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Camp Bayou Field Guide

Some of the species you might see at Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, Ruskin, FL 33570.
Please understand that the plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to Hillsborough County, FL imported from the Encyclopedia of Life.
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Black Vulture 1
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 2
Cathartes aura
Cardinals and Allies 3
Cardinalidae
Mockingbirds and Thrashers 4
Mimidae
Carolina Wren 5
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes carolinus
Pileated Woodpecker 7
Dryocopus pileatus
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Sora 8
Porzana carolina
King Rail 9
Rallus elegans
Clapper Rail 10
Rallus longirostris
Virginia Rail 11
Rallus limicola
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Common Gallinule 12
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Wild Turkey 13
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Peafowl 14
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 15
Colinus virginianus
Mangrove Cuckoo 11
Coccyzus minor
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16
Coccyzus americanus
Smooth-billed Ani 17
Crotophaga ani
Belted Kingfisher 18
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 19
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 20
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 21
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 22
Zenaida asiatica
Common Ground-Dove 9
Columbina passerina
White Ibis 23
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 24
Plegadis falcinellus
Red Knot 25
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 26
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 27
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 28
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 29
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 31
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 32
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 9
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 33
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 8
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 25
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 34
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 35
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 36
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 9
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 37
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 38
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 9
Bartramia longicauda
Black-capped Petrel 39
Pterodroma hasitata
Leach's Storm-Petrel 40
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Sooty Shearwater 34
Puffinus griseus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 41
Oceanites oceanicus
Cory's Shearwater 42
Calonectris diomedea
Horned Grebe 25
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 10
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican 31
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 4
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ring-billed Gull 43
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 44
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 45
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 46
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 47
Sterna forsteri
Black Skimmer 48
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 49
Chlidonias niger
Common Loon 9
Gavia immer
Magnificent Frigatebird 33
Fregata magnificens
Peregrine Falcon 50
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 11
Falco sparverius
Merlin 51
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 52
Caracara cheriway
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Kentish Plover 53
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 54
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 25
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 55
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 56
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 57
Himantopus mexicanus
American Oystercatcher 58
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 59
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 25
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 9
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 60
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 9
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 31
Egretta thula
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Great Blue Heron 8
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 61
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 62
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 63
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 64
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 25
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 65
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 66
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 38
Circus cyaneus

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