Apalachicola River Bird List Apalachicola River Wildlife Management Area Symbols used in this checklist Type species confirmed on this site species probably occurs on this site, based on habitat, range and (usually) confirmed occurrence in nearby regions. exotic (non-native) species Seasons March-May June-August September-November December-February Species is known to breed in the area Species probably breeds in the area Florida s Wildlife Management Areas and Environmental Areas are home to an incredible diversity of birds. A continuous turnover of species in response to migratory movements ensures birders ever-changing experiences matched to the seasons. We have prepared this checklist of birds to help you keep track of our spectacular and precious birdlife. You may also consult on-line with FWC s Bird atlas data (MyFWC.com/bba). Birds occurring near the WMA/WEA, but not actually recorded within its borders, are counted on the list if suitable habitat exists and if reasonable probability exists that the bird will occur there in the future. Thus, very rare birds recorded outside the WMA are not included on the list, but common birds are. How you can help This checklist is just a starting point. We are counting on you and other birders to let us know if you note additions or changes in status to species on this list. Please send corrections to: Office of Recreation Services Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 S. Meridian Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 For more information visit MyFWC.com/recreation
Ducks, geese and swans 2 Fulvous Whistling- Duck Snow Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Mottled Duck Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck New World quail Northern Bobwhite Grouse, turkeys and Old World quail Loons Grebes Wild Turkey Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Boobies and gannets Pelicans Northern Gannet American White Pelican Brown Pelican Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant Anhingas and darters Anhinga Herons, bitterns and allies American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Ibises and spoonbills Storks White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork New World vultures Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Hawks, kites and eagles Osprey Swallow-tailed Kite Mississippi Kite Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Caracaras and falcons American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Rails, gallinules and coots Black Rail Clapper Rail King Rail Virginia Rail
Sora Limpkins Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen American Coot Limpkin Lapwings and plovers Black-bellied Plover American Golden- Plover Snowy Plover Wilson s Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer Oystercatchers American Oystercatcher Stilts and avocets Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Sandpipers, phalaropes and allies Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird s Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson s Snipe American Woodcock Gulls, terns and skimmers Bonaparte s Gull Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Forster s Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Black Skimmer Pigeons and doves Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared- Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Common Ground-Dove Cuckoos and anis Barn owls Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Barn Owl Typical owls Nightjars Swifts Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Common Nighthawk Chuck-will s-widow Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Hummingbirds Ruby-throated Hummingbird Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher Woodpeckers and allies Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-cockaded Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Tyrant flycatchers Shrikes Vireos Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Gray Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Crows and jays Blue Jay Swallows American Crow Fish Crow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Roughwinged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Chickadees and titmice Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Nuthatches Creepers Wrens Kinglets Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gnatcatchers Thrushes Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson s Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Mockingbirds and thrashers Starlings Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Wagtails and pipits Waxwings American Pipit Sprague s Pipit Cedar Waxwing Wood-s Blue-winged Golden-winged Tennessee Orange-crowned
Northern Parula Yellow Chestnut-sided Magnolia Cape May Black-throated Blue Yellow-rumped Black-throated Green Blackburnian Yellow-throated Pine Prairie Palm Bay-breasted Blackpoll Cerulean Black-and-white American Redstart Prothonotary Worm-eating Swainson s Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Emberizids Kentucky Connecticut Common Yellowthroat Hooded Wilson s Canada Yellow-breasted Chat Eastern Towhee Bachman s Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow s Sparrow Le Conte s Sparrow Nelson s Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln s Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Cardinals and allies Tanager Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Dickcissel Blackbirds Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Brewer s Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Finches and allies Purple Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Old World sparrows House Sparrow 5
Acknowledgements: This list was compiled for the FWC s Office of Recreation Services by Adam Kent, based on site visits, previously compiled bird lists from the area or nearby, input from biologists and birders familiar with the site, and habitat data. Dr. Karl Miller, Avian Coordinator for Landbirds, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, assisted with the design of the checklist. 6