GUANA RIVER BIRD LIST Guana River Wildlife Management Area Symbols Used in This Checklist Type Seasons species confirmed on this site species probably occurs on this site, based on habitat, range and (usually) confirmed occurrence in nearby regions. exotic (non-native) species March-May June-August September-November December-February Species is known to breed in the area Florida s Wildlife Management Areas and Environmental Areas are home to an incredible diversity of birds. A continuous turnover of species in response to migratory movements ensures birders ever-changing experiences matched to the seasons. We have prepared this checklist of birds to help you keep track of our spectacular and precious birdlife. You may also consult on-line with FWC s Bird atlas data (MyFWC.com/bba). Species probably breeds in the area Birds occurring near the WMA/WEA, but not actually recorded within its borders, are counted on the list if suitable habitat exists and if reasonable probability exists that the bird will occur there in the future. Thus, very rare birds recorded outside the WMA are not included on the list, but common birds are. How you can help This checklist is just a starting point. We are counting on you and other birders to let us know if you note additions or changes in status to species on this list. Please send corrections to: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission MyFWC.com Office of Recreation Services Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 S. Meridian Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 For more information visit MyFWC.com/recreation
LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe GANNET Northern Gannet PELICANS American White Pelican Brown Pelican CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant ANHINGA Anhinga FRIGATEBIRD Magnificent Frigatebird BITTERNS, HERONS AND EGRETS American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Reddish Egret Cattle Egret IBIS White Ibis Glossy Ibis Roseate Spoonbill STORK Wood Stork NEW WORLD VULTURES Black Vulture Turkey Vulture DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Snow Goose Canada Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Mottled Duck Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Guana River Wildlife Management Area Page 2
Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck OSPREY, KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES Osprey Swallow-tailed Kite Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk FALCONS American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon TURKEY Wild Turkey QUAIL Northern Bobwhite RAILS, GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS Clapper Rail King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen American Coot LIMPKIN Limpkin CRANES Sandhill Crane PLOVERS Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Wilson s Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer OYSTERCATCHER American Oystercatcher STILTS AND AVOCET Black-necked Stilt American Avocet SANDPIPERS Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper Whimbrel Guana River Wildlife Management Area Page 3
Long-billed Curlew Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson s Snipe American Woodcock GULLS AND TERNS Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Laughing Gull Bonaparte s Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Common Tern Forster s Tern Least Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Black Tern Black Skimmer PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Common Ground-Dove CUCKOOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo BARN OWL Barn Owl OWLS Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl GOATSUCKERS Common Nighthawk Chuck-will s-widow Whip-poor-will SWIFTS Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Ruby-throated Hummingbird KINGFISHER Belted Kingfisher Guana River Wildlife Management Area Page 4
WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker FLYCATCHERS Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Gray Kingbird SHRIKES Loggerhead Shrike VIREOS White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo JAYS AND CROWS Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow MARTINS AND SWALLOWS Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow CHICKADEES AND TITMICE Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch WRENS Carolina Wren House Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet GNATCATCHERS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher THRUSHES Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson s Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Guana River Wildlife Management Area Page 5
American Robin CATBIRD, MOCKINGBIRD AND THRASHER Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher STARLING European Starling PIPIT American Pipit WAXWING Cedar Waxwing NEW WORLD WARBLERS Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson s Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat TANAGERS Tanager Scarlet Tanager TOWHEE, SPARROWS AND JUNCO Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Nelson s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Guana River Wildlife Management Area Page 6
NOTES Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting CARDINAL, GROSBEAKS AND BUNTINGS Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES AND ORIOLES Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole FINCHES Purple Finch American Goldfinch OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow Acknowledgements: This list was compiled for the FWC s Office of Recreation Services by Adam Kent, based on site visits, previously compiled bird lists from the area or nearby, input from biologists and birders familiar with the site, and habitat data. Dr. Karl Miller, Avian Coordinator for Landbirds, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, assisted with the design of the checklist. Guana River Wildlife Management Area Page 7