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MatBio: BIRDS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Common Loon 1
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 2
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 3
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 4
Podiceps grisegena
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Podilymbus podiceps
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 6
Oceanites oceanicus
American White Pelican 7
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 8
Pelecanus occidentalis
Northern Gannet 9
Morus bassanus
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga 11
Anhinga anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird 12
Fregata magnificens
Great Blue Heron 13
Ardea herodias
American Bittern 3
Botaurus lentiginosus
Cattle Egret 14
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 15
Butorides virescens
Little Blue Heron 16
Egretta caerulea
Reddish Egret 17
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 8
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron 1
Egretta tricolor
Least Bittern 18
Ixobrychus exilis
Black-crowned Night-Heron 19
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Egret 13
Ardea alba
Wood Stork 20
Mycteria americana
White Ibis 21
Eudocimus albus
Roseate Spoonbill 22
Platalea ajaja
Glossy Ibis 23
Plegadis falcinellus
Wood Duck 24
Aix sponsa
Northern Pintail 25
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 26
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 27
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 28
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 27
Anas discors
Mottled Duck 3
Anas fulvigula
Mallard 29
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 15
Anas rubripes
Lesser Scaup 30
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck 27
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Canvasback 1
Aythya valisineria
Brant 31
Branta bernicla
Common Goldeneye 32
Bucephala clangula
Snow Goose 27
Chen caerulescens
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 12
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 33
Dendrocygna bicolor
Hooded Merganser 15
Lophodytes cucullatus
White-winged Scoter 27
Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter 34
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 27
Melanitta perspicillata
Red-breasted Merganser 35
Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck 36
Oxyura jamaicensis
Gadwall 37
Anas strepera
Redhead
Aythya americana
Bufflehead 27
Bucephala albeola
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 38
Nyctanassa violacea
Florida Sandhill Crane 39
Grus canadensis pratensis
Limpkin 40
Aramus guarauna
American Coot 41
Fulica americana
Eurasian Moorhen 42
Gallinula chloropus
Purple Gallinule 12
Porphyrio martinicus
Sora 13
Porzana carolina
King Rail 22
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 10
Rallus limicola
Mangrove Rail 43
Rallus longirostris
American Oystercatcher 44
Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt 32
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 45
Recurvirostra americana
Semipalmated Plover 46
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 47
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 3
Charadrius wilsonia
Black-bellied Plover 3
Pluvialis squatarola
Piping Plover 48
Charadrius melodus
Spotted Sandpiper 49
Actitis macularius
Ruddy Turnstone 50
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling 51
Calidris alba
Red Knot 3
Calidris canutus
Western Sandpiper 24
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 8
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 52
Calidris pusilla
Willet 1
Tringa semipalmata
Common Snipe 53
Gallinago gallinago
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 13
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Marbled Godwit 2
Limosa fedoa
Whimbrel 54
Numenius phaeopus
American Woodcock 1
Scolopax minor
Lesser Yellowlegs 55
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Tringa solitaria
Dunlin 56
Calidris alpina
Black Tern 57
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 58
Larus argentatus
Laughing Gull 1
Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull 59
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 60
Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull 61
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 62
Larus marinus
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Least Tern 63
Sternula antillarum

Edited by matbio, and Jose Nunez

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