Birds of Florida: The Official State Checklist

All 538 birds on the list

Waterfowl (43)

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck
• Snow Goose
• Ross’s Goose
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Brant
• Cackling Goose
• Canada Goose
• Tundra Swan
• Wood Duck
• Blue-winged Teal
• Cinnamon Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Gadwall
• Eurasian Wigeon
• American Wigeon
• Mallard
• American Black Duck
• Mottled Duck
• White-cheeked Pintail
• Northern Pintail
• Green-winged Teal
• Canvasback
• Redhead
• Ring-necked Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Lesser Scaup
• King Eider
• Common Eider
• Harlequin Duck
• Surf Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Black Scoter
• Long-tailed Duck
• Bufflehead
• Common Goldeneye
• Hooded Merganser
• Common Merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Masked Duck
• Ruddy Duck
• Egyptian GooseNonnative
• Muscovy DuckNonnative

New World Quail (1)

• Northern Bobwhite

Upland Game Birds (1)

• Wild Turkey

Flamingoes (1)

• American Flamingo

Grebes (6)

• Least Grebe
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Horned Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Eared Grebe
• Western Grebe

Pigeons and Doves (13)

• Scaly-naped Pigeon
• White-crowned Pigeon
• Band-tailed Pigeon
• Inca Dove
• Common Ground-Dove
• Ruddy Quail-Dove
• Key West Quail-Dove
• White-tipped Dove
• White-winged Dove
• Zenaida Dove
• Mourning Dove
• Rock PigeonNonnative
• Eurasian Collared-DoveNonnative

Cuckoos and Anis (6)

• Smooth-billed Ani
• Groove-billed Ani
• Dark-billed Cuckoo
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Mangrove Cuckoo
• Black-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars (5)

• Lesser Nighthawk
• Common Nighthawk
• Antillean Nighthawk
• Chuck-will’s-widow
• Eastern Whip-poor-will

Swifts (5)

• White-collared Swift
• Chimney Swift
• Vaux’s Swift
• White-throated Swift
• Antillean Palm-Swift

Hummingbirds (12)

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Black-chinned Hummingbird
• Bahama Woodstar
• Anna’s Hummingbird
• Costa’s Hummingbird
• Calliope Hummingbird
• Rufous Hummingbird
• Allen’s Hummingbird
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird
• Broad-billed Hummingbird
• White-eared Hummingbird
• Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (9)

• King Rail
• Clapper Rail
• Virginia Rail
• Sora
• Common Gallinule
• American Coot
• Purple Gallinule
• Yellow Rail
• Black Rail

Limpkin (1)

• Limpkin

Cranes (2)

• Sandhill Crane
• Whooping Crane

Stilts and Avocets (2)

• Black-necked Stilt
• American Avocet

Oystercatchers (1)

• American Oystercatcher

Lapwings (1)

• Northern Lapwing

Plovers (11)

• Black-bellied Plover
• American Golden-Plover
• Pacific Golden-Plover
• Killdeer
• Semipalmated Plover
• Piping Plover
• Lesser Sand-Plover
• Greater Sand-Plover
• Wilson’s Plover
• Mountain Plover
• Snowy Plover

Sandpipers (38)

• Upland Sandpiper
• Whimbrel
• Long-billed Curlew
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Hudsonian Godwit
• Marbled Godwit
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Red Knot
• Surfbird
• Ruff
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Curlew Sandpiper
• Red-necked Stint
• Sanderling
• Dunlin
• Purple Sandpiper
• Baird’s Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• White-rumped Sandpiper
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Western Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• American Woodcock
• Wilson’s Snipe
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Willet
• Common Greenshank
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Wilson’s Phalarope
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Red Phalarope

Jaegers and Skuas (5)

• South Polar Skua
• Pomarine Jaeger
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Long-tailed Jaeger
• Dovekies, Murres, Murrelets,

and Puffins (8)

• Dovekie
• Common Murre
• Thick-billed Murre
• Razorbill
• Long-billed Murrelet
• Ancient Murrelet
• Atlantic Puffin
• Kittiwakes, Gulls, Noddies,

Terns, and Skimmers (36)

• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Sabine’s Gull
• Bonaparte’s Gull
• Gray-hooded Gull
• Black-headed Gull
• Little Gull
• Laughing Gull
• Franklin’s Gull
• Belcher’s Gull
• Black-tailed Gull
• Heermann’s Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• California Gull
• Herring Gull
• Iceland Gull
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Glaucous Gull
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Kelp Gull
• Brown Noddy
• Black Noddy
• Sooty Tern
• Bridled Tern
• Least Tern
• Gull-billed Tern
• Caspian Tern
• Black Tern
• Roseate Tern
• Common Tern
• Arctic Tern
• Forster’s Tern
• Royal Tern
• Sandwich Tern
• Elegant Tern
• Black Skimmer

