Bird
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 20 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 20

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 20
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 20
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.


Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)







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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.
Tidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores.
Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.
Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.
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.
Other habitats in its models (154)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.
In Florida 5
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer and winter.
- South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer and winter.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer and winter.
Elsewhere in the South (77)
- Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
- Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer and winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer and winter.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
- Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer and winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
- Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer and winter.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
Northeast (12)
- Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
Midwest (9)
- Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- North-Central Oak Barrens Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
Land cover and other classes (51)
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer and winter.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
- Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer and winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer and winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer and winter, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
- Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Seasons in Florida
- Year-round: nests here, in 64 of 67 counties.
- Summer: nests here, in 20 of 67 counties.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Osprey uses many habitats in Florida; these are its 3 most characteristic.
Swamps
Birds 94
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Plants 353
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Iris hexagonaIris hexagona
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
Pine flatwoods
Birds 70
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriway
- Florida Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Florida Grasshoper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum floridanus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Plants 315
- Vaccinium darrowiiVaccinium darrowii
- Vaccinium myrsinitesVaccinium myrsinites
- Chapman's CrownbeardVerbesina chapmanii
- Verbesina heterophyllaVerbesina heterophylla
- ScareweedBaptisia simplicifolia
- Florida IronweedVernonia blodgettii
- Scrubland GoldenasterChrysopsis subulata
- Telephus SpurgeEuphorbia telephioides
- Florida Sands St.john's-wortHypericum exile
- Hypericum microsepalumHypericum microsepalum
- Oclemena reticulataOclemena reticulata
- Garber's GayfeatherLiatris garberi
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Birds 76
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Plants 286
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Spruce Pine; Walters Pine; Cedar PinePinus glabra
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
- Arnoglossum sulcatumArnoglossum sulcatum
- Gulf Sebastian-bushDitrysinia fruticosa
- American BladdernutStaphylea trifolia
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Osprey
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)














































