Birds at the EMB

Common Name

Scientific Name

American avocet

Recurvirostra americana

American bittern

Botarus lentiginosus

American coot

Fulica americana

American flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

American goldfinch

Spinus tristis

American kestrel

Falco sparverius

American redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

American robin

Turdus migratorius

American widgeon

Mareca americana

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Belted kingfisher

Magaceryle alcyon

Black & white warbler

Mniotilta varia

Black crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black duck

Anas rubripes

Black skimmer

Rynchops niger

Black vulture

Coraqyps atratus

Black whiskered vireo

Vireo altiloguus

Blackpoll warbler

Dendroica striata

Blackthroated blue warbler

Dendroica caermlescenis

Blue jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Blue winged teal

Anas piscors

Blue-grey gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Boat-tailed grackle

Cassidirmexicanes

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bonapartes gull

Larus philadephia

Broad-winged hawk

Buteo platypterus

Brown pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown thrasher

Taxostoma rufum

Canada goose

Brenta canadensis

Cardinal

Cardinaris cardinalis

Carolina wren

Thryothorus imdouicianus

Caspian tern

Hyoropogne caspia

Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Cattle egret

Bubulcus ibis

Cedar waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Clapper rail

Rassas longirostrisscotti

Common grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Common nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Common pintail

Anus acuta

Common screech owl

Otus asio

Common snipe

Capella gallinago

Common yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Double-crested cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Eastern meadowlark

Sturnella magna

Eastern phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

Eatern bluebird

Sialia sialis

European starling *

Sturnus vulgaris

Everglades kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Field sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Forsters tern

Sterna forsteri

Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Grasshopper sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum

Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Great egret

Casmerodius albus

Great horned owl

Bubo virginainus

Great white heron

Ardea occidentalis

Great-crested flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Greater yellowlegs

Totanus melanoleucus

Green heron

Butorides striatus

Green winged teal

Anas carolinensis

Grey kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Ground dove

Columbina passerina

Gull-billed tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Hairy woodpecker

Dendrocopas villosus

Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Herring gull

Larus argentatus

Hooded merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

House wren

Troglodytes aedon

Indigo bunting

Passerina cyamea

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Laughing gull

Larus atricilla

Least bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Least flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Least sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Least tern

Sterna antillarum

Lesser scaup

Athya affins

Lesser yellowlegs

Tringa flauipes

Limpkin

Aramus quarauna

Little blue heron

Egretta caerulea

Loggerhead shrike

Linius ludouicianus

Long-billed curlew

Numenius americanus

Louisiana waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

Magnificent frigatebird

Frigata magnificens

Mallard duck

Anas platyrhynchos

Mangrove cookoo

Coccyzus minor

Marbled godwit

Limosa species

Merlin (pigeon hawk)

Falco columbarius

Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Mottled duck

Anas fulvigula

Myrtle warbler

Dendroica coronata

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapillus

Painted bunting

Passerina ciris

Palm warbler

Dendroica palmarum

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Pie-billed grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Piping plover

Charadrius melodus

Prairie warbler

Dendroica discolor

Purple gallinule

Porphyrula martinica

Purple martin

Progne subis

Red eyed vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Red-bellied woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Red-breasted merganser

Mergus serratorl

Reddish egret

Egretta rufescens

Red-shouldered hawk

Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Red-winged blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Ringbilled gull

Laurus delawarensis

Rock dove *

Columba livia

Roseate spoonbill

Ajaja ajaja

Rough-legged hawk

Buteo lagopus

Royal tern

Sterna maxima

Ruby crowned kinglet

Regulus calendula

Ruby throated hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Rufous-sided towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Sanderling

Crocethia alba

Savanna sparrow

Passercuius sandwichensis

Scarlet ibis *

Eudocimus ruber

Semi-palmated plover

Chardrius semipalmatus

Semi-palmated sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

Sharp shinned hawk

Accipiter striatus

Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Smooth billed ani

Crotophaga ani

Snowy egret

Egretta thula

Sooty tern

Sterna fuscata

Sora

Porzana carolina

Spotted sandpiper

Actitis malcularia

Summer tanager

Piranga rubra

Swallow-tailed kite

Elanoides forficatus

Tree swallow

Iridoprocne bicolor

Tricolored heron

Egretta tricolor

Turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

Veery

Catharus fuscescens

White ibis

Eudocimus albus

White pelican

Peleganus erythrorhynchos

White-crowned pigeon

Columba leucocephala

White-eyed vireo

Vireo griseus

Willet

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

Wilson's plover

Charadrius wilsonia

Wood stork

Myceteria americana

Yellow bellied sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow breasted chat

Icteria virens

Yellow crowned night heron

Nycticorax violacea

Yellow shafted flicker

Colaptes auratus

Yellow throated vireo

Vireo flauifrons

Yellow warbler

Denaroica petechia

Yellow-billed cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus