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ORDER: ANSERIFORMES

FAMILY: Anatidae

ORDER: GALLIFORMES

FAMILY: Odontophoridae

  • Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus

FAMILY: Phasianidae

  • Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
  • Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
  • Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus

ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES

FAMILY: Podicipedidae

  • Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus Podiceps

ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES

FAMILY: Columbidae

  • Rock Pigeon, Columba livia
  • White-crowned Pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto
  • Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina
  • White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica
  • Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura

ORDER: CUCULIFORES

FAMILY: Cuculidae

  • Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani
  • Yellow-billed Cuckooc, Coccyzus americanus
  • Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor

ORDER: CAPRIMULGIFORES

FAMILY: Caprimulgidae

  • Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
  • Antillean Nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii
  • Chuck-will’s-widow, Antrostomus carolinensis

ORDER: APODIFORMES

FAMILY: Apodidae

  • Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica

FAMILY: Trochilidae

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris

ORDER: GRUIFORMES

FAMILY: Rallidae

  • King Rail, Rallus elegans
  • Clapper Rail, Rallus crepitans
  • Common Gallinule, Gallinula galeata
  • American Coot, Fulica americana
  • Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
  • Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio
  • Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis

FAMILY: Aramidae

  • Limpkin, Aramus guarauna

FAMILY: Gruidae

  • Sandhill Crane, Antigone canadensis
  • Whooping Crane, Grus americana

ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES

FAMILY: Recurvirostridae

  • Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus

FAMILY: Haematopodidae

  • American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus

FAMILY: Charadriidae

  • Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
  • Wilson’s Plover, Charadrius wilsonia
  • Snowy Plover, Charadrius nivosus

FAMILY: Scolopacidae

  • American Woodcock, Scolopax minor
  • Willet, Tringa semipalmata

FAMILY: Laridae

  • Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
  • Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus
  • Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus
  • Bridled Tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
  • Least Tern, Sternula antillarum
  • Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
  • Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  • Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii
  • Royal Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
  • Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
  • Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger

ORDER: Ciconiiformes

FAMILY: Ciconiidae

  • Wood Stork, Mycteria americana

ORDER: SULIFORMES

FAMILY: Fregatidae

  • Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

FAMILY: Sulidae

  • Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra

FAMILY: Anhingidae

  • Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga

FAMILY: Phalacrocoracidae

  • Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritum

ORDER: PELECANIFORMES

FAMILY: Pelecanidae

  • Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis

FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
  • Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
  • Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
  • Great White Heron, Ardea herodias occidentalis
  • Great Egret, Ardea alba
  • Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
  • Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea
  • Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor
  • Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens
  • Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
  • Green Heron, Butorides virescens
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nyctanassa violacea

FAMILY: Threskiornithidae

  • White Ibis, Eudocimus albus
  • Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
  • Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja

ORDER: CATHARTIFORMES

FAMILY: Cathartidae

  • Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura

ORDER: ACCIPITIIFORMES

FAMILY: Pandionidae

FAMILY: Accipitridae

  • White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
  • Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus
  • Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus
  • Cooper’s Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
  • Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
  • Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
  • Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
  • Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
  • Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
  • Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

ORDER: STRIGIFORMES

FAMILY: Tytonidae

  • Barn Owl, Tyto alba

FAMILY: Strigidae

  • Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio
  • Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
  • Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
  • Barred Owl, Strix varia

ORDER: CORACIIFORMES

FAMILY: Alcedinidae

  • Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon

ORDER: PICIFORMES

FAMILY: Picidae

  • Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
  • Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens
  • Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Dryobates borealis
  • Hairy Woodpecker, Dryobates villosus
  • Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus
  • Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus

ORDER: FALCONIFORMES

FAMILY: Falconidae

  • Crested Caracara, Caracara plancus
  • American Kestrel, Falco sparverius

ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES

FAMILY: Psittaculidae

  • Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet, Psittacula krameri

FAMILY: Psittacidae

  • Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus
  • Nanday Parakeet, Aratinga nenday
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Ara ararauna
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw, Ara severus
  • Green Parakeet, Psittacara holochlorus
  • Mitred Parakeet, Psittacara mitratus
  • Red-masked Parakeet, Psittacara erythrogenys
  • White-winged Parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus
  • White-fronted Parrot, Amazona albifrons
  • Red-crowned Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis
  • Lilac-crowned Parrot, Amazona finschi
  • Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica

ORDER: PASSERIFORMES

FAMILY: Tyrannidae

  • Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
  • Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens
  • Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
  • Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe

FAMILY: Vireonidae

  • White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus
  • Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons
  • Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus
  • Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus

FAMILY: Laniidae

  • Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus

FAMILY: Corvidae

  • Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
  • Florida Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
  • American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus

FAMILY: Paridae

  • Carolina Chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
  • Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons

FAMILY: Hirundinidae

  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  • Purple Martin, Progne subis
  • Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica
  • Cliff Swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • Cave Swallow, Petrochelidon fulva

FAMILY: Pycnonotidae

  • Red-whiskered Bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus

FAMILY: Sittidae

  • White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
  • Brown-headed Nuthatch, Sitta pusilla

FAMILY: Muscicapidae

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea

FAMILY: Troglodytidae

  • Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
  • Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris

FAMILY: Mimidae

  • Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
  • Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
  • Bahama Mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii
  • Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos

FAMILY: Sturnidae

  • European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
  • Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis
  • Hill Myna

FAMILY: Turdidae

  • Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis
  • Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina
  • American Robin, Turdus migratorius

FAMILY: Estrildidae

  • Scaly-breasted Munia, Lonchura punctulata

FAMILY: Passeridae

  • House Sparrow, Passer domesticus

FAMILY: Fringillidae

  • House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus

FAMILY: Passerellide

  • Bachman’s Sparrow, Peucaea aestivalis
  • Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum
  • Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina
  • Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla
  • Seaside Sparrow, Ammospiza maritima
  • Eastern Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus

FAMILY: Icteriidae

  • Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens

FAMILY: Icteridae

  • Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna
  • Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius
  • Spot-breasted Oriole, Icterus pectoralis
  • Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis
  • Bronzed Cowbird, Molothrus aeneus
  • Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater
  • Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
  • Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major

FAMILY: Parulidae

  • Louisiana Waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla
  • Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea
  • Swainson’s Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii
  • Kentucky Warbler, Geothlypis formosa
  • Common Yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas
  • Hooded Warbler, Setophaga citrina