Jun 19, 2026
Southeast Gainesville Residential Districti
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Birding Guide
Birding Guide for Florida
Wetlands, coasts, springs, birds, and alligators
Birding highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for birds in Florida. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
984
Species
132
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Birds across Florida
This guide focuses on birdlife within Florida's wider region guide, helping families explore common sightings, shoreline birds, forest species, and the places where birding is easier to begin.
Latest Sightings
Recent bird sightings in Florida
A recent look at bird sightings across Florida.
Jun 18, 2026
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic Districti
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Jun 18, 2026
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic Districti
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Jun 14, 2026
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Parki
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Jun 7, 2026
Sunken Gardensi
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Jun 6, 2026
The Seas with Nemo & Friendsi
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Sightings Map
See where bird sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where bird sightings cluster across Florida.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 birds to see in Florida
These birds are snapped the most across this region.
Northern Cardinal
76 snaps
Great Blue Heron
53 snaps
Northern Mockingbird
48 snaps
Brown Pelican
45 snaps
Anhinga
33 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for birding in Florida
These place guides connect well with the birds covered in this region.
Park39 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Harry P. Leu Gardens
You might spot Brown Anole, White Ibis, and Anhinga.
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Park36 sightings50 species
Florida, US
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District
You might spot Brown Anole, Great Egret, and Snowy Egret.
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Park47 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Silver Springs
You might spot Anhinga, American Alligator, and Wood Duck.
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Park36 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
You might spot Anole, Eastern Box Turtle, and Golden Silk Spider.
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Park41 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
You might spot American Alligator, Brown Anole, and Red-Shouldered Hawk.
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Park43 sightings11 species
Florida, US
Lake Underhill Park
You might spot Anole, Common Gallinule, and White Beggarticks.
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Full Guide
Full Florida birds list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Northern Cardinal
Great Blue Heron
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Pelican
Anhinga
White Ibis
Mourning Dove
Osprey
Sandhill Crane
Blue Jay
Little Blue Heron
Muscovy Duck
Eastern Bluebird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great Egret
Barred Owl
Green Heron
Limpkin
Vulture
Duck
Indian Peafowl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Double-crested Cormorant
House Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Silkie Chicken
Snowy Egret
Common Grackle
Egyptian Goose
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Tufted Titmouse
Wood Duck
Black-crowned Night Heron
Laughing Gull
Pileated Woodpecker
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown Thrasher
Common Gallinule
Wood Stork
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Palm Warbler
Purple Martin
Red-headed Woodpecker
Swallow-tailed Kite
American Crow
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Mississippi Kite
Roseate Spoonbill
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Canada Goose
Carolina Wren
Downy Woodpecker
Killdeer
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Black Vulture
Black-and-white Warbler
Carolina Chickadee
Common Ground Dove
Gray Kingbird
Monk Parakeet
Narragansett Turkey
Red Junglefowl
Royal Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Pigeon
American White Pelican
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Myna
Eastern Screech-Owl
Northern Bobwhite
Ovenbird
Pigeon
Pine Warbler
Purple Gallinule
Ring-billed Gull
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Summer Tanager
Western Cattle-Egret
Yellow-Throated Warbler
American Bittern
American Coot
American Robin
Bachman's Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Canvasback
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Loon
Common Yellowthroat
Fish Crow
Forster's Tern
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
Indigo Bunting
Lesser Scaup
Magnificent Frigatebird
Marbled Godwit
Meadowlark
Northern Harrier
Orange-winged Amazon
Pekin Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Prothonotary Warbler
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Scaly-breasted Munia
Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Swan Goose
Turkey
White-eyed Vireo
White-winged Dove
Willet
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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