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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Florida: The South, the Keys and the Dry Tortugas

Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of eleven on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D=(H)=Heard Only, (X)=Seen in 2011
A B C D
8 Muscovy Duck 3 40 Cairina moschata
4 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
11 Mottled Duck 4 10 Anas fulvigula
8 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
1 Lesser Scaup 1 25 Aythya affinis
6 Red-breasted Merganser 1 1 Mergus serrator
5 Black-bellied-Whistling-Duck 1 6 Dendrocygna autumnalis
9 Northern Bobwhite 2 2 Colinus virginianus
8 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
8 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
11 Masked Booby 1 45 Sula dactylatra
10 Brown Booby 1 11 Sula leucogaster
2 Red-footed Booby Sula sula
11 Northern Gannet 1 28 Morus bassanus
7 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
11 Brown Pelican 5 40 Pelecanus occidentalis
11 Double-crested Cormorant 6 120 Phalacrocorax auritus
11 Anhinga 5 60 Anhinga anhinga
11 Magnificent Frigatebird 3 75 Fregata magnificens
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
11 Least Bittern 1 3 Ixobrychus exilis
11 Great Blue Heron 5 10 Ardea herodias wardi
10 Great "White" Heron 2 3 Ardea herodias occidentalis
3 Wurdemann's Heron 2 8 Ardea herodias wardi X occidentalis
11 Great Egret 5 20 Ardea alba
11 Snowy Egret 4 20 Egretta thula
11 Little Blue Heron 5 25 Egretta caerulea
11 Tricolored Heron 4 30 Egretta tricolor
11 Reddish Egret 2 1 Egretta rufescens
11 Cattle Egret 5 40 Bubulcus ibis
11 Green Heron 5 6 Butorides virescens
9 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 4 Nycticorax violacea
11 White Ibis 5 300 Eudocimus albus
11 Glossy Ibis 3 10 Plegadis falcinellus
11 Roseate Spoonbill 2 20 Ajaia ajaja
11 Wood Stork 3 300 Mycteria americana
2 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
11 Black Vulture 4 150 Coragyps atratus
11 Turkey Vulture 5 50 Cathartes aura
11 Osprey 6 25 Pandion haliaetus
11 Swallow-tailed Kite 2 4 Elanoides forficatus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
11 Snail Kite 1 3 Rostrhamus sociabilis
11 Bald Eagle 2 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
5 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
11 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 12 Buteo lineatus
7 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
2 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
10 Red-tailed Hawk 2 4 Buteo jamaicensis
1 Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
9 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
11 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius
10 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
3 King Rail 1 1 H Rallus elegans
6 Sora Porzana carolina
11 Purple Gallinule 1 2 Porphyrula martinica
11 Common Gallinule 5 20 Gallinula galeata
10 American Coot 2 24 Fulica americana
11 Limpkin 2 3 Aramus guarauna
11 Sandhill Crane 1 5 Grus canadensis
11 Black-bellied Plover 3 6 Pluvialis squatarola
1 American Golden-Plover Pluvalis dominica
1 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
11 Wilson's Plover 1 1 Charadrius wilsonia
11 Semipalmated Plover 4 40 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
11 Killdeer 3 6 Charadrius vociferus
1 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
1 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
11 Black-necked Stilt 3 15 Himantopus mexicanus
3 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
10 Spotted Sandpiper 4 2 Actitis macularia
10 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
11 Greater Yellowlegs 1 2 Tringa melanoleuca
11 Willet 2 15 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
11 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 3 Tringa flavipes
2 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
7 Whimbrel 1 2 Numenius phaeopus
4 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
11 Ruddy Turnstone 4 60 Arenaria interpres
3 Red Knot Calidris canutus
11 Sanderling 3 20 Calidris alba
10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 10 Calidris pusilla
8 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
11 Least Sandpiper 5 200 Calidris minutilla
4 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 2 Calidris fuscicollis
10 Dunlin 2 10 Calidris alpina
4 Stilt Sandpiper 1 4 Calidris himantopus
11 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 55 Limnodromus griseus
5 Long-billed Dowitcher 2 9 Limnodromus scolopaceus
3 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
11 Laughing Gull 5 500 Leucophaeus pipixcan
11 Ring-billed Gull 1 2 Larus delawarensis
10 Herring Gull 2 1 Larus argentatus
7 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 1 Larus fuscus
2 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
11 Brown Noddy 1 2000 Anous stolidus
5 Black Noddy Anous minutus
11 Sooty Tern 1 3500 Onychoprion fuscatus
4 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
11 Least Tern 6 150 Sternula antillarum
5 Gull-billed Tern 1 2 Geochelidon nilotica
9 Caspian Tern 2 4 Hydroprogne caspia
11 Roseate Tern 1 3 Sterna dougallii
5 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo
7 Forster's Tern 1 3 Sterna forsteri
11 Royal Tern 3 60 Thalasseus maxima
10 Sandwich Tern 1 2 Thalasseus sandvicensis
10 Black Skimmer 1 6 Rynchops niger
6 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
11 Rock Pigeon 6 40 Columba livia
11 White-crowned Pigeon 4 8 Patagioenas leucocephala
11 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 30 Streptopelia decaocto
11 White-winged Dove 2 4 Zenaida asiatica
11 Mourning Dove 6 20 Zenaida macroura
11 Common Ground-Dove 3 2 Columbina passerina
1 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
11 Monk Parakeet 3 16 Myiopsitta monachus
8 White-winged Parakeet 1 11 Brotogeris versicolurus
11 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 4 Coccyzus americanus
9 Mangrove Cuckoo 1 1 Coccyzus minor
7 Smooth-billed Ani 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
11 Burrowing Owl 1 11 Athene cunicularia
9 Barred Owl Strix varia
3 West Indian Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus domingensis
