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tags:
  - type/encyclopedia-entry
  - topic/hobbies/birding
title: Birds I've Seen Around Here
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# Birds I've Seen Around Here

[List of birds of Florida - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Florida)

## [Order Accipitriformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitriformes)

* [bald eagle (Accipitridae _Haliaeetus leucocephalus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle)

* [black vulture (Cathartidae _Coragyps atratus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_vulture)

## [Order _Anseriformes_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anseriformes)

### [Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatidae)

* [mallard (_Anas platyrhynchos_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard)

* [muscovy duck (_Cairina moschata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_duck)

## [Order Charadriiformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadriiformes)

### [Family Laridae (gulls)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laridae)

* [ring-billed gull (_Larus delawarensis_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-billed_gull)

* [Laughing gull (_Leucophaeus atricilla_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_gull)

## [Order Passeriformes ("perching birds")](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeriformes)

> [!info]
> * from the Latin for "sparrow shaped".
> * includes over half of all bird species.

* [blue jay (Corvidae _Cyanocitta cristata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay)

* [American crow (Corvidae _Corvus brachyrhynchos_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crow)

## [Order Pelecaniformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecaniformes)

### [Family Ardeidae (herons)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeidae)

#### [Subfamily Ardeinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeinae)

##### [Genus _Ardea_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardea_(bird))

* [great egret/great white heron (_A. alba_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret)
* [great blue heron (_A. herodias)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_blue_heron)

##### [Genus _Egretta_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egretta)

> [!info]
> "Egret" is a common name that just means "small heron",
>
> * _Aigron_ -> "Heron"
> * _Aigrette_ -> "Egret"
>
> _Aigron_ itself just means "screecher".

* [tricolored heron (_E. tricolor_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_heron)
* [little blue heron (_E. caerulea_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_blue_heron)
* [snowy egret (_E. thula)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_egret)

#### Other Genus

* [green heron (_Butorides virescens_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_heron)

* [Yellow-crowned night heron (_Nyctanassa violacea_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-crowned_night_heron)

### [Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threskiornithidae)

* [American white ibis (_Eudocimus albus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_white_ibis)
* [glossy ibis (_Plegadis falcinellus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossy_ibis)
* [roseate spoonbill(_Platalea ajaja_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_spoonbill)

## Other Orders

* [wood stork (Ciconiiformes Ciconiidae _Mycteria americana_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_stork)

* [common gallinule (Gruiformes Rallidae _Gallinula galeata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gallinule)

* [anhinga (Suliformes Anhingidae _Anhinga anhinga_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhinga)