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Bird Species

Listed below are 40 of the most sought-after bird species in Florida (additional species will be added in the future). Learn more about these 40 species and where to find them. See photos and range maps, plus listen to sound recordings! You may also search for these birds using the GFBWT’s trip-planning tool.

  • Bachman’s Sparrow
  • Bald Eagle
  • Black Rail
  • Black Skimmer
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Black-whiskered Vireo
  • Bridled Tern
  • Brown Noddy
  • Crested Caracara
  • Florida Burrowing Owl
  • Florida Grasshopper Sparrow
  • Florida Scrub-Jay
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Gray Kingbird
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Least Tern
  • Limpkin
  • Magnificent Frigatebird
  • Mangrove Cuckoo
  • Masked Booby
  • Mottled Duck
  • Painted Bunting
  • Piping Plover
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Red-cockaded Woodpecker
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Roseate Tern
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Short-tailed Hawk
  • Smooth-billed Ani
  • Snail Kite
  • Snowy Plover
  • Sooty Tern
  • Swallow-tailed Kite
  • White-crowned Pigeon
  • White-tailed Kite
  • Whooping Crane
  • Wilson’s Plover
  • Wood Stork
  • Yellow Rail
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