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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 ↓

Caspian Tern 1
Hydroprogne caspia
Roseate Tern 2
Sterna dougallii
Forster's Tern 3
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 4
Sterna hirundo
Royal Tern 5
Thalasseus maximus
Gull-billed Tern 6
Gelochelidon nilotica
Sandwich Tern 7
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer 8
Rynchops niger
Turkey Vulture 9
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 10
Coragyps atratus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 12
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 13
Buteo lineatus
Swallow-tailed Kite 14
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 15
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier 16
Circus cyaneus
Osprey 17
Pandion haliaetus
Merlin 18
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 19
Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon 20
Falco peregrinus
Northern Bobwhite 21
Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey 22
Meleagris gallopavo
Belted Kingfisher 23
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 24
Columba livia
Common Ground-Dove 14
Columbina passerina
Eurasian Collared Dove 25
Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove 26
Zenaida macroura
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 27
Coccyzus americanus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Great Horned Owl 28
Bubo virginianus
Eastern Screech-Owl 29
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 30
Strix varia
Chuck-will's-widow 31
Antrostomus carolinensis
Whip-poor-will 32
Antrostomus vociferus
Common Nighthawk 14
Chordeiles minor
Chimney Swift 33
Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 34
Archilochus colubris
Northern Flicker 35
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 36
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 37
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 38
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 39
Picoides borealis
Downy Woodpecker 30
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 40
Picoides villosus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14
Sphyrapicus varius
Eastern Wood-Pewee 14
Contopus virens
Great Crested Flycatcher 14
Myiarchus crinitus
Gray Kingbird 41
Tyrannus dominicensis
Eastern Kingbird 42
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 43
Tyrannus verticalis
Eastern Phoebe 43
Sayornis phoebe
Barn Swallow 44
Hirundo rustica
Purple Martin 45
Progne subis
Florida Scrub Jay 46
Aphelocoma coerulescens
American Crow 10
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 47
Corvus ossifragus
Blue Jay 48
Cyanocitta cristata
Tufted Titmouse 49
Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee 50
Poecile carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 22
Sitta canadensis
Brown-headed Nuthatch 21
Sitta pusilla
Marsh Wren 51
Cistothorus palustris
Carolina Wren 52
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 14
Troglodytes aedon
Sedge Wren 14
Cistothorus platensis
Gray Catbird 14
Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird 16
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 14
Toxostoma rufum
Veery 53
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 54
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 55
Catharus minimus
Wood Thrush 38
Hylocichla mustelina
Eastern Bluebird 56
Sialia sialis
American Robin 26
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 57
Catharus ustulatus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14
Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 58
Regulus satrapa
American Pipit 14
Anthus rubescens
Water Pipit 7
Anthus spinoletta
Cedar Waxwing 29
Bombycilla cedrorum
Loggerhead Shrike 53
Lanius ludovicianus
European Starling 59
Sturnus vulgaris
Yellow-throated Vireo 14
Vireo flavifrons
White-eyed Vireo 14
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Vireo olivaceus
Blue-headed Vireo 14
Vireo solitarius
Black-throated Blue Warbler 14
Setophaga caerulescens
Bay-breasted Warbler 60
Setophaga castanea
Cerulean Warbler 14
Setophaga cerulea
Yellow-rumped Warbler 14
Setophaga coronata
Prairie Warbler 61
Setophaga discolor
Blackburnian Warbler 40
Setophaga fusca
Kirtland's Warbler 62
Setophaga kirtlandii
Magnolia Warbler 63
Setophaga magnolia
Palm Warbler 64
Setophaga palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler 65
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 54
Setophaga petechia
Pine Warbler 14
Setophaga pinus

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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