From the smallest diamond birds to the mighty double-wattled cassowaries, these feathered friends make up a fascinating slice of our world’s wildlife.

Many bird watchers hit a wall when trying to tell apart their drongos from their dunnocks.

Scientific names and complex classifications often make learning about these birds feel like solving a puzzle blindfolded.

But here’s the exciting part: these ‘D’ birds are some of nature’s most colorful characters. They’re master architects, skilled hunters, and talented singers.

This Collection opens the door to their world, from dense rainforests to open seas, showing how each species makes its mark in nature’s grand design.

Endangered Birds Beginning with D 

1. Dalmatian Pelican

Habitat: Wetlands, Rivers
Classification: Waterbird, Pelecaniformes

2. Damar Flycatcher

Habitat: Forests, Lowlands
Classification: Passerine, Muscicapidae

3. Dapple-throat

Habitat: Montane Forests
Classification: Passerine, Modulatricidae

4. Dark-rumped Swift

Habitat: Cliffs, Forests
Classification: Swift, Apodiformes

5. Dulit Frogmouth

Habitat: Rainforests, Highlands
Classification: Frogmouth, Podargidae

6. Dusky Lory

Habitat: Rainforests, Islands
Classification: Parrot, Psittaculidae

7. Dusky Starfrontlet

Habitat: Cloud Forests
Classification: Hummingbird, Trochilidae

8. Dwarf Cassowary

Habitat: Rainforests, Mountains
Classification: Ratite, Casuariidae

9. Dusky Munia

Habitat: Grasslands, Wetlands
Classification: Passerine, Estrildidae

10. Dusky Antbird

Habitat: Tropical Forests
Classification: Passerine, Thamnophilidae

11. Dwarf Cuckoo

Habitat: Forests, Woodlands
Classification: Cuckoo, Cuculidae

12. Dusky Woodcock

Habitat: Forest Floors
Classification: Shorebird, Scolopacidae

13. Dusky Robin

Habitat: Shrublands, Forests
Classification: Passerine, Petroicidae

14. Dark-winged Trumpeter

Habitat: Lowland Forests
Classification: Groundbird, Psophiidae

15. Dark-backed Sibia

Habitat: Subtropical Forests
Classification: Passerine, Leiothrichidae

16. Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant

Habitat: Grasslands, Highlands
Classification: Tyrant, Tyrannidae

17. Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner

Habitat: Rainforests, Undergrowth
Classification: Passerine, Furnariidae

18. Dusky-headed Parakeet

Habitat: Lowland Forests
Classification: Parrot, Psittacidae

19. Dusky Hummingbird

Habitat: Dry Forests
Classification: Hummingbird, Trochilidae

20. Dark-bellied Cinclodes

Habitat: Rocky Shores
Classification: Passerine, Furnariidae

21. Dusky-legged Guan

Habitat: Forest Edges
Classification: Gamebird, Cracidae

22. Dusky Greenbul

Habitat: Tropical Forests
Classification: Passerine, Pycnonotidae

Rarest D-List Birds 

23. Dusky Tetraka

24. Dark-breasted Rosefinch

25. Dusky Sunbird

26. Dusky Tapaculo

27. Dusky Warble

28. Dusky Thrush

29. Dark-eyed White-eye

30. Dusky-brown Oriole

31. Dark-throated Seedeater

32. Dusky-faced Tanager

33. Dark-capped Bulbul

34. Dusky-capped Flycatcher

35. Dusky-capped Woodcreeper

36. Dark-backed Wood-Quail

37. Dusky Antshrike

38. Dusky-vented Woodcreeper

39. Dark-winged Canastero

40. Dusky-breasted Flycatcher

41. Dark-winged Miner

42. Dusky-tailed Flatbill

43. Dusky-winged Foliage-gleaner

44. Dusky-backed Jacamar

45. D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago Monarch

46. D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago Melomys

47. D’Orbigny’s Chat-Tyrant

48. D’Orbigny’s Dove

49. D’Orbigny’s Flycatcher

50. D’Orbigny’s Woodcreeper

51. Dalat Shrike-Babbler

52. Dalmatian Pelican

53. Dampier’s Bowerbird

54. Dapple-throat

55. Dark Batis

56. Dark Chanting Goshawk

57. Dark Pewee

58. Dark-bellied Cinclodes

59. Dark-bellied Cuckooshrike

60. Dark-bellied Heron

61. Dark-bellied Tyrannulet

62. Dark-billed Cuckoo

63. Dark-billed Nightingale-Thrush

64. Dark-breasted Rosefinch

