SOUTH FLORIDA WATER BIRDS
(Regularly occurring)
AERIALISTS
Frigatebird, Magnificent
Gannet, Northern
Gulls
(Bonaparte's, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed, Herring, Laughing, Ring-billed)
Jaeger, Pomarine
Noddy, Brown
Pelican, Brown
Skimmer, Black
Terns
(Black, Bridled, Caspian, Common, Forster's, Gull-billed, Least, Roseate, Royal, Sandwich, Sooty)
SWIMMERS
Anhinga
Bufflehead
Canvasback
Coot, American
Cormorant, Double-crested
Ducks
(American Black, Mottled, Muscovy, Ring-necked, Ruddy, Wood)
Gadwall
Gallinule, Purple
Grebes
(Horned, Pied-billed)
Loons
(Common, Red-throated)
Mallard
Mergansers
(Hooded, Red-breasted)
Moorhen, Common
Pelican, American White
Pintail, Northern
Redhead
Scaup, Lesser
Shoveler, Northern
Teals
(Blue-winged, Green-winged)
Wigeon, American
WADING BIRDS
Bitterns
(American, Least)
Crane, Sandhill
Egrets
(Cattle, Great, Reddish, Snowy)
Herons
(Green, Great Blue, Great Blue (Great White,
Little Blue, Black-crowned Night, Yellow-crowned Night, Tri-colored)
Ibises
(Glossy, White)
Limpkin
Rails
(Black, Clapper, King, Virginia, Yellow)
Sora
Spoonbill, Roseate
Stork, Wood
SHOREBIRDS
Avocet, American
Dowitchers
(Short-billed, Long-billed)
Dunlin
Godwit, Marbled
Killdeer
Knot, Red
Oystercatcher, American
Phalarope, Wilson's
Plovers
(Black-bellied, Piping, Semipalmated, Snowy, Wilson's)
Sanderling
Sandpipers
(Buff-breasted, Least, Pectoral, Semipalmated, Solitary, Spotted, Stilt, Upland, Western, White-rumped)
Snipe, Wilson's
Stilt, Black-necked
Turnstone, Ruddy
Whimbrel
Willet
Woodcock, American
Yellowlegs
(Greater, Lesser)
UPLAND WATER BIRD
Kingfisher, Black-belted
The Water Bird and Land Bird lists are organized according to the format in All the Birds of North America, American Bird Conservancy's Field Guide. The birds included as regularly occuring in South Florida were checked against the ones listed in Brian Rapozza's book Birding Florida.
Woodstork & Purple Swamp Hens
Photos by Don Belzows
SOUTH FLORIDA LAND BIRDS
(Regularly occurring)
NOCTURNAL
Chuck-will's-widow
Nighthawks
Antilean
Common
Owls
(Barn, Barred, Burrowing, Eastern Screech, Great Horned)
Whip-poor-will
AERIALISTS
Caracara, Crested
Eagle, Bald
Falcon, Peregrine
Harrier, Northern
Hawks
(Broad-winged, Cooper's, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed,Sharp-shinned, Short-tailed, Swainson's)
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated
Kestrel, American
Kites
(Snail, Swallow-tailed, White-tailed)
Martin, Purple
Merlin
Osprey
Swallows
(Bank, Barn, Cave, Cliff, Northern Rough-winged, Tree)
Swift, Chimney
Vultures
(Black, Turkey)
GROUND WALKERS
Bobwhite, Northern
Doves
(Common Ground, Eurasian Collared, Mourning
White-winged)
Pigeon, White-crowned
Turkey, Wild
TREE CLIMBERS
Creeper, Brown
Flicker, Northern
Nuthatch, Brown-headed
Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied
Woodpeckers
(Downy, Hairy, Pileated, Red-bellied, Red-cockaded, Red-headed)
PASSERINES: Flycatching bills
Flycatchers
(Brown-crested, Great-crested, Least, Scissor-tailed, Vermillion)
Kingbirds
(Eastern, Gray, Western)
Phoebe, Eastern
Shrike, Loggerhead
Waxwing, Cedar
Wood-Pewee, Eastern
PASSERINES: Curved bills
Cuckoos
(Black-billed, Mangrove, Yellow-billed)
Thrasher, Brown
Wrens
(Carolina, House, Marsh, Sedge)
PASSERINES: Straight bills
Blackbirds
(Red-winged, Yellow-headed)
Bluebird, Eastern
Bulbul, Red-whiskered
Catbird, Gray
Chat, Yellow-breasted
Cowbirds
(Bronzed, Brown-headed, Shiny)
Crows
(American, Fish)
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray
Grackles
(Boat-tailed, Common)
Jay, Blue
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned
Meadowlark, Eastern
Mockingbird, Northern
Mynahs
(Common, Hill)
Orioles
(Baltimore, Orchard, Spot-breasted)
Ovenbird
Parula, Northern
Pipit, American
Redstart, American
Robin, American
Scrub-Jay, Florida
Starling, European
Tanagers
(Scarlet, Summer, Western)
Thrushes
(Gray-cheeked, Hermit, Swainson's, Wood)
Titmouse, Tufted
Veery
Vireos
(Black-whiskered, Blue-headed, Philadelphia,
Red-eyed, Yellow-throated, Warbling, White-eyed)
Warblers
(Bay-breasted, Black and White, Blackburnian,
Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blue-winged, Canada, Cape May, Cerulean, Chestnut-sided, Connecticut, Golden-winged, Hooded, Kentucky, MacGillivray's,
Magnolia, Nashville, Orange-crowned, Palm,
Pine, Prairie, Prothonotary, Swainson's, Tennessee, Wilson's, Worm-eating, Yellow,
Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated)
Waterthrushes
(Louisiana, Northern)
Yellowthroat, Common
Photo of Eastern Bluebird by Ottey Weyman
Ani, Smooth-billed
Bobolink
Buntings
(Indigo, Painted)
Cardinal, Northern
Dickcissel
Goldfinch, American
Grosbeaks
(Blue, Rose-breasted)
Junco, Dark-eyed
Parakeets
(Black-hooded, Monk, White-winged)
Shrike, Loggerhead
Sparrows
(Bachman's, Chipping, Clay-colored, Field, Grasshopper, Henslow's, House, Lark, Lincoln's, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed, Savannah, Seaside,
Song, Swamp)
Vesper
Towhee, Eastern