Tropicbirds (2)

• White-tailed Tropicbird
• Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons (3)

• Red-throated Loon
• Pacific Loon
• Common Loon

Albatrosses (1)

• Yellow-nosed Albatross

Storm-Petrels (5)

• Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
• European Storm-Petrel
• Leach’s Storm-Petrel
• Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
• Fulmars, Petrels, and

Shearwaters (9)

• Northern Fulmar
• Black-capped Petrel
• Fea’s Petrel
• Cory’s Shearwater
• Short-tailed Shearwater
• Sooty Shearwater
• Great Shearwater
• Manx Shearwater
• Audubon’s Shearwater

Storks (1)

• Wood Stork

Frigatebirds (1)

• Magnificent Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets (4)

• Masked Booby
• Brown Booby
• Red-footed Booby
• Northern Gannet

Anhingas (1)

• Anhinga

Cormorants (3)

• Great Cormorant
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Neotropic Cormorant

Pelicans (2)

• American White Pelican
• Brown Pelican

Herons, Bitterns, and Egrets (12)

• American Bittern
• Least Bittern
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Little Blue Heron
• Tricolored Heron
• Reddish Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Green Heron
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills (5)

• White Ibis
• Scarlet Ibis
• Glossy Ibis
• White-faced Ibis
• Roseate Spoonbill

New World Vultures (2)

• Black Vulture
• Turkey Vulture

Osprey (1)

• Osprey

Kites, Eagles, and Hawks (19)

• White-tailed Kite
• Swallow-tailed Kite
• Golden Eagle
• Double-toothed Kite
• Northern Harrier
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Cooper’s Hawk
• Northern Goshawk
• Bald Eagle
• Mississippi Kite
• Snail Kite
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Short-tailed Hawk
• Swainson’s Hawk
• Zone-tailed Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Ferruginous Hawk

Barn Owls (1)

• Barn Owl

Typical Owls (10)

• Flammulated Owl
• Eastern Screech-Owl
• Great Horned Owl
• Snowy Owl
• Burrowing Owl
• Barred Owl
• Long-eared Owl
• Stygian Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Northern Saw-whet Owl

Kingfishers (1)

• Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers (9)

• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Golden-fronted Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Red-cockaded Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Pileated Woodpecker

Caracaras and Falcons (5)

• Crested Caracara
• Eurasian Kestrel
• American Kestrel
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon

Tyrant Flycatchers (30)

• Ash-throated Flycatcher
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Brown-crested Flycatcher
• La Sagra’s Flycatcher
• Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
• Piratic Flycatcher
• Variegated Flycatcher
• Tropical Kingbird
• Cassin’s Kingbird
• Western Kingbird
• Eastern Kingbird
• Gray Kingbird
• Loggerhead Kingbird
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Cuban Pewee
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Acadian Flycatcher
• Alder Flycatcher
• Willow Flycatcher
• Least Flycatcher
• Hammond’s Flycatcher
• Pacific-slope Flycatcher
• Black Phoebe
• Eastern Phoebe
• Say’s Phoebe
• Vermilion Flycatcher

Shrikes (1)

• Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos (11)

• White-eyed Vireo
• Thick-billed Vireo
• Cuban Vireo
• Bell’s Vireo
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Philadelphia Vireo
• Warbling Vireo
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Yellow-green Vireo
• Black-whiskered Vireo

Jays and Crows (4)

• Blue Jay
• Florida Scrub-Jay
• American Crow
• Fish Crow

Larks (1)

• Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows (13)

• Bank Swallow
• Tree Swallow
• Bahama Swallow
• Violet-green Swallow
• Mangrove Swallow
• Northern Rough-winged
• Swallow
• Purple Martin
• Southern Martin
• Cuban Martin
• Barn Swallow
• Cliff Swallow
• Cave Swallow

Chickadees and Titmice (2)

• Carolina Chickadee
• Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatches (3)

• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Brown-headed Nuthatch

Creepers (1)

• Brown Creeper

Wrens (7)

• Rock Wren
• House Wren
• Winter Wren
• Sedge Wren
• Marsh Wren
• Carolina Wren
• Bewick’s Wren

Gnatcatchers (1)

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Kinglets (2)

• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Old World Flycatchers (2)

• European Robin
• Northern Wheatear

Thrushes (12)

