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aliases: []
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/incomplete
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- type/encyclopedia
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- authorship/original
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- topic/hobbies
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title: Birds I've Seen Around Here
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---
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# Birds I've Seen Around Here
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[List of birds of Florida - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Florida)
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## [Order Accipitriformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitriformes)
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* [bald eagle (Accipitridae _Haliaeetus leucocephalus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle)
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* [black vulture (Cathartidae _Coragyps atratus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_vulture)
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## [Order _Anseriformes_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anseriformes)
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### [Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatidae)
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* [mallard (_Anas platyrhynchos_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard)
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* [muscovy duck (_Cairina moschata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_duck)
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## [Order Charadriiformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadriiformes)
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### [Family Laridae (gulls)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laridae)
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* [ring-billed gull (_Larus delawarensis_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-billed_gull)
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## [Order Passeriformes ("perching birds")](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeriformes)
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> [!info]
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> * from the Latin for "sparrow shaped".
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> * includes over half of all bird species.
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* [blue jay (Corvidae _Cyanocitta cristata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay)
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* [American crow (Corvidae _Corvus brachyrhynchos_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crow)
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## [Order Pelecaniformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecaniformes)
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### [Family Ardeidae (herons)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeidae)
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#### [Subfamily Ardeinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeinae)
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##### [Genus _Ardea_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardea_(bird))
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* [great egret/great white heron (_A. alba_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret)
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* [great blue heron (_A. herodias)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_blue_heron)
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##### [Genus _Egretta_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egretta)
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> [!info]
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> "Egret" is a common name that just means "small heron",
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> * _Aigron_ -> "Heron"
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> * _Aigrette_ -> "Egret"
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> which itself just means "screecher".
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* [tricolored heron (_E. tricolor_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_heron)
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* [little blue heron (_E. caerulea_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_blue_heron)
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* [snowy egret (_E. thula)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_egret)
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#### Other Genus
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* [green heron (_Butorides virescens_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_heron)
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### [Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threskiornithidae)
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* [American white ibis (_Eudocimus albus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_white_ibis)
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* [glossy ibis (_Plegadis falcinellus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossy_ibis)
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* [roseate spoonbill(_Platalea ajaja_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_spoonbill)
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## Other Orders
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* [wood stork (Ciconiiformes Ciconiidae _Mycteria americana_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_stork)
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* [common gallinule (Gruiformes Rallidae _Gallinula galeata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gallinule)
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* [anhinga (Suliformes Anhingidae _Anhinga anhinga_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhinga)
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