Flora
& Fauna Field Tours
South Florida
Species List
January 22 - 29, 2003
BIRDS - 156 species. Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, American
White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great
White Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret,
Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, White
Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Greater
Flamingo, Canada Goose, American Widgeon, Mallard, Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern
Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser
Scaup, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Osprey, Snail Kite, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier,
Coopers Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American
Kestrel, King Rail, Sora, Purple Gallinule, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane,
Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Piping Plover, Wilsons Plover,
American Oystercatcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Spotted
Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Red
Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin,
Short-billed Dowitcher, Common Snipe, Woodcock, Laughing Gull, Bonapartes Gull,
Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Forsters
Tern, Black Skimmer, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Monk Parakeet,
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, White-eyed Parakeet, Mitred Parakeet, Burrowing Owl, Barred
Owl, Chuck-wills Widow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied
Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated
Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff
Swallow, Barn Swallow, Blue Jay, Florida Scrub-Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Tufted
Titmouse, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern
Bluebird, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European
Starling, Loggerhead Shrike, Common Myna, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Northern
Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler,
Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black-and-white
Warbler, American Redstart, Worm-eating Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common
Yellowthroat, Wilsons Warbler, Summer Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Savannah Sparrow,
Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Painted Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird,
Brewers Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle,
Brown-headed Cowbird, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow. |
PLANTS - 129 sp Mosquito Fern, Netted Chain Fern, Boston Fern, Bracken Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Royal Fern,
Resurrection Fern, Shiny Thelypteris Fern, Strap Fern, Water Fern, Swamp Fern, Coontie,
White Cedar, Long-leaf Pine, Slash Pine, Bald Cypress, Cypress, Duck Potato, Arrowhead,
Brazilian Elodea, Swamp Lily, Spider Lily, Bamboo Vine, Blue-eyed Grass, Monstera, Arrow
Arum, Water Lettuce, Duckweed, Burr-reed, Cattail, Everglades Palm, Coconut Palm, Florida
Royal Palm, Cabbage Palm, Saw Palmetto, Quill-leaf, Wild Pine, Spanish Moss, Water
Hyacinth, Pickerel Weed, Sawgrass, Sedge, Spiderwort, Broom Sedge, Coast Sandspur, Beach
Grass, Sea Oats, Sweet Bay, Pondapple, Carolina Bay, Watershield, Lotus, Cow Lily, Water
Lily, Myrtle-leaf Holly, Yaupon, Wild Sapodilla, Papaya, Creeping Cucumber, Sea Rocket,
Watercress, Painted Leaf, Castor Bean, Jimson Weed, Matrimony Vine, Hedge Bindweed,
Morning Glory, Glades Morning Glory, Beach Morning Glory, Sweet Orange, Mahogany, Gumbo
Limbo, Poisonwood, Winged Sumac, Brazilian Pepper, Poison Ivy, Balloon Vine, Red Maple,
Bayberry, Pink Purslane, Prickly Pear, Perennial Glasswort, Sea Grape, Saltwort,
Australian Pine, Turkey Oak, Live Oak, Coco Plum, Crabs Eye, Mimosa, Butterfly Pea,
Rabbit Bells, Royal Poinciana, Coral Bean, Milk Pea, Cat Claw, Tamarind, Cowpea,
Buttonwood, White Mangrove, Red Mangrove, Black Mangrove, Bottle-brush, Button-bush,
Diodia, Innocence, Oleander, Swamp Milkweed, Southern Plantain, Horned Bladderwort, Pepper
Vine, Marine Vine, Woodbine, Muscadine Grape, Water Dropwort, Florida Elder, Beauty Berry,
Verbena, Moss Verbena, Tropical Sage, Spanish Needles, Sea Daisy, Thistle, Tickseed,
Tasselflower, Southern Fleabane, Flat-topped Goldenrod, Bitterweed, Beach Sunflower,
Climbing Hempweed, Black-eyed Susan, Slender Goldenrod, Sow Thistle. |
MAMMALS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS - 17 sp. West Indian Manatee, American Alligator, American Crocodile, Marsh Rabbit, White-tailed
Deer, Raccoon, Harbour Porpoise, Grey Squirrel, Peninsula Cooter, Chicken Turtle, Spiny
Softshell Turtle, Red-bellied Turtle, Brown Anole, Eastern Fence Lizard, Six-lined
Racerunner, Rainbow Whiptail, Ground Lizard |
LEPIDOPTERA - 6 sp. Great Southern White, Large Orange Sulphur, American Lady, Monarch,
Mangrove Skipper, White-tipped Black |
ODONATA - 4 sp. Citrine Forktail, Fragile Forktail, Eastern Pondhawk, Great Pondhawk
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INSECTS - 4 sp.
Florida Leaf-footed Bug, Golden Tortoise Beetle, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Eastern
Carpenter Bee |
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Barn Owl Young |
Barn Owl |
Burrowing Owls |
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Florida Scrub-Jay |
Painted Bunting |
Limpkin |
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Roseate Spoonbills |
Great Blue Heron |
Great Egret |
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Little Blue Heron (immature) |
Green Heron |
Wood Stork |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
Pine Warbler |
Moorhen |
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Snail Kite (f.) |
Piping Plover |
White-eyed Vireo |
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Short-tailed Hawk |
Wilson's Plover |
Marbled Godwit |
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Osprey |
Tricolored Heron |
Monk Parakeet |
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Baby Alligators |
Gulf Fritillary |
Zebra Longwing |
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Spiny Softshell Turtle |
Alligator |
Common Coote |
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