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Birds of Florida, with their seasons and habitats.

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301 birds

  1. Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensSummer and migratory
    Birds
  2. American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter and migratory
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  3. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter
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  4. American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter
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  5. American CootFulica americanaYear-round
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  6. American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosYear-round
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  7. American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberYear-round
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  8. American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisWinter
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  9. American KestrelFalco sparveriusYear-round
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  10. American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusYear-round
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  11. American PipitAnthus rubescensWinter
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  12. American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaYear-round and migratory
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  13. American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round. 51 fruit and seed plants
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  14. American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWinter and migratory
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  15. American WigeonAnas americanaWinter
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  16. American WoodcockScolopax minorYear-round
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  17. AnhingaAnhinga anhingaYear-round
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  18. Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachiiSummer
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  19. Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisYear-round
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  20. Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusYear-round
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  21. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter and migratory
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  22. Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaMigratory
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  23. Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer
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  24. Barred OwlStrix variaYear-round
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  25. Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaMigratory
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  26. Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round
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  27. Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliMigratory
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  28. Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisYear-round
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  29. Black SkimmerRynchops nigerYear-round
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  30. Black TernChlidonias nigerMigratory
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  31. Black VultureCoragyps atratusYear-round
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  32. Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta variaWinter and migratory
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  33. Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter
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  34. Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisYear-round
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  35. Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusMigratory
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  36. Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxYear-round
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  37. Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusYear-round
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  38. Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensWinter and migratory
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  39. Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensWinter and migratory
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  40. Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquusSummer
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  41. Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaMigratory
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  42. Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataMigratory
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  43. Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSummer
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  44. Blue JayCyanocitta cristataYear-round
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  45. Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaYear-round
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  46. Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter
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  47. Blue-winged TealAnas discorsWinter and migratory
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  48. Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusMigratory
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  49. Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorYear-round
    Birds
  50. BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusMigratory
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  51. Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter
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  52. Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusWinter
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  53. Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusSummer
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  54. Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusYear-round and migratory
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  55. Brown CreeperCerthia americanaWinter
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  56. Brown NoddyAnous stolidusSummer
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  57. Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisYear-round
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  58. Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumYear-round
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  59. Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterYear-round
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  60. Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaYear-round
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  61. Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisWinter
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  62. BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter and migratory
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  63. Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaYear-round
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  64. Canada GooseBranta canadensisYear-round
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  65. Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisMigratory
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  66. CanvasbackAythya valisineriaWinter
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  67. Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaWinter and migratory
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  68. Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisYear-round
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  69. Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusYear-round
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  70. Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  71. Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaSummer
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  72. Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter. 25 fruit and seed plants
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  73. Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaMigratory
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  74. Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaMigratory
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  75. Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  76. Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaYear-round and migratory
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  77. Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisYear-round
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  78. Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaSummer and migratory
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  79. Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter
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  80. Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaYear-round
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  81. Common Ground-doveColumbina passerinaYear-round
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  82. Common LoonGavia immerWinter and migratory
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  83. Common MynaAcridotheres tristisYear-round
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  84. Common NighthawkChordeiles minorSummer
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  85. Common TernSterna hirundoWinter and migratory
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  86. Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasYear-round
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  87. Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisMigratory
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  88. Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round
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  89. Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayYear-round
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  90. Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter
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  91. DickcisselSpiza americanaMigratory
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  92. Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusYear-round
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  93. Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensYear-round
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  94. DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter and migratory
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  95. Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisYear-round. 28 fruit and seed plants
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  96. Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensisYear-round
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  97. Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusSummer
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  98. Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeWinter
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  99. Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioYear-round
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  100. Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusYear-round
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  101. Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virensSummer and migratory
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  102. Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round
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  103. Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeWinter
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  104. European StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round
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  105. Field SparrowSpizella pusillaYear-round
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  106. Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusYear-round
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  107. Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridanaYear-round
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  108. Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanusYear-round
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  109. Florida Scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescensYear-round
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  110. Forster's TernSterna forsteriYear-round and migratory
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  111. Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter
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  112. Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolorYear-round
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  113. GadwallAnas streperaWinter
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  114. Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
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  115. Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusYear-round
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  116. Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaWinter
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  117. Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraMigratory
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  118. Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumYear-round
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  119. Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisYear-round
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  120. Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensisSummer
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  121. Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter
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  122. Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round
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  123. Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusYear-round
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  124. Great EgretArdea albaYear-round
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  125. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round
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  126. Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter and migratory
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  127. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter and migratory
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  128. Green HeronButorides virescensYear-round
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  129. Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaYear-round
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  130. Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusYear-round
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  131. Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiWinter
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  132. Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter
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  133. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusYear-round
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  134. Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaSummer and migratory
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  135. Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter
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  136. Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisYear-round
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  137. House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusYear-round
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  138. House SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round
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  139. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaYear-round and migratory
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  140. Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusSummer and migratory
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  141. KilldeerCharadrius vociferusYear-round
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  142. King RailRallus elegansYear-round
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  143. Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter
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  144. Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaYear-round
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  145. Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiWinter
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  146. Least BitternIxobrychus exilisYear-round
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  147. Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter and migratory
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  148. Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter
