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Florida: Winter Birds

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Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2008 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2008 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard Only, X = Seen in 2008
NC B C D
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2 12 Dendrocygna autumnalis
Muscovy Duck 2 40 Cairina moschata
American Wigeon 1 3 Anas americana
Mallard 1 4 Anas platyrhynchos
Mottled Duck 3 60 Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal 4 70 Anas discors
Northern Shoveler 2 6 Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail 1 1 Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 3 8 Anas crecca
Ring-necked Duck 1 225 Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 1 3 Aythya affinis
Common Loon 2 12 Gavia immer
Least Grebe 1 3 Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe 5 8 Podilymbus podiceps
Northern Gannet 1 18 Morus bassanus
American White Pelican 3 35 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 5 50 Pelecanus occidentalis
Double-crested Cormorant 6 160 Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga 6 100 Anhinga anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird 2 15 Fregata magnificens
American Bittern 1 3 Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron 6 15 Ardea herodias
Great Egret 6 60 Ardea alba
Snowy Egret 6 120 Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron 6 20 Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 5 15 Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret 1 5 Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret 5 30 Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 4 12 Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 2 Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 1 Nyctanassa violacea
White Ibis 6 500 Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 2 60 Plegadis falcinellus
Roseate Spoonbill 4 24 Platalea ajaja
American Flamingo 1 1 Phoenicopterus ruber
Wood Stork 6 48 Mycteria americana
Black Vulture 6 225 Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 6 2000 Cathartes aura
Osprey 5 20 Pandion haliaetus
Snail Kite 1 1 Rostrhamus sociabilis
Bald Eagle 4 6 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier 4 7 Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 3 2 Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 18 Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 2 2 Buteo platypterus
Short-tailed Hawk 2 1 Buteo brachyurus
Swainson's Hawk 2 9 Buteo swainsoni
Red-tailed Hawk 5 4 Buteo jamaicensis
Crested Caracara 1 1 Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel 6 40 Falco sparverius
Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 3 1 Falco peregrinus
King Rail 1 8 Rallus elegans
Sora 1 2 Porzana carolina
Common Moorhen 3 150 Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 5 150 Fulica americana
Limpkin 2 1 Aramus guarauna
Black-bellied Plover 3 40 Pluvialis squatarola
Snowy Plover 1 20 Charadrius alexandrinus
Wilson's Plover 1 15 Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated Plover 2 120 Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover 1 1 Charadrius melodus
Killdeer 5 16 Charadrius vociferus
American Oystercatcher 1 1 Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 1 2 Recurvirostra americana
Greater Yellowlegs 4 20 Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 2 600 Tringa semipalmatus
Lesser Yellowlegs 2 60 Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 1 1 Numenius americanus
Marbled Godwit 1 20 Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone 2 20 Arenaria interpres
Red Knot 1 4 Calidris canutus
Sanderling 4 400 Calidris alba
Western Sandpiper 1 150 Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 2 50 Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris melanotos
Dunlin 2 50 Calidris alpina
Stilt Sandpiper 1 5 Calidris himantopus
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 350 Limnodromus griseus
Wilson's Snipe 2 5 Gallinago delicata
Laughing Gull 6 400 Larus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull 4 60 Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 3 1 Larus argentatus
Caspian Tern 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 3 60 Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern 4 120 Thalasseus maxima
Sandwich Tern 3 150 Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer 5 600 Rynchops niger
Rock Pigeon 6 550 Columba livia
White-crowned Pigeon 3 10 Patagioenas leucocephala
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 100 Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove 4 30 Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 6 450 Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 3 4 Columbina passerina
Monk Parakeet 5 30 Myiopsitta monachus
Smooth-billed Ani 1 5 Crotophaga ani
Burrowing Owl 1 1 Athene cunicularia
Barred Owl 1 1 H Strix varia
Lesser Nighthawk 1 2 Chordeiles acutipennis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 6 Archilochus colubris
Rufous Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus rufus
Belted Kingfisher 6 40 Megaceryle alcyon
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 10 Melanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 2 Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 4 1 Picoides pubescens
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1 3 Picoides borealis
Northern Flicker 1 3 Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 2 1 Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Phoebe 5 8 Sayornis phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 2 Myiarchus crinitus
Tropical Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus melancholicus
Western Kingbird 1 4 Tyrannus verticalis
Gray Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus dominicensis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 4 Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike 5 38 Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo 3 5 Vireo griseus
Blue-headed Vireo 3 2 Vireo solitarius
Blue Jay 5 20 Cyanocitta cristata
Florida Scrub-Jay 1 7 Aphelocoma coerulescens
American Crow 4 40 Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 3 300 Corvus ossifragus
Tree Swallow 4 300 Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn Swallow 3 4 Hirundo rustica
Carolina Wren 1 2 Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 2 8 Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 1 1 Cistothorus palustris
Red-whiskered Bulbul 1 2 Pycnonotus jocosus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 18 Polioptila caerulea
Eastern Bluebird 1 4 Sialia sialis
American Robin 1 20 Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird 5 8 Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird 6 30 Mimus polyglottos
European Starling 6 900 Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna 3 40 Acridotheres tristis
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1 Vermivora celata
Northern Parula 1 2 Parula americana
Magnolia Warbler 2 4 Dendroica magnolia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 40 Dendroica coronata coronata
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 2 Dendroica dominica
Pine Warbler 2 12 Dendroica pinus
Prairie Warbler 3 3 Dendroica discolor
Western Palm Warbler 6 60 Dendroica palmarum palmarum
Eastern Palm Warbler 1 1 Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea
Black-and-white Warbler 3 3 Mniotilta varia
American Redstart 1 1 Setophaga ruticilla
Common Yellowthroat 5 6 Geothlypis trichas
Wilson's Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia pusilla
Chipping Sparrow 2 1 Spizella passerina
Savannah Sparrow 2 8 Passerculus sandwichensis
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus savannarum
Swamp Sparrow 1 3 Melospiza georgiana
White-crowned Sparrow 1 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys
Northern Cardinal 6 6 Cardinalis cardinalis
Painted Bunting 1 10 Passerina ciris
Red-winged Blackbird 5 250 Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark 2 10 Sturnella magna
Rusty Blackbird 1 1 Euphagus carolinus
Common Grackle 3 150 Quiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle 6 400 Quiscalus major
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 15 Molothrus ater
Spot-breasted Oriole 1 2 Icterus pectoralis
American Goldfinch 1 9 Spinus tristis
House Sparrow 5 30 Passer domesticus
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 1 8 Brotogeris chiriri
Red-crowned Parrot 1 1 Amazona viridigenalis
Orange-winged Parrot 1 15 Amazona amazonica

