Birds in Florida

Explore 147 species found in this region.

Visiting in April? Look out for Black-throated Blue Warbler and Blackpoll Warbler arriving this month, and Great Black-backed Gull and Hooded Merganser depart for the season.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated HummingbirdSmallest · 7cm
to
Indian Peafowl
Indian PeafowlLargest · 230cm
Ranges from the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (7cm) to the Indian Peafowl (230cm)41 families represented

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Showing 1–23 of 147 species

ResidentLives here year-roundBreedingVisits to breed in warmer monthsNon-breedingVisits outside breeding seasonPassagePasses through during migrationCommonly spottedReported on most outingsUncommonly spottedPresent but not always seenRarely spottedFew sightings each year
American Avocet

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americanaLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Aug–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Bittern

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosusLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Crow

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchosLC

ResidentCommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Herring Gull

American Herring Gull

Larus smithsonianusLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Redstart

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticillaLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Robin

American Robin

Turdus migratoriusLC

Non-breedingUncommonly spotted

Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Baltimore Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbulaLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Sep–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rusticaLC

BreedingUncommonly spotted

Mar–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Barred Owl

Barred Owl

Strix variaLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bay-breasted Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Setophaga castaneaLC

PassageRarely spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black Tern

Black Tern

Chlidonias nigerLC

PassageRarely spotted

Jul–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-crowned Night-heron

Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticoraxLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescensLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Apr–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga virensLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blackpoll Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striataNT

PassageUncommonly spotted

Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blue Jay

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristataLC

ResidentCommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blue-headed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Vireo solitariusLC

Non-breedingUncommonly spotted

Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bobolink

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC

PassageRarely spotted

Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bonaparte's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphiaLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Dec–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Broad-winged Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterusLC

PassageRarely spotted

Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl

Athene cuniculariaLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Jan–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Branta canadensisLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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