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FLORIDA
QUICK FACTS: State Bird - Northern Mockingbird; 485 species recorded in 49 families; 33 North American endemics represented; 1 State endemic; 2 USA endemics
SPECIALITY BIRDS: Florida Scrub-jay, Mangrove Cuckoo, Snail Kite, Limpkin, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, White-crowned Pigeon, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Mottled Duck, Redish Egret, Piping Plover, Wood Stork, Roseatte Spoonbill, White-tailed Kite, Crested Caracara, Whooping Crane, Purple Gallinule, Smooth-billed Ani, Burrowing Owl, Gray Kingbird, Black-whiskered Vireo, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Painted Bunting
TOURS: WINGS offers 2 tours to Florida: The Keys and the Dry Tortugas and Florida: Winter Birds
BATV "IN THE KNOWS": Bird the Great Florida Birding Trail
Florida DESTINATION > Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
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Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker's most distinguishing feature is a black cap and nape that encircle large white cheek patches. Rarely visible.
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Florida DESTINATION > Piping Plover
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Piping Plover
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, threatened shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America.
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Florida DESTINATION > The Florida Scrub Jay
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The Florida Scrub Jay
The Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is one of the species of scrub jay native to North America. It is the only species of bird endemic to the U.S. state of Florida.
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