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List of birds of Florida

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This list of birds of Florida includes species documented in the U.S. state of Florida and accepted by the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC). As of November 2022, there were 539 species included in the official list.{{cite web |url=http://www.fosbirds.org/florida-bird-list.html |title=Official Florida State Bird List |date=November 2022 |website= |publisher=Florida Ornithological Society |access-date=December 24, 2022 |quote=}} Of them, 168 species and eight identifiable subspecies are classed as accidental, 18 have been introduced to North America, four are extinct, and one has been extirpated. More than 100 "verifiable...exotic species [are] found free-flying in the wild" according to the FOSRC. Additional accidental, extirpated and recently extinct species have been added from other sources. Five hypothetical species have been also added from another source.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).{{cite web |url=http://checklist.aou.org/taxa |title=Check-list of North and Middle American Birds |author= |date=June 29, 2021 |publisher=American Ornithological Society |access-date=August 9, 2021}} Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.

The following status codes have been used to annotate some species:

  • (A) Accidental – a species that occurs rarely or accidentally in Florida, and for which the FOSRC requests a full report for verification
  • (I) Introduced – a species that has been introduced to North America by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly, and has become established in Florida
  • (E) Extinct – a recent bird that no longer exists
  • (e) Extirpated – a species that is no longer in Florida, but exists elsewhere

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Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

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Order: Anseriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

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  • Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  • Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  • Ross's goose, Anser rossii
  • Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
  • Graylag goose, Anser anser (A){{cite web |url=https://theworldsrarestbirds.com/birds/geese-in-florida/ |title=10 Geese in Florida: The Rich Tapestry of Florida's Goose Population |last1=Farnsworth |first1=Matt |website=theworldsrarestbirds.com |date=January 29, 2024 |access-date=February 10, 2024}}
  • Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252215095 |title=Pink-footed Goose |website=iNaturalist |date=19 November 2024 |access-date=January 3, 2025}}
  • Brant, Branta bernicla (A)
  • Canada goose, Branta canadensis
  • Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsonii (A)
  • Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.birdadvisors.com/geese-florida/ |title=8 Types Of Geese In Florida (Photo And ID Guide) |website=Bird Advisors |date=September 15, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2024}}
  • Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=B86C504C5B960813&sec=map |title=Trumpeter Swan |publisher=Avibase |access-date=September 5, 2023}}
  • Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (A)
  • Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (A){{cite web |url=https://avibirds.com/swans-in-florida-with-pictures/ |title=4 Swans in Florida (With Pictures) |last=Møller Nielsen |first=Jacob Irgens |website=Avibirds |date=4 October 2024 |access-date=March 11, 2025}}
  • West Indian whistling duck, Dendrocygna arborea (A){{cite web |url=https://birdsandwetlands.com/west-indian-whistling-duck-dendrocygna-arborea/ |title=West Indian Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) |last=Addison |first=Jim |website=Birds & Wetlands |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023}}
  • Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
  • Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
  • White-faced whistling duck, Dendrocygna viduata (A){{cite book |last1=Howell |first1=S.N.G. |last2=Lewington |first2=I. |last3=Russell |first3=W. |publication-date=February 16, 2014 |title=Rare Birds of North America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWOYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65R |publisher=Princeton University Press |page=65|isbn=9780691117966 }}
  • Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (A){{cite journal |title=Spring Report: March-May 1994 |url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/FFN_22-4p118-126Pranty%2520-%2520FOC%252018%5B1%5D.pdf |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |date=1994 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=118–126}}
  • Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca (I)
  • Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata (I)
  • Wood duck, Aix sponsa
  • Garganey, Spatula querquedula (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207299375 |title=Garganey |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
  • Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera
  • Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  • Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  • Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
  • American wigeon, Mareca americana
  • Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=E21470F9073AC877&sec=map |title=Eastern Spot-billed Duck |publisher=Avibase |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
  • American black duck, Anas rubripes
  • Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula
  • White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis (A)
  • Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  • Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
  • Common teal, A. c. crecca (A)
  • Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  • Redhead, Aythya americana
  • Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235527215 |title=Common Pochard |website=iNaturalist |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=August 24, 2024}}
  • Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
  • Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (A?){{cite journal |title=Twenty-Third Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2013 |last=Greenlaw |first=Jon S. |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |date=2015 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=19–36}}
  • Greater scaup, Aythya marila
  • Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
  • King eider, Somateria spectabilis (A)
  • Common eider, Somateria mollissima
  • Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (A)
  • Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
  • White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi
  • Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254531854 |title=Common Scoter |website=iNaturalist |date=8 December 2024 |access-date=January 3, 2025}}
  • Black scoter, Melanitta americana
  • Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
  • Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
  • Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
  • Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica (A){{cite journal |title=Twenty-Seventh Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2016–2017 |last=Kratter |first=Andrew W. |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=46 |issue=4 |year=2018 |pages=96–117}}
  • Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E){{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Camptorhynchus labradorius |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680418A92862623 |access-date=September 4, 2023}}
  • Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
  • Common merganser, Mergus merganser (A)
  • Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  • Masked duck, Nomonyx dominicus (A)
  • Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis

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New World quail

Order: Galliformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: Galliformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Phasianidae

The Phasianidae is the family containing the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial birds, variable in size but generally plump, with broad, relatively short wings. Many are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans.

  • Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
  • Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus (A?){{cite book |title=The Birdlife of Florida |last1=Stevenson |first1=Henry M. |last2=Anderson |first2=Bruce H. |publisher=University Press of Florida |publication-date=1994 |isbn=9-78081-30128-89}}
  • Greater prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (e){{cite news |title=Of a Feather: Fire, the heath, and the hen |url=https://www.eagletimes.com/lifestyles/of-a-feather-fire-the-heath-and-the-hen/article_d7f0582c-3765-5037-a9c1-61e79d2ff5ad.html |work=Eagle Times |last=Chaisson |first=Bill |date=2020-10-03 |access-date=2024-03-17}}
  • Heath hen, T. c. cupido (E)

Flamingoes

Order: Phoenicopteriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingoes are gregarious wading birds, usually {{convert|3|to|5|ft|m|1}} tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.

Grebes

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Order: Podicipediformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.

