Usually on a cold morning.
  • A bird hanging upside down Feet above head, even for a second.
  • A bird heard but not seen A song or a call from somewhere in the leaves.
  • A bird of prey overhead A hawk, an eagle or a vulture, circling or passing through.
  • A bird on a fence A railing or a gate counts too.
  • A bird on a wire One bird or a whole row.
  • A bird on the roof Yours or a neighbor's, chimney included.
  • A bird preening Drawing 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 view You have to see it sing, not only hear it.
  • A bird taking a bath In a birdbath, a puddle or a gutter.
  • A bird you cannot name Note its size, colors and bill, and look it up later.
  • A feather on the ground Look, then leave it where it lies.
  • A flock of ten or more Count fast.
  • A nest In a tree, a hedge or under the eaves. Look from a distance.
  • A pair of one kind Two birds of the same species, side by side.
  • A squirrel at the feeder Not a bird. Still counts.
  • A woodpecker drumming Hearing it counts.
  • A young bird begging Wings fluttering, beak wide open. Late spring and summer.
  • Birds flying in a V Geese, ducks, gulls, cranes and pelicans all do it. Each follower gets lift from the swirl of air off the wingtip ahead.
  • Birdsong before sunrise The dawn chorus peaks at daybreak and is most noticeable in spring.
  • Two birds squabbling A chase, a peck or a standoff over one perch.

How this list was compiled: Written for this site by the editors 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 plan named the Cornell Lab's allaboutbirds.org as the source; that site refused automated reading on 2026-09-19 (HTTP 403), 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 by the editors, 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 in this dataset, because the tool has no way to deal from one group only 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_(American_version) on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work