Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in Florida, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within Florida.
Smooth-billed Ani
Shiny Cowbird
Mangrove Cuckoo
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
White-crowned Pigeon
Short-tailed Hawk
Whooping Crane
Florida Scrub-Jay
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Snail Kite
Bachman’s Sparrow
King Rail
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gull-billed Tern
Seaside Sparrow
Magnificent Frigatebird
Bronzed Cowbird
Snowy Plover
Purple Gallinule
Sandwich Tern
Reddish Egret
Northern Gannet
Limpkin
Clapper Rail
White-tailed Kite
Crested Caracara
Northern Bobwhite
Black Skimmer
American Oystercatcher
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Common Ground Dove
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mottled Duck
Painted Bunting
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Yellow-throated Warbler
Royal Tern
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Anhinga
Tricolored Heron
Boat-tailed Grackle
Little Blue Heron
White Ibis
Indigo Bunting
Antillean Nighthawk
Black Rail
Black-whiskered Vireo
Sooty Tern
Roseate Tern
Gray Kingbird
Swainson’s Warbler
Cave Swallow
Chuck-will’s-widow
Swallow-tailed Kite
Kentucky Warbler
Mississippi Kite
Louisiana Waterthrush
Prothonotary Warbler
Least Tern
Hooded Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Summer Tanager
American Flamingo
Groove-billed Ani
Nelson’s Sparrow
Purple Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Henslow’s Sparrow
Wilson’s Plover
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Sedge Wren
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Scoter
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Red-throated Loon
Marbled Godwit
Vermilion Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Surf Scoter
Sanderling
Great Black-backed Gull
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