Pigeons and doves

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Order: Columbiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

  • Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I)
  • Common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207453240 |title=Common Wood-Pigeon |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Scaled pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208289848 |title=Scaled Pigeon |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Scaly-naped pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa (A)
  • White-crowned pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala
  • Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (A)
  • European turtle-dove, Streptopelia turtur (A){{cite book |title=National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America |date=2008 |editor-last=Dunn |editor-first=Jon Lloyd |editor-last2=Alderfer |editor-first2=Jonathan K. |publisher=National Geographic Books |isbn=9-7814-2620-3305 |page=406}}
  • Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
  • Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E)
  • Inca dove, Columbina inca (A)
  • Common ground dove, Columbina passerina
  • Ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti (A){{cite journal |last=Hart |first=J. A. |editor-last=T. S. |editor-first=Schulenberg |date=2020 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/rugdov/cur/introduction |title=Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |journal=Birds of the World |location= Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.rugdov.01|s2cid=216441286}}
  • Blue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas cyanocephala (A){{cite journal |last1=Baptista |first1=L. F. |last2=P. W. |first2=Trail |last3=H. M. |first3=Horblit |last4=G. M. |first4=Kirwan |editor-last=J. |editor-first=del Hoyo |editor-last2=A. |editor-first2=Elliott |editor-last3=J. |editor-first3=Sargatal |editor-last4=D. A. |editor-first4=Christie |editor-last5=E. |editor-first5=de Juana |date=2020 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/bhqdov1/cur/introduction |title=Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |journal=Birds of the World |location= Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.bhqdov1.01|s2cid=216291500}}
  • Ruddy quail-dove, Geotrygon montana (A)
  • Key West quail-dove, Geotrygon chrysia (A)
  • Blue ground dove, Claravis pretiosa (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208190608 |title=Blue Ground Dove |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • White-tipped dove, Leptotila verreauxi (A)
  • White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica
  • Eared dove, Zenaida auriculata (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16519614 |title=Eared Dove |website=iNaturalist |date=September 14, 2018 |access-date=September 28, 2023}}
  • Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita (A)
  • Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura

Cuckoos

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Order: Cuculiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs.

  • Greater ani, Crotophaga major (A){{cite journal |title=Twenty-Second Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2012 |last=Greenlaw |first=Jon S. |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=42 |issue=4 |date=2014 |pages=153–171}}
  • Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani
  • Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris
  • Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207418115 |title=Common Cuckoo |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Pheasant cuckoo, Dromococcyx phasianellus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208182150 |title=Pheasant Cuckoo |website=iNaturalist |date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Squirrel cuckoo, Piaya cayana (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208195192 |title=Squirrel Cuckoo |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Dark-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus melacoryphus (A)
  • Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
  • Mangrove cuckoo, Coccyzus minor
  • Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Nightjars and allies

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Order: Caprimulgiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves.

  • Lesser nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
  • Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
  • Antillean nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii
  • Common pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis (A){{cite journal |title=Fourteenth Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2001–2002 |last=Bowman |first=Reed |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=32 |issue=1 |year=2004 |pages=7–33}}
  • Common poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (A){{cite journal |title=Thirteenth Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 |last=Bowman |first=Reed |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=28 |issue=3 |date=2000 |pages=138–160}}
  • Buff-collared nightjar, Antrostomus ridgwayi (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212768234 |title=Buff-collared Nightjar |website=iNaturalist |date=May 2, 2024 |access-date=May 2, 2024}}
  • Chuck-will's-widow, Antrostomus carolinensis
  • Eastern whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus

Potoos

Order: Nyctibiiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Nyctibiidae

The potoos (sometimes called poor-me-ones) are large near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars.

  • Common potoo, Nyctibius griseus (A?){{cite book |title=Florida Scientist, Volumes 58–59 |publisher=Florida Academy of Sciences |date=1995 |page=61}}

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Apodidae

The swifts are small birds, spending most of their lives flying. They have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have very long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

Hummingbirds

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Order: Apodiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.

  • White-necked jacobin, Florisuga mellivora (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208198730 |title=White-necked Jacobin |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Mexican violetear, Colibri thalassinus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40179729 |title=Mexican Violetear |website=iNaturalist |date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=March 23, 2024}}
  • Bahama woodstar, Calliphlox evelynae (A)
  • Green-breasted mango, Anthracothorax prevostii (A){{cite web |title=Hummingbirds found in Florida |url=https://beautyofbirds.com/hummingbirds-florida/ |website=Beauty of Birds |access-date=16 September 2021}}
  • Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis (hypothetical)
  • Rivoli's hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens (A)
  • Blue-throated mountain-gem, Lampornis clemenciae (A){{cite web |url=https://www.wildbirdscoop.com/florida-hummingbirds.html |title=Hummingbirds in Florida: 17 Stunning Species to Spot |website=Wild Bird Scoop |date=July 21, 2022 |access-date=March 30, 2024}}
  • Ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris
  • Black-chinned hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri
  • Anna's hummingbird, Calypte anna (A)
  • Costa's hummingbird, Calypte costae (A)
  • Calliope hummingbird, Selasphorus calliope (A)
  • Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
  • Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin (A)
  • Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus (A)
  • Broad-billed hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris (A)
  • Cuban emerald, Riccordia ricordii (A){{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=James A. |last2=Holt |first2=Harold R. |title=A birder's guide to Florida |url=https://archive.org/details/birdersguidetofl00lane/page/122/mode/2up |publisher=American Birding Association |location=Colorado Springs, CO |date=1989 |page=123}}
  • White-eared hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis (A)
  • Antillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus (A){{cite journal |last1=Schuchmann |first1=K. L. |last2=P. F. D. |first2=Boesman |editor-last=J. |editor-first=del Hoyo |editor-last2=A. |editor-first2=Elliott |editor-last3=J. |editor-first3=Sargatal |editor-last4=D. A. |editor-first4=Christie |editor-last5=E. |editor-first5=de Juana |date=2020 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/anchum1/1.0/introduction |title=Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |journal=Birds of the World |location= Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.anchum1.01|s2cid=226030305}}
  • Buff-bellied hummingbird, Amazila yucatanensis

Rails, gallinules, and coots

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Order: Gruiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Rallidae

The Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive, making them difficult to observe. Most have strong legs with long toes, short rounded wings, and are weak fliers.