• Eastern Bluebird
• Mountain Bluebird
• Townsend’s Solitaire
• Veery
• Gray-cheeked Thrush
• Bicknell’s Thrush
• Swainson’s Thrush
• Hermit Thrush
• Wood Thrush
• American Robin
• Red-legged Thrush
• Varied Thrush

Mimic Thrushes (6)

• Gray Catbird
• Curve-billed Thrasher
• Brown Thrasher
• Sage Thrasher
• Bahama Mockingbird
• Northern Mockingbird

Waxwings (1)

• Cedar Waxwing

Wagtails and Pipits (4)

• Eastern Yellow Wagtail
• White Wagtail
• American Pipit
• Sprague’s Pipit

Finches and Allies (8)

• Evening Grosbeak
• Purple Finch
• Common Redpoll
• Red Crossbill
• Pine Siskin
• Lesser Goldfinch
• American Goldfinch
• House FinchNonnative

Longspurs and Snow Buntings (4)

• Lapland Longspur
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
• Smith’s Longspur
• Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows and Allies (28)

• Bachman’s Sparrow
• Grasshopper Sparrow
• Black-throated Sparrow
• Lark Sparrow
• Lark Bunting
• Chipping Sparrow
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• Field Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• American Tree Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Harris’s Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• LeConte’s Sparrow
• Seaside Sparrow
• Nelson’s Sparrow
• Saltmarsh Sparrow
• Henslow’s Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Lincoln’s Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• Green-tailed Towhee
• Spotted Towhee
• Eastern Towhee

Stripe-headed Tanagers (1)

• Western Spindalis

Blackbirds and Allies (20)

• Yellow-breasted Chat
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Bobolink
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Western Meadowlark
• Orchard Oriole
• Hooded Oriole
• Bullock’s Oriole
• Baltimore Oriole
• Scott’s Oriole
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
• Shiny Cowbird
• Bronzed Cowbird
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Rusty Blackbird
• Brewer’s Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Boat-tailed Grackle
• Spot-breasted OrioleNonnative

Wood Warblers (42)

• Ovenbird
• Worm-eating Warbler
• Louisiana Waterthrush
• Northern Waterthrush
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Blue-winged Warbler
• Black-and-white Warbler
• Prothonotary Warbler
• Swainson’s Warbler
• Tennessee Warbler
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Connecticut Warbler
• MacGillivray’s Warbler
• Mourning Warbler
• Kentucky Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• Hooded Warbler
• American Redstart
• Kirtland’s Warbler (FE, R)
• Cape May Warbler
• Cerulean Warbler
• Northern Parula
• Magnolia Warbler
• Bay-breasted Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Yellow-throated Warbler
• Prairie Warbler
• Black-throated Gray Warbler
• Townsend’s Warbler
• Hermit Warbler
• Golden-cheeked Warbler
• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Canada Warbler
• Wilson’s Warbler

Cardinals and Allies (12)

• Summer Tanager
• Scarlet Tanager
• Western Tanager
• Northern Cardinal
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Black-headed Grosbeak
• Blue Grosbeak
• Lazuli Bunting
• Indigo Bunting
• Varied Bunting
• Painted Bunting
• Dickcissel

Tanagers (3)

• Bananaquit
• Yellow-faced Grassquit
• Black-faced Grassquit

Rails, Gallinules and Coots (1)

• Purple SwamphenNonnative

Parrots (4)

• Monk ParakeetNonnative
• Nanday ParakeetNonnative
• Mitred ParakeetNonnative
• White-winged ParakeetNonnative

Bulbuls (1)

• Red-whiskered BulbulNonnative

Starlings (2)

• European StarlingNonnative
• Common MynaNonnative

Old World Finches (2)

• Scaly-breasted MuniaNonnative
• Tricolored MuniaNonnative

Old World Sparrows and Allies (1)

• House SparrowNonnative

Extinct (4)

• Passenger Pigeon
• Ivory-billed Woodpecker
• Carolina Parakeet
• Bachman’s Warbler

When birds are active in Florida

Records of birds in Florida peak in January to April, October and December. They show when people record birds, not how many there are (about month bars).

How to report

Report nonnative animals to the FWC Invasive Species Hotline 888-Ive-Got1 (888-483-4681); FWC asks the public to call the Hotline for high-priority species: all nonnative snakes, monitor lizards and tegus. Other nonnative species can be reported via the IveGot1 app or IveGot1.org. Alligator or crocodile concerns: 866-FWC-GATOR (866-392-4286). FWC

About this list

The species list comes from Checklist of Florida's Birds (FWC, revised 11/2021) (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Revised 11/2021).

Venom does not apply to birds.

"Nonnative" and "Invasive" follow the wording of the source list. See invasive species in Florida.