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A Guide to the Birds of South Florida
All photographs of birds on this site have been taken by the authors on public lands throughout South Florida over the past five years. We use a variety of sources to identify and document each bird we list on this page.
Sources include Peterson's field guide Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Cornell University's All About Birds, the Audubon Society and National Geographic sites. Links to those sites and more are below.
Each page should provide photos and general descriptions of each bird, its habits and range, scientific name, plus outside links for more indepth research.
 
 

 

anhinga

Anhinga

 

 

bananaquit

Bananaquit

 
 

 

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Brown-Headed Cowbird

 

Brown Thrasher

 

 

Common Grackle

Cormorant
 

 

american coot

Coot

 
 
Cuckoos and Anis

 

yellow billed cuckoo

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

 
Doves and Pigeons

 

eurasian collered dove

Eurasian Collered Dove

 
 
Ducks and Geese

 

Northern Shoveler

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bitterns, Egrets & Herons
 

 

yellow crowned night heron

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

 
 
 
 
Grebes
 
Gulls and Terns

 

Least Tern

 

ring-billed gull

Ring-Billed Gull

 

royal tern

Royal Tern

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hawks and Falcons

 

Bald Eagle

 

merlin

Merlin

 

osprey

Osprey

 
 
 
Ibis

 

glossy ibis

Glossy

 

white ibis

White

 
 
 
 

 

Limpkin

 
 

 

moorhen

Moorhen

 
 
Nightjars

Eastern Whip-Poor-Will

 
 
Owls
 
Plovers

 

killdeer

Killdeer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parrots and Parakeets

 

monk parakeet

Monk Parakeet

 
 
 
 
 
Pelicans
 
 
 
 
 

 

american robin

Robin

 
 
Sandpipers

 

Spotted Sandpiper

 

willet

Willet

 

snipe

Wilson's Snipe

 
 

 

sora

Sora

 
 
 
 
 
Swallows

 

tree swallow

Tree

 
Vultures

 

black vulture

Black Vulture

 
Wood Warblers

 

american redstart

American Redstart

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Woodpeckers
 
 
 
 
Additional Resources For Birds
Great Florida Birding Trail Bird Checklist/Guide Broward Natural Areas Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology National Audubon Society
National Geographic