  • Spotted rail, Pardirallus maculatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207315197 |title=Spotted Rail |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Gray-cowled wood-rail, Aramides cajaneus (e){{cite journal |title=Wetmore on the Avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida |last=Miller |first=Alden H. |journal=The Condor |volume=33 |issue=4 |publication-date=July 1, 1931 |pages=173–174 |doi=10.2307/1363686|jstor=1363686 }}
  • Clapper rail, Rallus crepitans
  • King rail, Rallus elegans
  • Virginia rail, Rallus limicola
  • Corn crake, Crex crex (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207417011 |title=Corn Crake |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Sora, Porzana carolina
  • Spotted crake, Porzana porzana (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235659685 |title=Spotted Crake |website=iNaturalist |date=14 August 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}}
  • Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata
  • American coot, Fulica americana
  • Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
  • Purple swamphen, Porphyrio poliocephalus (I)
  • Yellow rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis (A)
  • Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex flaviventer (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207453846 |title=Yellow-breasted Crake |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Gray-breasted crake, Laterallus exilis (e){{cite book |title=Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences |volume=25–26 |publisher=University of Florida |date=1980 |page=19}}
  • Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis

Limpkin

Order: Gruiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Aramidae

The limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally closer to the cranes. It is found in marshes with some trees or scrub in the Caribbean, South America, and southern Florida.

Cranes

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Order: Gruiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Gruidae

Cranes are large, tall birds with long legs and long necks. Unlike the similar-looking but un-related herons, cranes fly with necks extended. Most have elaborate and noisy courtship displays or "dances". When in a group, they may also "dance" for no particular reason, jumping up and down in an elegant manner, seemingly just for pleasure or to attract a mate.

  • Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis
  • Whooping crane, Grus americana (reintroduced){{refn|group=note|The former natural wild population is locally extinct; a non-migratory flock is now resident.}}{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2020 |title=Grus americana |volume=2020 |page=e.T22692156A181242855 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22692156A181242855.en |access-date=March 5, 2021}}

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.

  • Double-striped thick-knee, Burhinus bistriatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207267800 |title=Double-striped Thick-Knee |website=iNaturalist |date=April 14, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}

Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large, conspicuous, and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.

  • Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161053888 |title=Eurasian Oystercatcher |website=iNaturalist |date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=February 8, 2024}}
  • American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
  • Black oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/78219552/ |title=Black Oystercatcher |website=Observation.org |access-date=March 22, 2024}}

Lapwings and plovers

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Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are generally found in open country, mostly in habitats near water.

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Jacanidae

The jacanas are a family of waders found worldwide within the tropical zone. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.

  • Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa (A){{cite book |last=Stevenson |first=H.M. |title=A Key to Florida Birds |publisher=Peninsular Publishing Company |date=1960 |page=68}}

Sandpipers and allies

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Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds which includes the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes.{{Cite web|last=Lum|first=Steven|date=2021-09-27|title=Florida Shore Birds With Amazing Colors to Watch in 2021 (Beach Birds Pictures)|url=https://www.journeyingtheglobe.com/florida-shore-birds/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Journeying The Globe|language=en-gb}} Most eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or sand. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

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Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Glareolidae

The pratincoles have short legs, very long pointed wings, and long forked tails. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground. Their short bills are an adaptation to aerial feeding. Their flight is fast and graceful like that of a swallow or a tern, with many twists and turns to pursue their prey.

  • Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207508211 |title=Collared Pratincole |website=iNaturalist |date=April 16, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}

Skuas and jaegers

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Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Stercorariidae

Skuas are medium to large seabirds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong, acrobatic fliers.

Auks, murres, and puffins

Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Alcidae

Alcids are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colors, their upright posture, and some of their habits; however they are not closely related to penguins and are (with one extinct exception) able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to breed.

  • Dovekie, Alle alle (A)
  • Common murre, Uria aalge (A)
  • Thick-billed murre, Uria lomvia (A)
  • Razorbill, Alca torda (A)
  • Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (E){{cite web |url=https://www.theextinctions.com/articles-1/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-great-auk |title=The History of the Decline and Fall of the Great Auk |website=The Extinctions |access-date=September 4, 2023}}
  • Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=B5AA5952E13FE5F3&sec=map |title=Black Guillemot |publisher=Avibase |access-date=December 4, 2023}}
  • Long-billed murrelet, Brachyrampus perdix (A)
  • Marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus (A)
  • Ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus (A)
  • Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

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Order: Charadriiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Laridae

The Laridae are a family of medium to large seabirds and containing the gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet.

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  • Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (A)
  • Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
  • Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  • Gray-hooded gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephhalus (A)
  • Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)
  • Little gull, Hydrocoleus minutus (A)
  • Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
  • Gray gull, Leucophaeus modestus (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=804CCA3A1ECAF682&sec=map |title=Gray Gull |publisher=Avibase |access-date=January 4, 2024}}
  • Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
  • Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5017633526 |title=Ichthyaetus audouinii |website=GBIF |access-date=September 23, 2023}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Belcher's gull, Larus belcheri (A)
  • Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris (A)
  • Heermann's gull, Larus heermanni (A)
  • Common gull, Larus canus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197416209 |title=Common Gull |website=iNaturalist |date=January 23, 2024 |access-date=March 17, 2024}}
  • Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
  • California gull, Larus californicus (A)
  • American herring gull, Larus smithsonianus
  • European herring gull, Larus argentatus (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=F002188E226DF09C&sec=map |title=European Herring Gull |publisher=Avibase |access-date=January 6, 2025}}
  • "Vega gull", L. a. vega (A)
  • Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides
  • "Nominate Iceland gull", L. g. glaucoides (A)
  • Thayer's gull, L. g. thayeri (A)
  • Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=E074D7069AE1303C&sec=map |title=Yellow-legged Gull |publisher=Avibase |access-date=January 5, 2024}}
  • Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
  • Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus (A)
  • Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens (A){{cite web |url=https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/630976647 |title=Glaucous-winged Gull |website=Macaulay Library |date=February 19, 2025 |access-date=February 28, 2025}}
  • Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
  • Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
  • Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus (A)
  • Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
  • Black noddy, Anous minutus
  • Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata
  • Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
  • Least tern, Sternula antillarum
  • Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
  • Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  • White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (A){{cite journal |last=Kratter |first=Andrew W. |title=Seventeenth Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2007 |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |date=2008 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=94–111}}
  • Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/124060311/ |title=Whiskered Tern |website=Observation.org |access-date=January 5, 2024}}
  • Black tern, Chlidonias niger
  • Large-billed tern, Phaetusa simplex (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=C3C30D037278088D&sec=map |title=Large-billed Tern |publisher=Avibase |access-date=January 4, 2024}}
  • Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii
  • Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  • Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
  • Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri
  • Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima
  • Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
  • "Cayenne tern", T. s. eurygnathus (A)
  • Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (A)
  • West African crested tern, Thalasseus albididorsalis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249192427 |title=West African Crested Tern |website=iNaturalist |date=26 October 2024 |access-date=January 3, 2025}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Black skimmer, Rynchops niger

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Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head.