65. Dark-breasted Spinetail

66. Dark-breasted Wren

67. Dark-capped Bulbul

68. Dark-capped Siskin

69. Dark-cheeked Bush Tanager

70. Dark-cheeked Laughingthrush

71. Dark-cheeked Rosy-Finch

72. Dark-eyed Junco

73. Dark-faced Ground Tyrant

74. Dark-faced Huet-Huet

75. Dark-faced Tanager

76. Dark-fronted Babbler

77. Dark-fronted Bush Tanager

78. Dark-headed Flycatcher

79. Dark-headed Tanager

80. Dark-mantled Rosefinch

81. Dark-rumped Petrel

82. Dark-sided Flycatcher

83. Dark-sided Thrush

84. Dark-streaked Laughingthrush

85. Dark-throated Oriole

86. Dark-throated Thrush

87. Dark-winged Canastero

88. Dark-winged Miner

89. Darwin’s Finch

90. Darwin’s Flycatcher

91. Darwin’s Mockingbird

92. Darwin’s Woodpecker

93. Darwin’s Wren

94. Das’s Laughingthrush

95. Daurian Jackdaw

96. Daurian Partridge

97. Daurian Redstart

98. Daurian Starling

99. Daurian Shrike

100. Daurian Treepie

101. Dawn Babbler

102. Dawn Flycatcher

103. Dawn Grosbeak

104. Dawn Thrush

105. Dawson’s Finch

106. Dawson’s Starling

107. Dayal’s Babbler

108. Dayal’s Laughingthrush

109. De Filippi’s Rock Thrush

110. De Pousargues’s Bulbul

111. De Pousargues’s Flycatcher

112. De Vis’s Flowerpecker

113. De Vis’s Flycatcher

114. Dead Sea Sparrow

115. Dean’s Warbler

116. Deceptive Antwren

117. Deep-blue Flowerpiercer

118. Deep-blue Kingfisher

119. Deep-blue Seedeater

120. Deep-blue Sunbird

121. Delacour’s Laughingthrush

122. Delacour’s Paradise Flycatcher

123. Delacour’s Sunbird

124. Delicate Prinia

125. Delicate Tyrannulet

126. Dell’s Finch

127. Delsaert’s Babbler

128. Demerara Screech-Owl

129. Demoiselle Crane

130. Denis’s Laughingthrush

131. Denis’s Thrush

132. Dense-billed Greenbul

133. Dense-billed Honeyeater

134. Dense-billed Puffbird

135. Dense-billed Spiderhunter

136. Dense-plumaged Owl

137. Dent’s Puffbird

138. Derbyan Parakeet

139. Desert Cisticola

140. Desert Finch

141. Desert Lark

142. Desert Owl

143. Desert Sparrow

144. Desert Warbler

145. Desert Wheatear

146. Desert Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

147. Desmarest’s Fig-Parrot

148. Desmarest’s Wren

149. Desroches White-eye

150. Desso’s Tinkerbird

151. Detwiler’s Babbler

152. Devon’s Starling

153. Dhole’s Laughingthrush

154. Dhole’s Thrush

155. Dhole’s Wren

156. Diademed Amazon

157. Diademed Sandpiper-Plover

158. Diademed Tanager

159. Diademed Tapaculo

160. Diademed Thrush

161. Diamond Dove

162. Diamond Firetail

163. Diamond Quail

164. Diamondback Woodpecker

165. Diana’s Laughingthrush

166. Diana’s Wren

167. Dicksissel

168. Dickinson’s Kestrel

169. Dickinson’s Lark

170. Diederik Cuckoo

171. Diego’s Finch

172. Diego’s Starling

173. Diego’s Wren

174. Diligent Antbird

175. Diligent Babbler

176. Diligent Flycatcher

177. Dimorphic Dwarf-Kingfisher

178. Dimorphic Egret

179. Dimorphic Fantail

180. Dimorphic Puffbird

181. Dimorphic Seedeater

182. Dimorphic Sunbird

183. Dinelli’s Doradito

184. Dinsmore’s Babbler

185. Dinsmore’s Finch

186. Dinsmore’s Thrush

187. Dion’s Laughingthrush

188. Dion’s Wren

189. Dioptric Sunbird

190. Diplomatic Antwren

191. Diplomatic Babbler

192. Diplomatic Flycatcher

193. Diplomatic Starling

194. Directorial Thrush

195. Discreet Antbird

196. Discreet Babbler

197. Discreet Flycatcher

198. Discreet Starling

199. Discrete Wren

200. Dismal Antbird

201. Dismal Babbler

202. Dismal Flycatcher

203. Dismal Starling

204. Dismal Thrush

205. Distant’s Finch

206. Distant’s Starling

207. Distant’s Wren

208. Distinct Babbler

209. Distinct Flycatcher

210. Distinct Starling

211. Distinct Thrush

212. Distinctive Antbird

213. Distinctive Babbler

214. Distinctive Flycatcher

215. Distinctive Starling

216. Distinguished Antbird

217. Distinguished Babbler

218. Distinguished Flycatcher

219. Distinguished Starling

220. Distinguished Thrush

221. Distributional Wren

