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Florida: The Keys and the Dry Tortugas

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Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column A: Number of years out of ten that a species has been seen.
  • Column B: Number of days on which a species was seen on the 2010 tour.
  • Column C: Highest one day total for a species on the 2010 tour.
  • Column D: (H)=Heard Only, (X)= Seen in 2010

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C
7 Muscovy Duck 3 16 Cairina moschata
4 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
10 Mottled Duck 4 12 Anas fulvigula
8 Blue-winged Teal 1 4 Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
5 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
4 Black-bellied-Whistling-Duck 1 15 Dendrocygna autumnalis
8 Northern Bobwhite 1 3 H Colinus virginianus
8 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
8 Pied-billed Grebe 1 2 Podilymbus podiceps
10 Masked Booby 1 60 Sula dactylatra
9 Brown Booby 1 20 Sula leucogaster
2 Red-footed Booby 1 1 Sula sula
10 Northern Gannet 2 40 Morus bassanus
7 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
10 Brown Pelican 6 40 Pelecanus occidentalis
10 Double-crested Cormorant 6 200 Phalacrocorax auritus
10 Anhinga 5 36 N Anhinga anhinga
10 Magnificent Frigatebird 6 100 Fregata magnificens
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
10 Least Bittern 1 1 N Ixobrychus exilis
10 Great Blue Heron 5 20 N Ardea herodias wardi
9 Great "White" Heron 2 5 Ardea herodias occidentalis
2 Wurdemann's Heron Ardea herodias wardi X occidentalis
10 Great Egret 6 40 N Ardea alba
10 Snowy Egret 5 35 N Egretta thula
10 Little Blue Heron 2 10 Egretta caerulea
10 Tricolored Heron 5 20 N Egretta tricolor
10 Reddish Egret 3 3 Egretta rufescens
10 Cattle Egret 6 40 N Bubulcus ibis
10 Green Heron 4 12 N Butorides virescens
9 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
8 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 5 Nycticorax violacea
10 White Ibis 5 60 Eudocimus albus
10 Glossy Ibis 3 6 Plegadis falcinellus
10 Roseate Spoonbill 2 16 Ajaia ajaja
10 Wood Stork 2 200 Mycteria americana
2 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
10 Black Vulture 5 200 Coragyps atratus
10 Turkey Vulture 5 40 Cathartes aura
10 Osprey 6 36 N Pandion haliaetus
10 Swallow-tailed Kite 3 20 Elanoides forficatus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
10 Snail Kite 1 2 Rostrhamus sociabilis
10 Bald Eagle 2 3 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
9 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
5 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
10 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 28 Buteo lineatus
7 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
2 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
9 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo jamaicensis
1 Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
9 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
10 Merlin 4 1 Falco columbarius
10 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus
2 King Rail Rallus elegans
6 Sora Porzana carolina
10 Purple Gallinule 1 3 Porphyrula martinica
10 Common Moorhen 4 10 Gallinula chloropus
9 American Coot 2 6 Fulica americana
10 Limpkin 3 6 Aramus guarauna
10 Sandhill Crane 1 4 Grus canadensis
10 Black-bellied Plover 5 20 Pluvialis squatarola
1 American Golden-Plover Pluvalis dominica
1 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
10 Wilson's Plover 1 5 Charadrius wilsonia
10 Semipalmated Plover 3 4 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
10 Killdeer 3 12 Charadrius vociferus
1 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
1 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
10 Black-necked Stilt 3 20 Himantopus mexicanus
3 American Avocet 1 2 Recurvirostra americana
9 Spotted Sandpiper 4 5 Actitis macularia
10 Solitary Sandpiper 2 5 Tringa solitaria
10 Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa melanoleuca
10 Willet 3 30 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
10 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 4 Tringa flavipes
2 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
6 Whimbrel 1 2 Numenius phaeopus
4 Marbled Godwit 1 4 Limosa fedoa
10 Ruddy Turnstone 4 60 Arenaria interpres
3 Red Knot Calidris canutus
10 Sanderling 4 90 Calidris alba
9 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 30 Calidris pusilla
8 Western Sandpiper 2 5 Calidris mauri
10 Least Sandpiper 3 25 Calidris minutilla
3 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 6 Calidris fuscicollis
9 Dunlin 2 20 Calidris alpina
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
10 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 100 Limnodromus griseus
4 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
3 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
10 Laughing Gull 5 40 Leucophaeus pipixcan
10 Ring-billed Gull 2 2 Larus delawarensis
9 Herring Gull 1 3 Larus argentatus
6 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
2 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
10 Brown Noddy 1 800 Anous stolidus
5 Black Noddy Anous minutus
10 Sooty Tern 1 6000 Onychoprion fuscatus
4 Bridled Tern 1 20 Onychoprion anaethetus
10 Least Tern 6 200 Sternula antillarum
4 Gull-billed Tern 1 1 Geochelidon nilotica
8 Caspian Tern 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia
10 Roseate Tern 1 20 Sterna dougallii
4 Common Tern 1 4 Sterna hirundo
6 Forster's Tern 2 16 Sterna forsteri
10 Royal Tern 5 30 Thalasseus maxima
9 Sandwich Tern 1 8 Thalasseus sandvicensis
9 Black Skimmer 1 9 Rynchops niger
6 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
10 Rock Pigeon 5 40 Columba livia
10 White-crowned Pigeon 2 16 Patagioenas leucocephala
10 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 80 Streptopelia decaocto
10 White-winged Dove 3 2 Zenaida asiatica
10 Mourning Dove 6 30 Zenaida macroura
10 Common Ground-Dove 5 10 Columbina passerina
1 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
10 Monk Parakeet 3 8 Myiopsitta monachus
7 White-winged Parakeet 1 4 Brotogeris versicolurus
10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 36 Coccyzus americanus
8 Mangrove Cuckoo 1 2 Coccyzus minor
7 Smooth-billed Ani 1 1 Crotophaga ani
1 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
2 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
1 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
10 Burrowing Owl 2 1 Athene cunicularia
9 Barred Owl 2 1 H Strix varia
