Bird

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 12 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 12

Male Wood Duck, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Andrew Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 597535322. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 12
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Florida 12

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

1 of 12

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)*In the Jungle, Florida*, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

SummerMartin Johnson Heade, On the San Sebastian River (c. 1883-90): a tidal river winding through flat marsh under storm clouds at sunset. San Sebastian River, St. Augustine, FloridaOn the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1883-1890. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)*The Great Florida Marsh*, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh); Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreMartin Johnson Heade, Florida Sunrise: still water and a palm-fringed shore glowing at dawn. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, Florida Sunrise, c. 1890-1900)*Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise"*, Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1900. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern 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 Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

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

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

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; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and 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.

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

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.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh

Other habitats in its models (51)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (24)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, 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.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
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 Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer and winter.

Northeast (3)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.

Land cover and other classes (24)

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 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 Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

Year-round: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 194

Blue Crowngrass
Paspalum caespitosum
Native
Coconut Paspalum
Paspalum laxum
Native
Coral Paspalum
Paspalum blodgettii
Native
Gulfdune Paspalum
Paspalum monostachyum
Native
Paspalum plicatulum
Paspalum plicatulum
Native
Paspalum repens
Paspalum repens
Native
Reimar Grass
Paspalum eglume
Native
Rustyseed Paspalum
Paspalum botterii
Native
Sour Crowngrass
Paspalum conjugatum
Native
Thin Crowngrass
Paspalum setaceum
Grass or sedge. Native
Bull Crowngrass
Paspalum boscianum
Grass or sedge. Native
Early Crowngrass
Paspalum praecox
Grass or sedge. Native
Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve
Grass or sedge. Native
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Hairyseed Crowngrass
Paspalum pubiflorum
Grass or sedge. Native
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Grass or sedge. Native
Mudbank Crowngrass
Paspalum dissectum
Grass or sedge. Native
Pitchfork Crowngrass
Paspalum bifidum
Grass or sedge. Native
Seashore Crowngrass
Paspalum vaginatum
Grass or sedge. Native
Florida Jointweed
Polygonum basiramia
Native
Hairy Jointweed
Polygonum delopyrum
Native
Largeflower Jointweed
Polygonum nesomii
Native
Largeleaf Jointweed
Polygonum smallianum
Native
October Flower
Polygonum polygamum var. brachystachyum
Native

Plant genera in its diet records (30)

Paspalum Seeds. 4 diet records. 19 native plants in Florida
Polygonum Seeds. 4 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
Aneilema Seeds. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Brasenia Seeds. 3 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Leersia Seeds. 3 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
Panicum Seeds. 3 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
Potamogeton Leaves. 3 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
Vitis Seeds. 3 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Bidens Seeds. 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Echinochloa Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Liquidambar Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Nymphaea Seeds. 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Quercus Seeds. 2 diet records. 43 native plants in Florida
Rubus Fruit. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Sagittaria Roots. 2 diet records. 12 native plants in Florida
Scleria Seeds. 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
Spirodela Leaves. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Taxodium Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Acer Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Florida
Boehmeria Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
Cephalanthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
Forestiera Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
Glycine Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
Lemna Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Florida
Ludwigia Seeds. 1 diet record. 26 native plants in Florida
Planera Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
Sassafras Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
Triadenum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
Ulmus Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
Viburnum Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Florida

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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.