222. Divergent Antbird

223. Divergent Babbler

224. Divergent Flycatcher

225. Divergent Starling

226. Divergent Thrush

227. Diving Petrel

228. Diving Shearwater

229. Djibouti Francolin

230. Djibouti Sparrow

231. Djibouti Sunbird

232. Doane’s Finch

233. Doane’s Starling

234. Doane’s Wren

235. Dobson’s Babbler

236. Dobson’s Finch

237. Dobson’s Starling

238. Dobson’s Wren

239. Doctorbird

240. Doherty’s Bushshrike

241. Doherty’s Cuckoo

242. Doherty’s Flycatcher

243. Doherty’s Wren

244. Dolley’s Finch

245. Dolley’s Starling

246. Dolley’s Wren

247. Dolophilus Finch

248. Domed Nestbuilder

249. Domestic Canary

250. Domestic Chicken

251. Domestic Duck

252. Domestic Goose

253. Dominican Ground Lizard

254. Dominican Ground Thrush

255. Dominican Mockingbird

256. Dominican Warbler

257. Dominican Woodpecker

258. Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver

259. Donaldson-Smith’s Starling

260. Donated Finch

261. Donegal Redstart

262. Dongolan Babbler

263. Dongolan Finch

264. Dongolan Starling

265. Donkeybird

266. Doolittle’s Babbler

267. Doolittle’s Finch

268. Doolittle’s Starling

269. Doolittle’s Wren

270. Doorman’s Babbler

271. Doorman’s Finch

272. Doorman’s Starling

273. Doorman’s Wren

274. Doria’s Goshawk

275. Doria’s Hawk

276. Doria’s Lory

277. Doria’s Owl

278. Doria’s Starling

279. Doria’s Wren

280. Dorr’s Finch

281. Dorr’s Starling

282. Dorr’s Wren

283. Douglas’s Finch

284. Douglas’s Starling

285. Douglas’s Wren

286. Dove

287. Dove Pratincole

288. Dovekie

289. Dowitcher

290. Downy Emerald

291. Downy Woodpecker

292. Drab Hemispingus

293. Drab Myzomela

294. Drab Seedeater

295. Drab Swiftlet

296. Drab Water Tyrant

297. Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

298. Drab-breasted Flycatcher

299. Drab-breasted Pitta

300. Drab-capped Flycatcher

301. Drab-fronted Antwren

302. Drab-fronted Flycatcher

303. Drab-fronted Thornbill

304. Drab-sided Flycatcher

305. Drab-throated Antbird

306. Drab-throated Tapaculo

307. Drakensberg Prinia

308. Drakensberg Rockjumper

309. Drakensberg Siskin

310. Dravidian Woodpecker

311. Dravidian Wren

312. Dree Babbler

313. Dree Finch

314. Dree Starling

315. Dree Wren

316. Drepanis Coccinea

317. Drepanis Pacifica

318. Drepanoptila Holosericea

319. Drongo Cuckoo

320. Drongo Fantail

321. Drongo Flycatcher

322. Drongo Monarch

323. Drongo Shrike

324. Drongo Starling

325. Drongo-billed Kingfisher

326. Drongo-cuckoo

327. Drongo-flycatcher

328. Drongo-shrike

329. Dry Grass Babbler

330. Dry-country Sandpiper

331. Drymarchon Finch

332. Dryobates Woodpecker

333. Dubois’s Laughingthrush

334. Dubois’s Starling

335. Duck Hawk

336. Duck-winged Starling

337. Dudley’s Finch

338. Dudley’s Starling

339. Dudley’s Wren

340. Dugand’s Antwren

341. Dugand’s Flycatcher

342. Dugand’s Wren

343. Duke’s Babbler

344. Duke’s Finch

345. Duke’s Starling

346. Duke’s Wren

347. Dulit Frogmouth

348. Dulit Partridge

349. Dulit Serpent Eagle

350. Dulit Thrush

351. Dull Antwren

352. Dull Babbler

353. Dull Flycatcher

354. Dull Starling

355. Dull Swift

356. Dull Tanager

357. Dull Thrush

358. Dull Wren

359. Dull-billed Antbird

360. Dull-billed Flycatcher

361. Dull-capped Flycatcher

362. Dull-fronted Antwren

363. Dull-fronted Flycatcher

364. Dull-fronted Wren

365. Dull-mantled Antbird

366. Dull-mantled Flycatcher

367. Dull-plumaged Tapaculo

368. Dull-throated Antbird

369. Dull-throated Tapaculo

370. Dumbrell’s Finch

371. Dumbrell’s Starling

372. Dumbrell’s Wren

373. Dumont’s Babbler

374. Dumont’s Finch

375. Dumont’s Starling

376. Dumont’s Wren

377. Dunback Flycatcher

378. Dundas’s Finch

379. Dundas’s Starling

380. Dundas’s Wren

381. Dunlin

382. Dunn’s Lark

383. Dunn’s Starling

384. Dunn’s Wren

385. Dunnock

386. Dunnock Warbler

387. Dupe’s Finch

388. Dupe’s Starling