3 West Indian Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus domingensis
10 Common Nighthawk 4 4 Chordeiles minor
5 Antillean Nighthawk 1 3 Chordeiles gundlachii
6 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
10 Chimney Swift 1 1 Chaetura pelagica
8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 3 Archilochus colubris
9 Belted Kingfisher 2 2 Megaceryle alcyon
7 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
10 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 20 Melanerpes carolinus
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
9 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
4 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides villosus
8 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1 3 Picoides borealis
9 Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 1 2 H Colaptes auratus
9 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 2 Contopus virens
10 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 5 Myiarchus crinitus
1 La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
6 Western Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus verticalis
10 Eastern Kingbird 4 4 Tyrannus tyrannus
10 Gray Kingbird 4 10 Tyrannus dominicensis
6 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
1 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
10 Loggerhead Shrike 4 10 Lanius ludovicianus
10 White-eyed Vireo 5 3 N Vireo griseus
3 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
3 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
10 Red-eyed Vireo 2 12 Vireo olivaceus
10 Black-whiskered Vireo 4 4 Vireo altiloquus
10 Blue Jay 5 10 Cyanocitta cristata
10 Florida Scrub-Jay 1 9 Aphelocoma coerulescens
10 American Crow 2 20 Corvus brachyrhynchos
10 Fish Crow 4 24 Corvus ossifragus
10 Purple Martin 4 20 Progne subis
6 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
8 No. Rough-winged Swallow 1 3 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
4 Bank Swallow 1 10 Riparia riparia
4 Cliff Swallow 1 3 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
10 Cave Swallow 1 10 Petrochelidon fulva
10 Barn Swallow 3 60 Hirundo rustica
8 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
9 Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 3 Sitta pusilla
10 Carolina Wren 2 2 Thryothorus ludovicianus
4 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
2 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
2 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
10 Red-whiskered Bulbul 1 1 Pycnonotus jocosus
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
10 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1 H Polioptila caerulea
9 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
5 Veery 2 1 Catharus fuscescens
6 Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 4 Catharus minimus
3 Swainson's Thrush 2 8 Catharus ustulatus
7 Wood Thrush 1 1 Hylocichla mustelina
1 American Robin Turdus migratorius
10 Gray Catbird 6 20 Dumetella carolinensis
10 Northern Mockingbird 6 24 Mimus polyglottos
10 Brown Thrasher 2 1 Toxostoma rufum
8 Common Myna 2 24 Acridotheres tristis
10 European Starling 5 40 Sturnus vulgaris
7 Cedar Waxwing 2 24 Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
1 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
6 Tennessee Warbler 1 20 Vermivora peregrina
2 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
10 Northern Parula 4 6 Parula americana
7 Yellow Warbler 1 4 Dendroica petechia aestiva or amnicola
7 "Golden" Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia gundlach
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 3 Dendroica pensylvanica
7 Magnolia Warbler 1 1 Dendroica magnolia
10 Cape May Warbler 2 10 Dendroica tigrina
10 Black-throated Blue Warbler 5 8 Dendroica caerulescens
4 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 1 Dendroica coronata
8 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 3 Dendroica virens
1 Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
5 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
10 Pine Warbler 1 4 Dendroica pinus
10 Prairie Warbler 5 8 Dendroica discolor
10 Palm Warbler 3 6 Dendroica palmarum
10 Blackpoll Warbler 4 8 Dendroica striata
1 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
10 Black-and-white Warbler 5 4 Mniotilta varia
10 American Redstart 5 12 Setophaga ruticilla
6 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
9 Worm-eating Warbler 5 3 Helmitheros vermivorum
1 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
10 Ovenbird 3 6 Seiurus aurocapillus
10 Northern Waterthrush 2 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
3 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
1 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
10 Common Yellowthroat 5 8 Geothlypis trichas
8 Hooded Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia citrina
1 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia wilsonia
1 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
10 Eastern Towhee 1 4 Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni
9 Bachman's Sparrow 1 1 Aimophila aestivalis
1 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
5 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
7 Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis
1 Linclon's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
2 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
8 Summer Tanager 1 1 Piranga rubra
5 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
2 Western Spindalis Spindalis zena zena
10 Northern Cardinal 5 24 Cardinalis cardinalis
9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 5 Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Blue Grosbeak 2 8 Passerina caerulea
10 Indigo Bunting 4 16 Passerina cyanea
7 Painted Bunting 1 4 Passerina ciris
4 Dickcissel 1 2 Spiza americana
9 Bobolink 2 7 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
10 Red-winged Blackbird 6 120 N Agelaius phoeniceus
10 Eastern Meadowlark 2 20 Sturnella magna
10 Common Grackle 6 40 Quiscalus quiscula
10 Boat-tailed Grackle 5 200 N Quiscalus major
8 Shiny Cowbird 1 3 Molothrus bonariensis
10 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 15 Molothrus ater
2 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
9 Spot-breasted Oriole 1 1 Icterus pectoralis
5 Orchard Oriole 2 1 Icterus spurious
8 Baltimore Oriole 2 2 Icterus galbula
10 House Sparrow 5 20 Passer domesticus
3 Mitred Parakeet 1 24 N Aratinga mitrata
5 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
1 Hill Myna Gracula religiosa

