BIRDS NEAR WATER

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Belted Kingfisher Belted Kingfisher
  • Name:Belted Kingfisher
  • Official Name:Ceryle alcyon
  • Family:Kingfisher family
  • Habitat:Rivers, lakes, coast
  • Range:Resident in north alf Florida.,September-April; all Florida
Tricolored Heron Tricolored Heron
  • Name:Tricolored Heron
  • Official Name:Egretta tricolor
  • Family:Heron family
  • Habitat:Salt and freshwater mudsflats and marshes, swamps
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron
  • Name:Great Blue Heron
  • Official Name:Ardea herodias
  • Family:Heron family
  • Habitat:All salt and fresh waters, beaches, towns
  • Range:Resident in Florida; most common Nov.-Apr.
Little Blue Heron Little Blue Heron
  • Name:Little Blue Heron
  • Official Name:Egretta caerulea
  • Family:Heron family
  • Habitat:Salt- and freshwater mudflats and marshes; swamps, meadows
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Green Heron Green Heron
  • Name:Green Heron
  • Official Name:Butorides virescens
  • Family:Heron family
  • Habitat:Ponds, streams, marches, mangroves
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Great Egret Great Egret
  • Name:Great Egret
  • Official Name:Ardea alba
  • Family:Heron family
  • Habitat:Salt- and freshwater marshes, sandbars, watersides
  • Range:Resident in Florida
White Ibis White Ibis
  • Name:White Ibis
  • Official Name:Eudocimus albus
  • Family:Ibis family
  • Habitat:Tidal mudflats and beaches; marshes, swamps, watersides
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Spoonbill
  • Name:Roseate Spoonbill
  • Official Name:Ajaia ajaia
  • Family:Ibis family
  • Habitat:Coastal flats, lagoons, marches, inland (rare)
  • Range:Resident in Florida; disperses alonng coast July-Oct.
Wood Stork Wood Stork
  • Name:Wood Stork
  • Official Name:Mycteria Americana
  • Family:Stork family
  • Habitat:Tidal flats, marches, flooded pastores
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Anhinga Anhinga
  • Name:Anhinga
  • Official Name:Anhinga anhinga
  • Family:Anchinga family
  • Habitat:Freshwater marshes, swamps, rivers
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Brown Pelican Brown Pelican
  • Name:Brown Pelican
  • Official Name:Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Family:Pelican family
  • Habitat:Ocean, bays, estuaries; few wander inland
  • Range:Resident in coastal Florida; very common
American Bittern American Bittern
  • Name:American Bittern
  • Official Name:Botaurus lentiginosus
  • Family:Heron family
  • Habitat:Marshes
  • Range:Oct.- March: all Florida; rear nester
Western Sandpiper Western Sandpiper
  • Name:Western Sandpiper
  • Official Name:Calidris mauri
  • Family:Sandpiper family
  • Habitat:Coastal and inland mudflats
  • Range:August-April: all Florida
Willet Willet
  • Name:Willet
  • Official Name:Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  • Family:Sandpiper family
  • Habitat:Beaches, mudflats
  • Range:Resident in all Florida coast
Mallard Mallard
  • Name:Mallard
  • Official Name:Anas platyrhynchos
  • Family:Waterfowl family
  • Habitat:Ponds, rivers, marshes
  • Range:Nov.-March all Florida
Canada Goose Canada Goose
  • Name:Canada Goose
  • Official Name:Branta canadensis
  • Family:Waterfowl family
  • Habitat:Marches, ponds, golf courses
  • Range:Oct.-March. All Florida. Introduced populations are resident, mainly in North- and Central-Florida.
Muscovy Duck Muscovy Duck
  • Name:Muscovy Duck
  • Official Name:Cairina moschata
  • Habitat:Ponds, neigherhoods
  • Range:Resident in Florida
Laughing Gull Laughing Gull
  • Name:Laughing Gull
  • Official Name:Ardea herodias
  • Family:Gull and Tern family
  • Habitat:Coastal beaches mudflats, some on inland waters
  • Range:Resident in Florida




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