List of Birds of Florida

List Of Birds Of Florida

List of Florida birds contains every wild bird species identified in the U.S. state of Florida, as accepted by the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC) as of 31 December 2010.

The following status codes have been used:

• (I) - Introduced: Birds that have been introduced to Florida by the actions of man, either directly or indirectly.
• (i) - Introduced/native: Birds that naturally occur in Florida at certain seasons, or only in parts of the state, but also have populations in Florida that have been introduced by the actions of man, either directly or indirectly.
• (E) - Extinct a recent member of the avifauna that no longer exists.
• (A) - Accidental: Birds that occur rarely or accidentally in Florida, and for which the FOSRC requests a full report for verification.

Only birds that are considered to have arrived in Florida without human assistance, or introduced species with established, self-sustaining populations in Florida, are included on this list. Probable escapees are not included. For example, the Ringed Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia "risoria") was previously considered to be an established exotic; however, although occasional sightings are reported from residential areas, they are probably escapees, and evidence of a true self-sustaining population is lacking. They are, therefore, not included on this list. There are 510 species on the Florida state checklist.

This list includes the Black-hooded Parakeet, a species which is not on the List of North American birds. This species has been accepted as an introduced exotic by the FOSRC; however, the American Birding Association has not yet added the species to the "official" North American list.

This list is presented in taxonomic order and follows The Check-list of North American Birds (7th ed., 51st supplement, 2010), published by the American Ornithologists' Union. The table of contents is grouped into passerines (the largest order of birds) and non-passerines. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced, casual, accidental, extirpated and extinct species are included in the total species counts for North America and Florida.