Bird Checklists of the United States
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
Naples, Florida
+ = probable occurance
Total species = 151
GREBES (Family Podicipedidae)
___ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
ANHINGAS (Family Anhingidae)
___ Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
CORMORANTS (Family Phalacrocoracidae)
___ Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacorcorax auritus)
HERONS (Family Ardeidae)
___ Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
___ American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
___ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
___ Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
___ Green Heron (Butorides striatus)
___ Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
___ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
___ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
___ Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
___ Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
___ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
STORKS (Family Ciconiidae)
___ Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
IBISES, SPOONBILLS (Family Threskiornithidae)
___ Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
___ White Ibis (Eudocimas albus)
___ Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)
CRANES (Family Gruidae)
___ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
DUCKS (Family Anatidae)
___ Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
___ Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
___ American Wigeon (Anas americana)+
___ Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)+
___ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
___ Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)+
___ Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
___ Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
___ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
LIMPKIN (Family Aramidae)
___ Limpkin (Aramus guarana)
RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS (Family Rallidae)
___ King Rail (Rallus elegans)
___ Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)+
___ Sora (Porzana carolina)+
___ Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)+
___ Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
___ American Coot (Fulica americana)
___ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
PLOVERS (Family Charadriidae)
___ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
SANDPIPERS (Family Scolopacidae)
___ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)+
___ Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
___ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)+
___ Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
___ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)+
___ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)+
AMERICAN VULTURES (Family Cathartidae)
___ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
___ Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES (Family Accipitridae)
___ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
___ American Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
___ Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
___ Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatis)
___ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
___ Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
___ Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
___ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
___ Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
___ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
FALCONS (Family Falconidae)
___ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius paulus)
___ Merlin (Falco columbarius)+
___ Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
GROUSE, PTARMIGANS (Family Phasianidae)
___ Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
___ Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
PIGEONS, DOVES (Family Columbidae)
___ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
___ Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
CUCKOOS, ANIS (Family Cuculidae)
___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
OWLS (Families Tytonidae and Strinidae)
___ Barn Owl (Tyto alba)+
___ Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
___ Barred Owl (Strix varia)
___ Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio)
NIGHTJARS (Family Caprimulgidae)
___ Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis)
___ Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
___ Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
SWIFTS (Family Apodidae)
___ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)+
HUMMINGBIRDS (Family Trochilidae)
___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
KINGFISHERS (Family Alcedinidae)
___ Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
WOODPECKERS (Family Picidae)
___ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
___ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
___ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)+
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
___ Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)+
___ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
___ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
___ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (Family Tyrannidae)
___ Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
___ Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)+
___ Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
___ Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
___ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)+
___ Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
SWALLOWS (Family Hirundinidae)
___ Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
___ Purple Martin (Progne subis)+
JAYS, CROWS, MAGPIES (Family Corvidae)
___ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
___ American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
___ Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
TITMICE, CHICKADEES (Family Paridae)
___ Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
WRENS (Family Troglodytidae)
___ House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
___ Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
___ Marsh Wren (Cistithorus palustris)+
THRUSHES (Family Muscicapidae)
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)+
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
___ Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
___ Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
___ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
___ Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
___ American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
SHRIKES (Family Laniidae)
___ Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
MIMIC THRUSHES (Family Mimidae)
___ Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
___ Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
___ Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
WAXWINGS (Family Bombycillidae)
___ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
VIREOS (Fannily Vireonidae)
___ White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
___ Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
___ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
___ Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)+
WARBLER, SPARROWS (Family Emberizidae)
___ Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
___ Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)+
___ Northern Parula (Parula americana)
___ Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
___ Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
___ Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)+
___ Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)+
___ Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)+
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
___ Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
___ Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
___ Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor)
___ Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus)
___ Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
___ Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
___ Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)+
___ Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)+
___ Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus)
___ Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
___ Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus mootacilla)+
___ Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)+
___ Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
___ American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
___ Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
___ Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
___ Rufous-sided Towhee (Pipilo erythrophalmus)+
___ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)+
___ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)+
___ Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)+
___ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)+
___ Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)+
___ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)+
___ Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
___ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
___ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
___ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
___ Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
FINCHES (Family Fringillidae)
___ American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
For more information please contact:
Refuge Manager
Florida Panther NWR
Ten Thousand Island NWR
3860 Tollgate Blvd., Suite 300
Naples, Florida 33942-5444
Telephone: 813/353-8442
This resource is based on the following source:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No date. Florida Panther National Wildlife
Refuge bird checklist. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2 pages.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No date. Florida Panther National Wildlife
Refuge bird checklist. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2 pages.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govflpanthr.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
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