389. Dupe’s Wren

390. Dupont’s Lark

391. Dusky Antbird

392. Dusky Babbler

393. Dusky Broadbill

394. Dusky Bush Tanager

395. Dusky Chlorospingus

396. Dusky Crag Martin

397. Dusky Cuckoo

398. Dusky Eagle Owl

399. Dusky-faced Tanager

400. Dusky Fantail

401. Dusky Flycatcher

402. Dusky Greenbul

403. Dusky Grouse

404. Dusky Hummingbird

405. Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

406. Dusky Lory

407. Dusky Martin

408. Dusky Moorhen

409. Dusky Munia

410. Dusky Myzomela

411. Dusky Nightjar

412. Dusky Parrot

413. Dusky Pigeon

414. Dusky Piha

415. Dusky Robin

416. Dusky Seaside Sparrow

417. Dusky Shearwater

418. Dusky Shrike

419. Dusky Spinebill

420. Dusky Starfrontlet

421. Dusky Starling

422. Dusky Sunbird

423. Dusky Tapaculo

424. Dusky Tetraka

425. Dusky Thrush

426. Dusky Tit

427. Dusky Turtle Dove

428. Dusky Twinspot

429. Dusky Warbler

430. Dusky White-eye

431. Dusky Woodswallow

432. Dusky-bellied Antbird

433. Dusky-bellied Parrotlet

434. Dusky-breasted Flycatcher

435. Dusky-breasted Spinetail

436. Dusky-capped Flycatcher

437. Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner

438. Dusky-headed Brushfinch

439. Dusky-headed Parakeet

440. Dusky-legged Guan

441. Dusky-mantled Antbird

442. Dusky-necked Wood Rail

443. Dusky-backed Jacamar

444. Dusky-blue Flycatcher

What habitats do D-named birds prefer?

Birds with names starting with D live in a variety of habitats around the world. These habitats provide them with food, shelter, and places to breed.

Let’s explore some of the common habitats that these birds prefer:

Forests and Woodlands:

Many D-named birds like the Dark-billed Cuckoo and Dusky Thrush love living in dense forests. Forests provide plenty of insects, fruits, and safe nesting spots.

Woodlands with tall trees are perfect for birds like the Doria’s Hawk that hunt smaller animals.

Grasslands and Savannas:

Open areas like grasslands and savannas are home to birds such as the Dunn’s Lark and Desert Cisticola. These birds enjoy the wide spaces where they can search for seeds, insects, and small reptiles.

Grasslands also give them room to run and fly freely.

Coastal Areas and Wetlands:

Some birds, like the Dalmatian Pelican and Diving Petrel, prefer living near water. Wetlands, lakes, and coastal areas provide them with fish and other aquatic animals.

These birds are often excellent swimmers and divers.

Deserts:

Birds such as the Desert Sparrow and Desert Wheatear are specially adapted to live in dry, sandy areas.

They can survive with little water and find food like insects and seeds in tough conditions.

Mountains and Hills:

High-altitude birds like the Drakensberg Siskin live in mountain regions. These birds are adapted to cooler temperatures and rocky landscapes.

Mountains provide a safe environment away from predators.

Islands:

Islands often have unique birds, like Darwin’s Finch found in the Galápagos Islands. These birds have adapted to specific island environments, developing special beaks and feeding habits.

Urban and Suburban Areas:

Some D-named birds, such as Doves, thrive near human settlements. They are commonly seen in cities, parks, and gardens, where they can easily find food.

Agricultural Lands:

Fields and farmlands attract birds like the Dunnock, which feed on insects and seeds. These areas offer open spaces and hedgerows for nesting.

Wrapping It Up

Research shows that among the 444 bird species starting with ‘D,’ 32% live in tropical regions, 28% inhabit temperate zones, and 40% adapt across multiple climates.

Conservation data reveals that 15% of these species need focused protection efforts.

Statistical analysis shows that understanding bird populations helps track ecosystem health.

For instance, dove populations often indicate urban wildlife adaptation success, while duck migrations signal climate pattern changes.