Non-Established Exotics

1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
1 Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday
2 Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys
2 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis

Mammals

1 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
8 Marsh Rabbit X Sylvilagus palustris
4 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
4 Round-tailed Muskrat Neofiber alleni
8 Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
4 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
1 Sherman's Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger shermani
2 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
1 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
8 Northern Raccoon X Procyon lotor
2 River Otter Lutra canadensis
1 Bobcat Felix rufus
7 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
6 Key Deer X Odocoileus virginianus clavium
1 Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis
5 Dolphin sp. Stenella sp.
3 Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin X Tursiops truncatus

Amphibians and Reptiles

1 Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad X Gastrophryne carolinensis
1 Florida Leopard Frog X Rana sphenocephala
1 Pig Frog X Rana grylio
1 Oak Toad X Bufo quercicus
1 Cane Toad X Bufo marinus
8 American Alligator X Alligator mississippiensis
5 American Crocodile X Crocodylus acutus
5 Florida Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina osceola
7 Florida Redbelly Turtle X Pseudemys nelsoni
4 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta
8 Loggerhead Sea Turtle X Caretta caretta
1 Green Sea Turtle X Chelonia mydas
5 Florida Softshell Turtle X Apalone ferox
6 Green Iguana X Iguana iguana
7 Green Anole X Anolis carolinensis
6 Brown Anole X Norops sagrei
1 Bark Anole X Norops distichus
2 Crested Anole X Norops cristatellus
1 Common Ameiva X Ameiva ameiva
5 Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus
4 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
1 Florida Green Water Snake Nerodia floridana
1 Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
1 Peninsula Ribbon Snake X Thamnophis sauritus sackenii
1 Corn Snake Elaphe guttata
1 Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
1 Everglades Racer X Coluber constrictor paludicola
1 Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus

Butterflies

2 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
6 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
2 Palamedes Swallowtail X Papilio palamedes
4 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
3 Zebra Swallowtail X Eurytides marcellus
4 Checkered White Pontia protodice
1 Great Southern White X Ascia monuste
1 Dainty Sulphur X Nathalis iole
5 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
6 Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae
6 Large Orange Sulphur X Phoebis agarithe
7 Gulf Fritillary X Agraulis vanillae
1 Julia X Dryas julia
7 Zebra Longwing X Heliconius charitonius
5 Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
2 Red Admiral X Vanessa atalanta
6 Buckeye sp. X Junonia sp.
4 White Peacock X Anartia jatrophae
2 Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus
7 Monarch X Danaus plexippus
1 Queen Danaus glippus
1 Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius
3 Mangrove Skipper Phocidea pigmalion
5 Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

Damselflies and Dragonflies

1 Citrine Forktail X Ischnura hastata
1 Rambur's Forktail X Ishnura ramburii
6 Halloween Pennant X Celithemis eponina
1 Banded Pennant X Celithemis fasciata
1 Amanda's Pennant X Celithemis amanda
1 Four-spot Pennant X Brachymesia gravida
1 Eastern Pondhawk X Erythemis simplicicollis
1 Golden-winged Skimmer X Libellula auripennis
1 Blue Dasher X Pachydiplax longipennis
1 Band-winged Dragonlet X Erythrodiplax umbrata
1 Eastern Amberwing X Perithemis tenera
2 Vermilion Saddlebags Tramea abdominalis
1 Carolina Saddlebags X Tramea carolina

Taxonomic Notes