Loons

Order: Gaviiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Gaviidae

Loons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately but, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body, are clumsy on land.

  • Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata
  • Arctic loon, Gavia arctica (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=CA5852BE6E617DBD&sec=map |title=Arctic Loon |publisher=Avibase |access-date=September 15, 2023}}
  • Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica (A)
  • Common loon, Gavia immer
  • Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii (A)

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Diomedeidae

Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.

Southern storm-petrels

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Order: Procellariiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Oceanitidae

The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Until 2018, this family's three species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae.

Northern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Hydrobatidae

Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm-petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family.

Shearwaters and petrels

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Order: Procellariiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united tubular nostrils with a median septum.

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute.

  • White stork, Ciconia ciconia (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103757684 |title=White Stork |website=iNaturalist |date=27 December 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Jabiru, Jabiru mycteria (e)
  • Wood stork, Mycteria americana

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Frigatebirds

Order: Suliformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black, or black-and-white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

Boobies and gannets

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Order: Suliformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

  • Masked booby, Sula dactylatra
  • Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii (A){{cite book |title=Exploring Wild South Florida: A Guide to Finding the Natural Areas and Wildlife of the Southern Peninsula and the Florida Keys |last=Jewell |first=Susan D. |date=September 2011 |publisher=Pineapple Press Inc |isbn=9-7815-6164-5008 |page=230}}
  • Peruvian booby, Sula variegata (A)
  • Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
  • Red-footed booby, Sula sula (A)
  • Northern gannet, Morus bassanus

Anhingas

Order: Suliformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Anhingidae

Anhingas, also known as darters or snakebirds, are cormorant-like water birds with long necks and long, straight beaks. They are fish eaters, diving for long periods, and often swim with only their neck above the water, looking rather like a water snake.

Cormorants and shags

Order: Suliformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed.

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Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.

  • American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
  • Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus (A){{cite news |url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/brevard-county/9-facts-about-great-white-pelicans/EIARGR4AUBB5TI3VKMKV3FMXGU/ |title=9 facts about Great White Pelicans |work=WFTV |last=Kelly |first=Jason |location=Brevard County, Florida |date=2020-02-14 |access-date=2024-03-07}} (not on the AOS Check-list)

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

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Order: Pelecaniformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets, and bitterns. Herons and egrets are wading birds with long necks and legs. Herons are large and egrets are smaller. The cattle egret or "cow bird" is seen amongst flocks of cattle, for instance in ranches north of the Everglades. A bird will often attach itself to a particular bull, cow or calf, even being tolerated perching on the back or even the head of the animal. The birds are more shy than the animals, and will fly away if approached. The birds feed on various items turned over by the cattle as they graze and tramp the ground. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills, members of the Ardeidae fly with their necks pulled back into a curve.

  • Pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208019618 |title=Pinnated Bittern |website=iNaturalist |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
  • Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
  • Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
  • Gray heron, Ardea cinerea (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/883493391 |title=Ardea cinerea |website=GBIF |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
  • Cocoi heron, Ardea cocoi (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37410578 |title=Cocoi Heron |website=iNaturalist |date=8 January 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}
  • Purple heron, Ardea purpurea (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5017424766 |title=Ardea purpurea |website=GBIF |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
  • Great egret, Ardea alba
  • Whistling heron, Syrigma sibilatrix (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5024614212 |title=Syrigma sibilatrix |website=GBIF |access-date=September 17, 2023}}
  • Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156745734 |title=Little Egret |website=iNaturalist |date=26 April 2023 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}
  • Western reef-heron, Egretta gularis (A)
  • Snowy egret, Egretta thula
  • Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea
  • Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
  • Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
  • Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
  • Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235614004 |title=Squacco Heron |website=iNaturalist |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}}
  • Green heron, Butorides virescens
  • Striated heron, Butorides striata (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/254957363/ |title=Striated Heron |website=Observation.org |access-date=February 11, 2024}}
  • Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea

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Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings. Their bodies are elongated, the neck more so, with long legs. The bill is also long, curved downward in the ibises, straight and markedly flattened in the spoonbills.

  • White ibis, Eudocimus albus
  • Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber (A)
  • Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
  • White-faced ibis, Plegadis chihi
  • Bare-faced ibis, Phimosus infuscatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2585810 |title=Bare-faced Ibis |website=iNaturalist |date=16 January 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}
  • Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja
  • Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5022367066 |title=Platalea leucorodia |website=GBIF |access-date=March 7, 2024}}

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New World vultures

Order: Cathartiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Cathartidae

New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. Unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses. The turkey vulture has a red head. The black vulture has a grey head. Although not a water bird, a flock of black vultures at the Myakka River State Park, southeast of Sarasota, has been seen bathing at the edge of the lake and then drying out their wings in the same way as cormorants like the Florida anhinga. This habit may help free them of parasites.

  • King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa (A){{cite web |url=https://theworldsrarestbirds.com/why-are-there-so-many-vultures-in-florida/ |title=Why Are There So Many Vultures in Florida: Exploring the Abundance of Vultures in the Sunshine State |website=theworldsrarestbirds.com |last1=Juliet |first1=Cyrus |date=18 November 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}
  • Black vulture, Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura
  • Lesser yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes burrovianus (A)
  • Greater yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes melambrotus (A) (not on the AOS Check-list)

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Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Pandionidae

Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic.

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Hawks, eagles, and kites

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Order: Accipitriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. They have very large, hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.