Unestablished Exotics

Chestnut-fronted Macaw 1 8 Ara severa
Red-masked Parakeet 1 2 Aratinga erythrogenys
Hill Myna 2 4 Gracula religiosa

Non-Established Exotics

Mitred Parakeet 2 50 Aratinga mitrata

Mammals

Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
Virginia Opossum X Didelphis virginiana
Northern Raccoon X Procyon lotor
White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
West Indian Manatee X Trichechus manatus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin X Tursiops truncatus

Amphibians and Reptiles

Cane Toad X Bufo marinus
Southern Leopard Frog X Rana sphenocephala
American Alligator X Alligator mississippiensis
American Crocodile X Crocodylus acutus
Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta elegans
Florida Red-bellied Turtle X Pseudemys nelsoni
Florida Cooter X Pseudemys floridana peninsularis
Green Iguana X Iguana iguana
Mexican Spinytail Iguana X Ctenosaura pectinata
Green Anole X Anolis carolinensis
Brown Anole X Norops sangrei
Bark Anole X Norops distichus
Southeastern Five-lined Skink X Eumeces inexpectatus
Florida Water Snake X Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
Everglades Racer X Coluber constrictor paludicola
Corn Snake X Elaphe guttata

Butterflies

Common Green Darner X Anax junius
Polydamas Swallowtail X Battus polydamas
Great Southern White X Ascia monuste
Orange Sulphur X Colias eurytheme
Cloudless Sulphur X Phoebis sennae
Orange-barred Sulphur X Phoebis philea
Sleepy Orange X Eurema nicippe
Dainty Sulphur X Nathalis iole
Little Yellow X Eurema lisa
Ceraunus Blue X Hemiargus ceraunus
Zebra Longwing X Heliconius charitonius
Gulf Fritillary X Agraulis vanillae
Julia X Dryas julia
Phaon Crescent X Phyciodes phaon
Common Buckeye X Junonia coenia
White Peacock X Anartia jatrophae
Viceroy X Limenitis archippus
Monarch X Danaus plexippus
Queen X Danaus gilippus
Long-tailed Skipper X Urbanus proteus
Dorante's Longtail X Urbanus dorantes
Tropical Checkered-Skipper X Pyrgus oileus

Odonates

Regal Darner X Coryphaeschna ingens
Golden-winged Skimmer X Libellula auripennis
Slaty Skimmer X Libellula incesta
Scarlet Skimmer X Crocothemis servilia
Blue Dasher X Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Pondhawk X Erythemis simplicicollis
Great Pondhawk X Erythemis vesiculosa
Pin-tailed Pondhawk X Erythemis plebeja
Carolina Saddlebags X Tramea carolina
Hyacinth Glider X Miathyria marcella
Wandering Glider X Pantala flavescens
Four-spotted Pennant X Brachymesia gravida
Halloween Pennant X Celithemis eponina
Rambur's Forktail X Ischnura ramburii
Citrine Forktail X Ischnura hastata

Damselflies and Dragonflies

Roseate Skimmer X Orthemis ferruginea
Band-winged Dragonlet X Erythrodiplax umbrata
Black Saddlebags X Tramea lacerata

Butterflies and Skippers

Palamedes Swallowtail X Papilio palamedes