11 Common Nighthawk 2 4 Chordeiles minor
6 Antillean Nighthawk 1 1 Chordeiles gundlachii
6 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
11 Chimney Swift 4 6 Chaetura pelagica
9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 3 Archilochus colubris
9 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
7 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 7 Melanerpes carolinus
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
10 Downy Woodpecker 3 3 Picoides pubescens
4 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
9 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides borealis
10 Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 1 1 Colaptes auratus
10 Pileated Woodpecker 2 2 Dryocopus pileatus
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 1 Contopus virens
11 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 6 Myiarchus crinitus
1 La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
6 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
11 Eastern Kingbird 2 6 Tyrannus tyrannus
11 Gray Kingbird 3 8 Tyrannus dominicensis
6 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
1 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
11 Loggerhead Shrike 4 8 Lanius ludovicianus
11 White-eyed Vireo 2 1 Vireo griseus
3 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
3 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
11 Red-eyed Vireo 2 1 Vireo olivaceus
11 Black-whiskered Vireo 3 2 Vireo altiloquus
11 Blue Jay 5 25 Cyanocitta cristata
11 Florida Scrub-Jay 1 4 Aphelocoma coerulescens
11 American Crow 1 12 Corvus brachyrhynchos
11 Fish Crow 4 20 Corvus ossifragus
11 Purple Martin 3 8 Progne subis
6 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
9 No. Rough-winged Swallow 1 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
5 Bank Swallow 1 1 Riparia riparia
4 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
11 Cave Swallow 1 35 Petrochelidon fulva
11 Barn Swallow 5 10 Hirundo rustica
9 Tufted Titmouse 1 2 Baeolophus bicolor
10 Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 5 Sitta pusilla
11 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 Pycnonotus jocosus
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1 H Polioptila caerulea
10 Eastern Bluebird 1 6 Sialia sialis
5 Veery Catharus fuscescens
7 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 3 Catharus minimus
3 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
7 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
1 American Robin Turdus migratorius
11 Gray Catbird 2 2 Dumetella carolinensis
11 Northern Mockingbird 6 30 Mimus polyglottos
10 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
9 Common Myna 4 8 Acridotheres tristis
11 European Starling 6 100 Sturnus vulgaris
8 Cedar Waxwing 1 7 Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
1 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
6 Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
2 Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
11 Northern Parula 4 4 Parula americana
8 Yellow Warbler 1 2 Dendroica petechia aestiva or amnicola
7 "Golden" Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia gundlach
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
8 Magnolia Warbler 1 6 Dendroica magnolia
11 Cape May Warbler 2 5 Dendroica tigrina
11 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 5 Dendroica caerulescens
4 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
8 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
8 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
1 Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
6 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 1 Dendroica dominica
11 Pine Warbler 1 4 Dendroica pinus
11 Prairie Warbler 4 5 Dendroica discolor
11 Palm Warbler 2 8 Dendroica palmarum
11 Blackpoll Warbler 2 6 Dendroica striata
1 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
11 Black-and-white Warbler 2 3 Mniotilta varia
11 American Redstart 3 12 Setophaga ruticilla
6 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
10 Worm-eating Warbler 1 3 Helmitheros vermivorum
1 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
11 Ovenbird 1 1 Seiurus aurocapillus
11 Northern Waterthrush 2 1 Parkesia noveboracensis
3 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
2 Kentucky Warbler 1 2 Oporornis formosus
11 Common Yellowthroat 4 4 Geothlypis trichas
9 Hooded Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia citrina
1 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia wilsonia
1 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
11 Eastern Towhee 2 8 Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni
10 Bachman's Sparrow 1 1 Peucaea aestivalis
1 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
6 Savannah Sparrow 1 1 Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
8 Seaside Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis
1 Linclon's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
2 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
2 Western Spindalis Spindalis zena zena
8 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
5 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
11 Northern Cardinal 5 16 Cardinalis cardinalis
9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole Icterus [graduacauda] dickayae
11 Indigo Bunting 1 4 Passerina cyanea
7 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
4 Dickcissel Spiza americana
10 Bobolink 2 100 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
11 Red-winged Blackbird 6 30 Agelaius phoeniceus
11 Eastern Meadowlark 2 10 Sturnella magna
11 Common Grackle 5 40 Quiscalus quiscula
11 Boat-tailed Grackle 5 100 Quiscalus major
9 Shiny Cowbird 1 3 Molothrus bonariensis
11 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 3 Molothrus ater
2 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
10 Spot-breasted Oriole 1 2 Icterus pectoralis
5 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurious
8 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
11 House Sparrow 3 30 Passer domesticus
11 Red Junglefowl 3 30 Gallus gallus
1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
2 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis
2 Hill Myna 2 2 Gracula religiosa