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  • White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus
  • Hook-billed kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/284641597/ |title=Hook-billed Kite |website=Observation.org |access-date=February 9, 2024}}
  • Gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208180670 |title=Gray-headed Kite |website=iNaturalist |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus
  • Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos (A)
  • Double-toothed kite, Harpagus bidentatus (A)
  • Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
  • Western marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209843619 |title=Western Marsh Harrier |website=iNaturalist |date=26 April 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}
  • Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/261088461/ |title=Hen Harrier |website=Observation.org |access-date=January 5, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus
  • Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii
  • American goshawk, Accipiter atricapillus (A)
  • Gundlach's hawk, Accipiter gundlachi (A)
  • Black kite, Milvus migrans (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/841588928 |title=Milvus migrans |website=GBIF |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
  • Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Steller's sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus (A){{cite web |title=Eagles in Florida (4 Species with Pictures) |url=https://wildbirdworld.com/eagles-in-florida/ |website=Wild Bird World |date=24 June 2020 |access-date=September 7, 2023}}
  • White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (A){{cite web |last=Habib |first=Raeesah |url=https://avibirds.com/eagles-of-florida/ |title=The 4 Eagle Types Of Florida And Where To Find Them |website=AviBirds |access-date=September 7, 2023}}
  • Mississippi kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
  • Plumbeous kite, Ictinia plumbea (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207302423 |title=Plumbeous Kite |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Snail kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
  • Great black hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga (A){{cite journal |last=van Dort |first=J. |editor-last=T. S. |editor-first=Schulenberg |date=2020 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/grbhaw1/1.0/introduction |title=Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |website=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |location= Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.grbhaw1.01}}
  • Roadside hawk, Rupornis magnirostris (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/155505541/ |title=Roadside Hawk |website=Observation.org |access-date=January 9, 2024}}
  • Harris's hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus (A){{cite journal |last1=Dwyer |first1=J. F. |last2=Bednarz |first2=J. C. |date=2020 |title=Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/hrshaw/cur/introduction |editor-last=Poole |editor-first=A. F. |website=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |location=Ithaca, NY, USA |doi=10.2173/bow.hrshaw.01}}
  • White-tailed hawk, Geranoaetus albicaudatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207313116 |title=White-tailed Hawk |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus
  • Gray-lined hawk, Buteo nitidus (A){{cite journal |title=Comparing the Species Lists in Two Recent Books of Florida Birds |last1=Woolfenden |first1=Glen E. |last2=Robertson, Jr. |first2=William B. |last3=Prant |first3=Bill |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=24 |issue=1 |publication-date=1996 |pages=10–14}}
  • Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus
  • Short-tailed hawk, Buteo brachyurus
  • Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni
  • Zone-tailed hawk, Buteo albonotatus (A)
  • Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
  • Harlan's hawk, B. j. harlani
  • Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus (A)
  • Ferruginous hawk, Buteo regalis (A)

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Barn-owls

Order: Strigiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Tytonidae

Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

Owls

Order: Strigiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Strigidae

Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

  • Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus (A)
  • Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/149454736/ |title=Western Screech Owl |website=Observation.org |access-date=January 5, 2024}}
  • Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio
  • Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
  • Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus (A)
  • Northern pygmy-owl, Glaucidium gnoma (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212755557 |title=Northern Pygmy-Owl |website=iNaturalist |date=May 2024 |access-date=May 2, 2024}}
  • Ferruginous pygmy-owl, Glaucidium brasilianum (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207280201 |title=Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl |website=iNaturalist |date=14 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208191074 |title=Elf Owl |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
  • Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa (A){{cite web |url=https://www.learnaboutnature.com/birds/owls-in-florida/ |title=Owls in Florida: 10 Species You Can Observe in the Wild |website=learnaboutnature.com |date=13 October 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}
  • Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208191343 |title=Spotted Owl |website=iNaturalist |date=April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Barred owl, Strix varia
  • Long-eared owl, Asio otus (A)
  • Stygian owl, Asio stygius (A)
  • Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
  • Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208194334 |title=Boreal Owl |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus (A)

Trogons

Order: Trogoniformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage.

  • Cuban trogon, Priotelus temnurus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208181423 |title=Cuban Trogon |website=iNaturalist |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.

  • Ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata (A){{cite journal |last=Brush |first=T. |editor-last=A. F. |editor-first=Poole |date=2020 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/rinkin1/cur/introduction |title=Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |website=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |location= Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.rinkin1.01|s2cid=216178731}}
  • Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
  • Amazon kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208199699 |title=Amazon Kingfisher |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Green kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207316563 |title=Green Kingfisher |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}

Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Meropidae

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds found mostly in Africa, but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterized by richly colored plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.

  • European bee-eater, Merops apiaster (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208606346 |title=European Bee-Eater |website=iNaturalist |date=21 April 2024 |access-date=April 22, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)

Jacamars

Order: Piciformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Galbulidae

The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, with a range that extends up to Mexico. They feed on insects caught on the wing, and are glossy, elegant birds with long bills and tails. In appearance and behavior they resemble the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to puffbirds.

  • Rufous-tailed jacamar, Galbula ruficauda (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208300777 |title=Rufous-tailed Jacamar |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}

Woodpeckers

File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.110096 - Campephilus principalis principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ivory-billed Woodpecker - specimen - video.webm]]

Order: Piciformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

  • Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208192679 |title=Eurasian Wryneck |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207413367 |title=West Indian Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208607850 |title=Lewis's Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=21 April 2024 |access-date=April 22, 2024}}
  • Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
  • Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis (A?)
  • Golden-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons (A)
  • Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
  • Williamson's sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroideus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.birdjoy.org/articles/florida-woodpeckers/ |title=11 Woodpeckers Found in Florida |publication-date=9 May 2023 |website=Bird Joy |access-date=September 19, 2023}}
  • Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
  • Red-naped sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis (A)
  • Red-breasted sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/141230231/ |title=Red-breasted Sapsucker |website=Observation.org |access-date=January 5, 2024}}
  • American three-toed woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207497349 |title=American Three-toed Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=16 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Black-backed woodpecker, Picoides arcticus (A){{cite journal |last=Oberholser |first=Harry C. |title=Picoides arcticus in Florida |url=https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/35/4/479/5265909 |journal=The Auk |volume=35 |issue=4 |publication-date=October 1, 1918 |page=479 |doi=10.2307/4073229|jstor=4073229 }}
  • Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212779549 |title=Great Spotted Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=2 May 2024 |access-date=May 2, 2024}}
  • Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens
  • Nuttall's woodpecker, Dryobates nuttallii (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/nuttalls-woodpecker/nutwoo/ |title=Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=February 21, 2024}}
  • Ladder-backed woodpecker, Dryobates scalaris (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212768621 |title=Ladder-backed Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=2 May 2024 |access-date=May 2, 2024}}
  • Red-cockaded woodpecker, Dryobates borealis
  • Hairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus
  • Golden-olive woodpecker, Colaptes rubiginosus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207318128 |title=Golden-olive Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
  • Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
  • Lineated woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208193445 |title=Lineated Woodpecker |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (considered (E) by FOSRC){{NoteTag|Often considered extinct; see the species' article for the controversy surrounding it.}}

Falcons and caracaras

Order: Falconiformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Falconidae

The Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey containing the falcons and caracaras. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.

