Bird

Thayer's Gull

Larus thayeri

A winter visitor to Florida, found in 34 of 67 counties and 4 habitats.

Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 34 of 67 counties
Habitats: 4

Adult Thayer's Gull, whole bird — Adult. (c) Rudyard, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 336149026. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 34 of 67 counties
Habitats: 4
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Florida 4

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

1 of 4

Georgia pond and emergent wetland — WinterOpen Water (Fresh)Regional / 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.

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.

Winter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterDeveloped, Open Space

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.

WinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Other habitats in its models (3)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.

Seasons in Florida

Winter: does not nest here, in 34 of 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 269

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.

Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Spot-breasted Oriole
Icterus pectoralis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Birds. 1 shared habitat
White-crowned Pigeon
Patagioenas leucocephala
Birds. 1 shared habitat
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Birds. 1 shared habitat

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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