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Birds of Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL

This guide encompasses the species of birds identified on the main property of the Archbold Biological Station in Venus, Florida. When consulting this list, please keep in mind that many of these species are uncommon or are seen irregularly. Also included are species only seen flying ...more ↓

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Podilymbus podiceps
Brown Pelican 2
Pelecanus occidentalis
Anhinga 3
Anhinga anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird 4
Fregata magnificens
Least Bittern 5
Ixobrychus exilis
Common Loon 6
Gavia immer
Great Blue Heron 7
Ardea herodias
American White Pelican 8
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Phalacrocorax auritus
Snowy Egret 10
Egretta thula
American Bittern 11
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 12
Egretta caerulea
Cattle Egret 13
Bubulcus ibis
Great White Heron
Ardea herodias occidentalis
Great Egret 7
Ardea alba
Tricolored Heron 6
Egretta tricolor
Black-crowned Night-Heron 14
Nycticorax nycticorax
Glossy Ibis 15
Plegadis falcinellus
Black Vulture 16
Coragyps atratus
Green Heron 17
Butorides virescens
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 18
Dendrocygna bicolor
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 19
Nyctanassa violacea
Wood Duck 20
Aix sponsa
White Ibis 21
Eudocimus albus
Mottled Duck 11
Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal 22
Anas discors
Ring-necked Duck 22
Aythya collaris
Hooded Merganser 17
Lophodytes cucullatus
Wood Stork 13
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
Osprey 7
Pandion haliaetus
Northern Shoveler 22
Anas clypeata
Red-breasted Merganser 24
Mergus serrator
Green-winged Teal 25
Anas crecca
White-tailed Kite 26
Elanus leucurus
Snail Kite 4
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Bald Eagle 27
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Gadwall 28
Anas strepera
Northern Harrier 29
Circus cyaneus
Cooper's Hawk 30
Accipiter cooperii
Broad-winged Hawk 31
Buteo platypterus
Ruddy Duck 32
Oxyura jamaicensis
Short-tailed Hawk 33
Buteo brachyurus
American Kestrel 34
Falco sparverius
Merlin 35
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 36
Falco peregrinus
Swallow-tailed Kite 6
Elanoides forficatus
Wild Turkey 37
Meleagris gallopavo
Northern Bobwhite 38
Colinus virginianus
King Rail 39
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 34
Rallus limicola
Sora 7
Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule 40
Gallinula galeata
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41
Accipiter striatus
Black-bellied Plover 11
Pluvialis squatarola
Killdeer 42
Charadrius vociferus
Red-shouldered Hawk 43
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 26
Buteo jamaicensis
Crested Caracara 44
Caracara cheriway
Spotted Sandpiper 45
Actitis macularius
Black-necked Stilt 46
Himantopus mexicanus
White-rumped Sandpiper 6
Calidris fuscicollis
Wilson's Snipe 47
Gallinago delicata
Lesser Yellowlegs 48
Tringa flavipes
Least Sandpiper 10
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Plover 43
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Coot 49
Fulica americana
Long-billed Dowitcher 40
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Caspian Tern 11
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 50
Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern 51
Thalasseus maximus
Bonaparte's Gull 11
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Laughing Gull 6
Leucophaeus atricilla
Solitary Sandpiper 11
Tringa solitaria
Ring-billed Gull 52
Larus delawarensis
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Tringa melanoleuca
Rock Pigeon 53
Columba livia
American Woodcock 6
Scolopax minor
Stilt Sandpiper 54
Calidris himantopus
Sooty Tern 55
Onychoprion fuscatus
Mourning Dove 56
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 6
Columbina passerina
Eurasian Collared-Dove 57
Streptopelia decaocto
Black Skimmer 58
Rynchops niger
Black-billed Cuckoo 6
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
White-winged Dove 59
Zenaida asiatica
Burrowing Owl 49
Athene cunicularia
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 60
Coccyzus americanus
Chuck-will's-widow 61
Antrostomus carolinensis
Barn Owl 62
Tyto alba
Eastern Screech-Owl 63
Megascops asio
Chimney Swift 64
Chaetura pelagica
Great Horned Owl 65
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 66
Megaceryle alcyon
Barred Owl 67
Strix varia
Common Nighthawk 6
Chordeiles minor
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 68
Archilochus colubris

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