  • Laughing falcon, Herpetotheres cachinnans (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208197321 |title=Laughing Falcon |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Collared forest-falcon, Micrastur semitorquatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208296568 |title=Collared Forest-Falcon |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Crested caracara, Caracara plancus
  • Yellow-headed caracara, Milvago chimachima (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=BA33DDD5D79EAB89&sec=map |title=Yellow-headed Caracara |publisher=Avibase |access-date=September 15, 2023}}
  • Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus (A)
  • American kestrel, Falco sparverius
  • "Cuban American kestrel", F. s. sparveroides (A)
  • Merlin, Falco columbarius
  • Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207413886 |title=Eurasian Hobby |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Aplomado falcon, Falco femoralis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207367410 |title=Aplomado Falcon |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Bat falcon, Falco rufigularis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207317515 |title=Bat Falcon |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus (A){{cite web |url=https://chipperbirds.com/florida-birds-of-prey/ |title=Florida Birds Of Prey: 26 Birds To Watch Out For! |website=Chipper Birds |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}
  • Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
  • Prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus (A){{cite journal |title=Prairie Falcon sighting in Florida |url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/FFN_15-3p79-80layne%5B1%5D.pdf |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=15 |issue=3 |year=1987 |pages=79–80}}

New World and African parrots

Order: Psittaciformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Psittacidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from {{convert|8|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} to {{convert|1|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} in length. Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World.

Old World parrots

Order: Psittaciformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from {{convert|8|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} to {{convert|1|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.

  • Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (I) (e) ("Disestablished" per the FOSRC)

Tityras and allies

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Tityridae

Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The approximately 30 species in this family were formerly lumped with the families Pipridae and Cotingidae. They are small to medium-sized birds.

  • Black-crowned tityra, Tityra inquisitor (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208181901 |title=Black-crowned Tityra |website=iNaturalist |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Rose-throated becard, Pachyramphus aglaiae (A){{cite journal |title=Twentieth Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2010 |last=Kratter |first=Andrew W. |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |date=2012 |volume=40 |issue=1}}

Tyrant flycatchers

File:La Sagra's flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae).JPG

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatchers are passerines which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.

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Antbirds

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds which tend to feed on insects on or near the ground.

  • Great antshrike, Taraba major (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208292177 |title=Great Antshrike |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Barred antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208619015 |title=Barred Antshrike |website=iNaturalist |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=April 22, 2024}}
  • Glossy antshrike, Sakesphorus luctuosus (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/observation/76047022/ |title=Glossy Antshrike |website=Observation.org |access-date=February 10, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)

Ovenbirds

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Furnariidae

Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. The woodcreepers are brownish birds which maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks.

  • Hylexetastes species, Hylexetastes sp. (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106239942 |title=Red-billed Woodcreepers |website=iNaturalist |date=6 February 2022 |access-date=March 17, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

File:Warbling Vireo - Sisters - Oregon S4E7012 (19236790445).jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerines. They are typically greenish in color and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills.

Shrikes

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerines known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.

  • Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216687537 |title=Red-backed Shrike |website=iNaturalist |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}
  • Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
  • Northern shrike, Lanius borealis (A?){{cite journal |title=Nineteenth Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2009 |last=Kratter |first=Andrew W. |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=38 |issue=4 |year=2010 |pages=150–174}}

Crows, jays, and magpies

File:Florida Scrub Jay - Aphelocoma coerulescens, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida.jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.

  • Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64600226 |title=Eurasian Jay |website=iNaturalist |date=10 November 2020 |access-date=February 8, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Black-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta colliei (A){{cite web |title=6 Species Of Crows and Magpies In Florida And Their Calls |url=https://www.birdadvisors.com/crows-florida/ |website=Bird Advisors |date=27 December 2022 |access-date=September 6, 2023}}
  • Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata
  • Florida scrub-jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
  • Woodhouse's scrub-jay, Aphelocoma woodhouseii (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/woodhouses-scrub-jay/wooscj2/ |title=Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=February 21, 2024}}
  • Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212762074 |title=Clark's Nutcracker |website=iNaturalist |date=2 May 2024 |access-date=May 2, 2024}}
  • Black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia (A)
  • Eurasian jackdaw, Corvus monedula (A?)
  • American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Carrion crow, Corvus corone (A){{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5021184696 |title=Corvus corone |website=GBIF |access-date=September 23, 2023}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Tamaulipas crow, Corvus imparatus (A)
  • Fish crow, Corvus ossifragus
  • Sinaloa crow, Corvus sinaloae (A){{cite web |url=https://theworldsrarestbirds.com/birds/crows-in-florida/ |title=Winged Residents: A Glimpse at 9 Crows in Florida |last1=Farnsworth |first1=Matt |website=thewordsrarestbirds.com |date=4 February 2024 |access-date=February 10, 2024}}
  • Common raven, Corvus corax (A){{cite web |url=https://observation.org/locations/33539/observations/?species=54&date_after=1992-10-12&date_before=2014-06-24 |title=United States – Florida (FL) |website=Observation.org |access-date=January 9, 2024}}

Tits, chickadees, and titmice

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.

  • Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
  • Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120273133 |title=Black-capped Chickadee |website=iNaturalist |date=5 June 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}
  • Boreal chickadee, Poecile hudsonicus (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/boreal-chickadee/borchi2/ |title=Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=February 21, 2024}}
  • Juniper titmouse, Baeolophus ridgwayi (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/juniper-titmouse/juntit1/ |title=Juniper Titmouse (Baeolophus ridgwayi) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=February 21, 2024}}
  • Tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor
  • Black-crested titmouse, Baeolophus atricristatus (A){{cite journal |title=Twenty-Fifth Report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records: 2015 |last1=Greenlaw |first1=Jon S. |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=44 |issue=3 |date=2016 |pages=116–131}}

Larks

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.

  • Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216667209 |title=Eurasian Skylark |website=iNaturalist |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}
  • Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris

Reed warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Acrocephalidae

The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

  • Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225900012 |title=Sedge Warbler |website=iNaturalist |date=29 June 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}}

Grassbirds and allies

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Locustellidae

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.

  • Common grasshopper-warbler, Locustella naevia (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225912393 |title=Common Grasshopper Warbler |website=iNaturalist |date=29 June 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)

Swallows

File:Hirundo-rustica-001.jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partly joined at the base.

  • Blue-and-white swallow, Pygochelidon cyanoleuca (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207678728 |title=Blue-and-white Swallow |website=iNaturalist |date=17 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
  • Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
  • Bahama swallow, Tachycineta cyaneovirdis (A)
  • Violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina (A)
  • Mangrove swallow, Tachycineta albilinea (A)
  • Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  • Southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis (A){{cite book |title=The Florida Naturalist |date=1961 |publisher=Florida Audubon Society |volume=34 |page=132}}
  • Brown-chested martin, Progne tapera (A){{cite journal |last=Turner |first=A. |editor-last=J. |editor-first=del Hoyo |editor-last2=A. |editor-first2=Elliott |editor-last3=J. |editor-first3=Sargatal |editor-last4=D. A. |editor-first4=Christie |editor-last5=E. |editor-first5=de Juana |date=2020 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/brcmar1/1.0/introduction |title=Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera), version 1.0. In Birds of the World |website=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |location=Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.brcmar1.01|s2cid=216196867}}
  • Purple martin, Progne subis
  • Gray-breasted martin, Progne chalybea (A){{cite journal |title=Sight Record of Gray-breasted Martin on the Lower Florida Keys |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=ffn |volume=7 |issue=1 |date=January 1979}}
  • Southern martin, Progne elegans (A)
  • Cuban martin, Progne cryptoleuca (A)
  • Caribbean martin, Progne dominicensis (A){{cite journal |last1=Perlut |first1=N.G. |last2=N.R. |first2=Williams |date=2021 |title=Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis), version 2.0. In Birds of the World |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/carmar1/cur/introduction |editor-first=Rodewald |editor-last=P.G. |editor-first2=Keeney |editor-last2=B.K. |website=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |location=Ithaca, NY, USA. |doi=10.2173/bow.carmar1.02 }}
  • Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  • Common house-martin, Delichon urbica (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207301392 |title=Western House Martin |website=iNaturalist |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • Cave swallow, Petrochelidon fulva

Leaf warblers

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Phylloscopidae

Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with grayish-green to grayish-brown colors.

  • Wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34912830 |title=Wood Warbler |website=iNaturalist |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=May 18, 2024}}

Long-tailed tits

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Aegithalidae

The long-tailed tits are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet which includes insects.

  • Bushtit, Psaltriparus minimus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99396237 |title=Bushtit |website=iNaturalist |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=May 2, 2024}}

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Pycnonotidae

The bulbuls are a family of medium-sized songbirds native to Africa and tropical Asia. They are noisy and gregarious and often have beautiful songs.

Kinglets

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Regulidae

The kinglets are a small family of birds which resemble the titmice. They are very small insectivorous birds. The adults have colored crowns, giving rise to their name.

Waxwings

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.

  • Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/bohemian-waxwing/bohwax/ |title=Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=February 21, 2024}}
  • Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum

Silky-flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Ptiliogonatidae

The silky-flycatchers are a small family of passerine birds which occur mainly in Central America. They are related to waxwings and most species have small crests.

Nuthatches

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Sittidae

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike most other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet.

Treecreepers

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

  • Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47649260 |title=Eurasian Treecreeper |website=iNaturalist |date=28 May 2020 |access-date=February 9, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Brown creeper, Certhia americana

Gnatcatchers

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Polioptilidae

The family Polioptilidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds containing the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens.

  • Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea
  • Black-capped gnatcatcher, Polioptila nigriceps (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/black-capped-gnatcatcher/bkcgna/ |title=Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Polioptila nigriceps) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=March 4, 2024}}

Wrens

File:Carolina wren.jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Troglodytidae

Wrens are small and inconspicuous birds, except for their loud songs. They have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.

Mockingbirds and thrashers

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Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds which includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. They are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance.

  • Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
  • Pearly-eyed thrasher, Margarops fuscatus (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=C2A16FAEAF1C1259&sec=map |title=Pearly-eyed Thrasher |publisher=Avibase |access-date=April 6, 2024}}
  • Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre (A)
  • Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
  • Long-billed thrasher, Toxostoma longirostre (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/long-billed-thrasher/lobthr/ |title=Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=March 4, 2024}}
  • California thrasher, Toxostoma redivivum (A){{cite web |url=https://data.jsonline.com/most-sighted-winter-and-spring-birds/bird/california-thrasher/calthr/ |title=California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |website=data.jsonline.com |access-date=February 21, 2024}}
  • Sage thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus (A)
  • Bahama mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii (A)
  • Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1281617BEF615F49&sec=map |title=Tropical Mockingbird |publisher=Avibase |access-date=January 5, 2024}}
  • Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
  • White-banded mockingbird, Mimus triurus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164896779 |title=White-banded Mockingbird |website=iNaturalist |date=June 2023 |access-date=September 18, 2023}} (not on the AOS Check-list)

Starlings

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerines with strong feet. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Their plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

Thrushes and allies

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Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

  • Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis
  • Western bluebird, Sialia mexicana (A){{cite web |url=https://www.birdjoy.org/articles/florida-blue-birds/ |title=6 Types of Blue Birds Found in Florida |website=Bird Joy |access-date=February 16, 2024}}
  • Mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides (A)
  • Townsend's solitaire, Myadestes townsendi (A)
  • Orange-billed nightingale-thrush, Catharus aurantiirostris (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208616246 |title=Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush |website=iNaturalist |date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 22, 2024}}
  • Veery, Catharus fuscescens
  • Gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus
  • Bicknell's thrush, Catharus bicknelli (A)
  • Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus
  • Hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus
  • Wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
  • Redwing, Turdus iliacus (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=A8A85BCF1AFB7BBD&sec=map |title=Redwing |publisher=Avibase |access-date=June 29, 2024}}
  • Song thrush, Turdus philomelos (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216688816 |title=Song Thrush |website=iNaturalist |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}
  • Clay-colored thrush, Turdus grayi (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208293982 |title=Clay-colored Thrush |website=iNaturalist |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • American robin, Turdus migratorius
  • Red-legged thrush, Turdus plumbeus (A)
  • Varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius (A)

Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Muscicapidae

The Old World flycatchers are a large family of small passerine birds. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing.

  • Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208276325 |title=Spotted Flycatcher |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • European robin, Erithacus rubecula (A)
  • Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225901484 |title=Common Nightingale |website=iNaturalist |date=29 June 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • European pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235658707 |title=European Pied Flycatcher |website=iNaturalist |date=14 August 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225904989 |title=Black Redstart |website=iNaturalist |date=29 June 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe (A)

Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Estrildidae

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds native to the Old World tropics. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colors and patterns.

Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Passeridae

Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws, and pipits. They are slender, ground-feeding insectivores of open country.

Finches, euphonias, and allies

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Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerines. They are small to moderately large and have strong, usually conical and sometimes very large, beaks. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. They have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.

  • Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51748194 |title=Common Chaffinch |website=iNaturalist |date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}
  • Yellow-throated euphonia, Euphonia hirundinacea (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208294561 |title=Yellow-throated Euphonia |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus (A)
  • Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207551344 |title=Hawfinch |website=iNaturalist |date=April 16, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207414658 |title=Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |website=iNaturalist |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus (I) (native to the southwestern U.S; introduced in the east)
  • Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus
  • European greenfinch, Chloris chloris (A){{cite web |url=https://a-z-animals.com/blog/meet-the-finches-that-call-florida-home-and-how-to-properly-id-each/ |title=Meet the 9 Finches That Call Florida Home (and Learn How to Properly ID Each!) |website=a-z-animals.com |last=Matthews |first=Kellianne |date=18 January 2024 |access-date=March 7, 2024}} (not on the AOS Check-list)
  • Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (A)
  • Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra (A)
  • White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (A)
  • European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis (A)
  • Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus (A){{cite web |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215562764 |title=Eurasian Siskin |website=iNaturalist |date=13 May 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}}
  • Pine siskin, Spinus pinus
  • Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria (A)
  • American goldfinch, Spinus tristis

Longspurs and snow buntings

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Calcariidae

The Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds that had traditionally been grouped with the New World sparrows, but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas.

Old World buntings

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Emberizidae

Emberizidae is a family of passerine birds containing a single genus. Until 2017, the New World sparrows (Passerellidae) were also considered part of this family.

  • Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=1866F80E52F4075F&sec=map |title=Little Bunting |publisher=Avibase |access-date=October 14, 2023}}

New World sparrows

File:Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (2862896572).jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Passerellidae

Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.

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Spindalises

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Spindalidae

The members of this small family, newly recognized in 2017, are native to the Greater Antilles. One species occurs fairly frequently in Florida.

Yellow-breasted chat

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Icteriidae

This species was historically placed in the wood-warblers (Parulidae) but nonetheless most authorities were unsure if it belonged there. It was placed in its own family in 2017.

Troupials and allies

File:Boat-tailed Grackle RWD CedarIslandFerry.jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, passerines restricted to the New World, including the grackles, New World blackbirds and New World orioles. Most have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.

New World warblers

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Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Parulidae

The wood warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerines restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores.

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Cardinals and allies

File:Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (24160640865).jpg

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Cardinalidae

The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages.

Tanagers and allies

Order: Passeriformes{{nbsp|3}}Family: Thraupidae

The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. Most have short, rounded wings.

  • Grassland yellow-finch, Sicalis luteola (A){{cite web |title=Grassland Yellow-Finch |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208302536 |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}
  • Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina (A)
  • Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus (A){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=5A126D2762C9CEA2&sec=map |title=Red-legged Honeycreeper |publisher=Avibase |access-date=January 4, 2024}}
  • Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola (A)
  • Yellow-faced grassquit, Tiaris olivacea (A)
  • Black-faced grassquit, Tiaris bicolor (A)
  • Cuban grassquit, Phonipara canora (A){{cite web |title=Cuban Grassquit |url=https://www.thefinchweekly.com/cuban-grassquit/ |website=The Finch Weekly |date=2 April 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2023 |last1=Burke |first1=Jordan }}
  • Cuban bullfinch, Melopyrrha nigra (A){{cite web |url=https://www.wildbirdscoop.com/florida-finches.html |title=12 Finches in Florida: An In-depth Bird Spotters' Guide |last=Samuels |first=Ashe |website=WildBirdScoop |date=September 12, 2023 |access-date=February 17, 2024}}
  • Greater Antillean bullfinch, Melopyrrha violacea (e){{cite web |last=Lepage |first=Denis |title=Greater Antillean Bullfinch |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=CAE909E3EE05F180&sec=map |publisher=Avibase |access-date=September 15, 2023}}
  • Lined seedeater, Sporophila lineola (A){{cite web |title=Lined Seedeater |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208347201 |website=iNaturalist |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}

Notable exotics

The following introduced species, while not considered officially established by the FOSRC, have self-sustaining populations and, within range and proper habitat, are likely to be encountered.

  • Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata (I)
  • Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus (I – Key West)
  • Common peafowl, Pavo cristatus (I)
  • Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I)
  • Blue-and-yellow macaw, Ara araruana (I){{cite journal |last1=Pranty |first1=Bill |last2=Feinstein |first2=Daria |last3=Lee |first3=Karen |date=2010 |title=Natural History of Blue-and-yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna) in Miami-Dade County, Florida |url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/FFN_38-2_p055.pdf |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=55–62 |access-date=March 13, 2021}}

Notes

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References

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See also

External links

  • [http://www.fosbirds.org/ Florida Ornithological Society]
  • [http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/birds/ Non-native birds according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission]
  • [http://jirislama.com/index.php/en/photoblog/birds/215-portfolio-ptaci-floridy Pictures of birds of Florida]

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