Bird

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in 52 of 67 counties, across 16 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 52 of 67 counties
Habitats: 16

Male Canada Goose, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Irina Mitine, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 624330364. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 52 of 67 counties
Habitats: 16
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 16

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier; South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin SwampRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Southeast Florida Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

SummerWinter

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

SummerWinterCentral Florida Herbaceous Pondshore; Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

SummerWinterFlorida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh; Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerWinterOnly within 500 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerWinterOnly within 500 m of water.Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine

Other habitats in its models (79)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer and winter.
Barren Land Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Sandy Beach Winter.
Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
Louisiana Beach Winter.
Great Lakes Dune Summer.
Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer and winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer and winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Cumberland Riverscour Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer and winter, only within 500 m of water.