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GTM Research Reserve Bird Guide

This a Field Guide of Birds that have been site verified.

Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM Research Reserve) is dedicated to the conservation of natural biodiversity and cultural resources through research and monitoring to guide science-based stewardship ...more ↓

Wild turkey 1
Meleagris gallopavo osceola
Nelson's Sparrow
Ammodramus nelsoni alter
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus americanus
Downy Woodpecker 3
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 7
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 8
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9
Sphyrapicus varius
Nandayus nenday 10
Aratinga nenday
Monk Parakeet 11
Myiopsitta monachus
Rose-ringed Parakeet 12
Psittacula krameri
Otus asio 13
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 3
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 14
Bubo virginianus
Barn Owl 15
Tyto alba
Ceryle alcyon 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 17
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 9
Columbina passerina
Wood Stork 19
Mycteria americana
Sora 20
Porzana carolina
King Rail 21
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 22
Rallus limicola
Mangrove Rail 23
Rallus longirostris
Eurasian Moorhen 24
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 25
Fulica americana
Porphyrula martinica 26
Porphyrio martinicus
Sandhill Crane 27
Grus canadensis
Limpkin 28
Aramus guarauna
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 29
Chaetura pelagica
Northern Bobwhite 30
Colinus virginianus
Sanderling 31
Calidris alba
Dunlin 32
Calidris alpina
Red Knot 33
Calidris canutus
Stilt Sandpiper 34
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 35
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 36
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 37
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 26
Limnodromus griseus
Lesser Yellowlegs 38
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 33
Tringa melanoleuca
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 9
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 33
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 20
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 39
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 40
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 9
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 41
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 42
Limosa fedoa
Actitis macularia 43
Actitis macularius
Larus philadelphia 33
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Sterna anaethetus 44
Onychoprion anaethetus
Sterna fuscata 45
Onychoprion fuscatus
Sterna antillarum 46
Sternula antillarum
Sterna nilotica 47
Gelochelidon nilotica
Sterna caspia 33
Hydroprogne caspia
Sterna maxima 48
Thalasseus maximus
Sterna sandvicensis 41
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Herring Gull 49
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 50
Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull 51
Larus marinus
Forster's Tern 52
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 53
Sterna hirundo
Black-legged Kittiwake 54
Rissa tridactyla
Black Skimmer 55
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 56
Chlidonias niger
Larus atricilla 9
Leucophaeus atricilla
Piping Plover 57
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 58
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 59
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 33
Charadrius wilsonia
Black-bellied Plover 33
Pluvialis squatarola
American Oystercatcher 60
Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt 61
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 62
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic Jaeger 63
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 64
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 9
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 65
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 33
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 66
Podilymbus podiceps
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 67
Oceanites oceanicus
Roseate Spoonbill 21
Platalea ajaja
White Ibis 68
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 11
Plegadis falcinellus
American White Pelican 69
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 36
Pelecanus occidentalis
Little Blue Heron 70
Egretta caerulea
Reddish Egret 71
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 36
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron 9
Egretta tricolor
Great Egret 20
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 20
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 72
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 73
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 13
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 74
Bubulcus ibis

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