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  149. Least TernSternula antillarumSummer
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  150. Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter
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  151. Lesser ScaupAythya affinisWinter
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  152. Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter and migratory
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  153. LimpkinAramus guaraunaYear-round
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  154. Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter and migratory
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  155. Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaYear-round
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  156. Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter
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  157. Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusYear-round
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  158. Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusWinter
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  159. Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter
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  160. Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaSummer and migratory
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  161. Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensYear-round
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  162. Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaMigratory
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  163. MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter
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  164. Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minorYear-round
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  165. Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter
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  166. Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisYear-round and migratory
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  167. Masked BoobySula dactylatraYear-round
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  168. MerlinFalco columbariusWinter
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  169. Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisSummer
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  170. Mitred ParakeetAratinga mitrataYear-round
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  171. Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusYear-round
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  172. Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaYear-round
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  173. Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraYear-round
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  174. Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaMigratory
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  175. Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniWinter
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  176. Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusYear-round
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  177. Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisYear-round. 13 fruit and seed plants
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  178. Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
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  179. Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosYear-round
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  180. Northern ParulaParula americanaYear-round and migratory
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  181. Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter
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  182. Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisYear-round
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  183. Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter
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  184. Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataWinter
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  185. Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisWinter and migratory
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  186. Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataWinter
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  187. Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusSummer and migratory
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  188. OspreyPandion haliaetusYear-round
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  189. OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter and migratory
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  190. Painted BuntingPasserina cirisYear-round
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  191. Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumWinter
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  192. Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusMigratory
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  193. Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter
    Birds
  194. Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsYear-round
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  195. Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusYear-round
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  196. Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusWinter
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  197. Pine WarblerDendroica pinusYear-round
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  198. Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter
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  199. Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorYear-round
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  200. Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  201. Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusWinter
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  202. Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaYear-round
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  203. Purple MartinProgne subisSummer
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  204. Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter
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  205. Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYear-round
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  206. Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter and migratory
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  207. Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter
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  208. Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisYear-round
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  209. Red-crowned ParrotAmazona viridigenalisYear-round
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  210. Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusYear-round
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  211. Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusYear-round
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  212. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round
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  213. Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter
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  214. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
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  215. Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensYear-round and migratory
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  216. RedheadAythya americanaWinter
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  217. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter
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  218. Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisWinter
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  219. Rock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round
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  220. Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusMigratory
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  221. Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaYear-round
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  222. Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer
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  223. Royal TernThalasseus maximusYear-round
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  224. Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaWinter
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  225. Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisYear-round
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  226. Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter
    Birds
  227. Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter
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  228. Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusWinter
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  229. Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusWinter
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  230. Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutusWinter
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  231. SanderlingCalidris albaWinter
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  232. Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisYear-round
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  233. Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisYear-round
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  234. Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisWinter
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  235. Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaMigratory
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  236. Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusYear-round
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  237. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter and migratory
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  238. Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusYear-round
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  239. Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisSummer
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  240. Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter
    Birds
  241. Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter
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  242. Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusSummer
    Birds
  243. Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisYear-round
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  244. Snowy EgretEgretta thulaYear-round
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  245. Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosusYear-round
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  246. Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaMigratory
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  247. Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter
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  248. Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusSummer
    Birds
  249. SoraPorzana carolinaWinter and migratory
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  250. Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisYear-round
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  251. Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusWinter and migratory
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  252. Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter and migratory
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  253. Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSummer and migratory
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  254. Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter
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  255. Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusMigratory
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  256. Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSummer and migratory
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  257. Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusSummer
    Birds
  258. Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter
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  259. Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaMigratory
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  260. Thayer's GullLarus thayeriWinter
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  261. Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorWinter
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  262. Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorYear-round
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  263. Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorYear-round
    Birds
  264. Turkey VultureCathartes auraYear-round
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  265. Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaMigratory
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  266. VeeryCatharus fuscescensMigratory
    Birds
  267. Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter
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  268. Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter
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  269. Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter
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  270. Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter
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  271. Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter
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  272. Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosusWinter
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  273. White IbisEudocimus albusYear-round
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  274. White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round
    Birds
  275. White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephalaYear-round
    Birds
  276. White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter
    Birds
  277. White-eyed VireoVireo griseusYear-round
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  278. White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiYear-round
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  279. White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusYear-round
    Birds
  280. White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter
    Birds
  281. White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaYear-round
    Birds
  282. Whooping CraneGrus americanaYear-round
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  283. Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoYear-round
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  284. WilletTringa semipalmataYear-round
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  285. Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiMigratory
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  286. Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaYear-round
    Birds
  287. Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWinter
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  288. Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaMigratory
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  289. Wood DuckAix sponsaYear-round
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  290. Wood StorkMycteria americanaYear-round
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  291. Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaSummer and migratory. 24 fruit and seed plants
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  292. Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumSummer and migratory
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  293. Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisWinter
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  294. Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisMigratory
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  295. Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter
    Birds
  296. Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusSummer
    Birds
  297. Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensSummer
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  298. Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violaceaYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  299. Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataWinter
    Birds
  300. Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsSummer and migratory
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  301. Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominicaYear-round
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Seasons and counties: known range in the USGS range maps (2001), not sighting records. Summer and winter include year-round birds.