Non-Established Exotics
1 Budgerigar 1 2 Melopsittacus undulatus
1 Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday
4 Mitred Parakeet 2 27 Aratinga mitrata
2 Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys
6 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 1 6 Brotogeris chiriri

Mammals
1 Pallas' Mastiff Bat X Molossus molossus
1 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
8 Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris
5 Eastern Cottontail X Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
4 Round-tailed Muskrat Neofiber alleni
9 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
9 Northern Raccoon X Procyon lotor
2 River Otter Lutra canadensis
1 Bobcat Felix rufus
7 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
7 Key Deer X Odocoileus virginianus clavium
1 West Indian Manatee X Trichechus manatus
1 Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis
4 Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin X Tursiops truncatus

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

Herps
9 American Alligator X Alligator mississippiensis
8 Green Anole X Anolis carolinensis
4 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Fish
1 Seargent Major X Abudefduf saxatilis
1 Goliath Grouper X Epinephelus itajara
2 Mosquitofish X Gambusia holbrooki
1 Ballyhoo X Hemiramphus brasiliensis
2 Florida Gar X Lepisosteus platyrhincus
1 Gray Snapper X Lutjanus griseus
1 Tarpon X Megalops atlantica
2 Striped Mullet X Mugil cephalus
1 Yellow-tailed Snapper X Ocyurus chrysurus
1 Blue Tilapia X Oreochromis aureus
2 Sailfin Molly X Poecilia latipinna
2 Beau Gregory X Pomacentrus leucostictus
1 Checkered Pufferfish X Sphoeroides testudineus
2 Great Barracuda X Sphyraena barracuda

Butterflies
2 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
3 Palamedes Swallowtail X Papilio palamedes
5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio glaucus
3 Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus
4 Checkered White Pontia protodice
2 Great Southern White X Ascia monuste
1 Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
5 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
7 Cloudless Sulphur X Phoebis sennae
7 Large Orange Sulphur X Phoebis agarithe
1 Cassius Blue X Leptotes cassius
1 Pearl Crescent X Phycoides tharos
2 Julia X Dryas julia
8 Zebra Longwing X Heliconius charitonius
5 Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
2 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
3 Mangrove Buckeye X Junonia evarete
5 White Peacock X Anartia jatrophae
1 Viceroy X Limenitis archippus
3 Ruddy Daggerwing X Marpesia petreus
8 Monarch X Danaus plexippus
1 Queen Danaus glippus
1 Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius
3 Mangrove Skipper Phocidea pigmalion
5 Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

Butterflies and Skippers
7 Giant Swallowtail X Papilio cresphontes
8 Gulf Fritillary X Agraulis vanillae

Damselflies and Dragonflies
1 Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata
7 Halloween Pennant X Celithemis eponina
1 Banded Pennant Celithemis fasciata
1 Amanda's Pennant Celithemis amanda
2 Four-spot Pennant X Brachymesia gravida
1 Golden-winged Skimmer Libellula auripennis
2 Vermilion Saddlebags Tramea abdominalis
1 Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina

Odonates
1 Rambur's Forktail Ishnura ramburii
2 Eastern Pondhawk X Erythemis simplicicollis
2 Roseate Skimmer X Orthemis ferruginea
2 Blue Dasher X Pachydiplax longipennis
1 Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata
2 Eastern Amberwing X Perithemis tenera

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