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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Florida Breeding Birds

183 species recorded across 127 survey routes, 1966 to 2024. Browse by family or guild below.

Florida Bird Population Trends

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Least Tern has collapsed in Florida: down 98% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Burrowing Owl has collapsed in Florida: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Field Sparrow has collapsed in Florida: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Gray Kingbird has collapsed in Florida: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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Double-crested Cormorant has collapsed in Florida: down 94% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Smooth-billed Ani has collapsed in Florida: down 94% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in Florida

-82%

Game birds

2 species
-76%

Grassland birds

2 species
-75%

Seabirds

1 species
-55%

Wetland birds

39 species
-42%

Generalists

15 species
-40%

Shorebirds

6 species
-20%

Aerial insectivores

12 species
+2%

Waterfowl

7 species
+14%

Forest birds

49 species
+48%

Birds of prey

19 species

Florida Bird Survey Routes

Browse Florida Birds By Family

Each species links to its trend in Florida.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Bald Eagle +506%Broad-winged Hawk +125%Cooper's Hawk +44%Mississippi Kite +585%Red-shouldered Hawk +92%Red-tailed Hawk -6%Short-tailed Hawk +63%Snail Kite -94%Swallow-tailed Kite +455%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -86%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 105×Canada Goose +59%Fulvous Whistling-Duck -5%Mallard -38%Mottled Duck -77%Muscovy Duck +426%Wood Duck -54%

Anhingas Anhingidae

Anhinga -14%

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -29%

Limpkin Aramidae

Limpkin -34%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron +4%Great Blue Heron -51%Great Egret -62%Green Heron -64%Least Bittern -55%Little Blue Heron -65%Reddish Egret -73%Snowy Egret -58%Tricolored Heron -68%Western Cattle-Egret -53%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -89%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow +2%Common Nighthawk -63%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak +90%Indigo Bunting -45%Northern Cardinal +12%Painted Bunting -86%Summer Tanager -29%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +132%Turkey Vulture +4%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer -53%Wilson's Plover -81%

Storks Ciconiidae

Wood Stork -49%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Common Ground Dove -67%Eurasian Collared-Dove +472%Mourning Dove +219%Rock Pigeon +53%White-crowned Pigeon -75%White-winged Dove 12×

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +55%Blue Jay -35%Fish Crow -40%Florida Scrub-Jay -76%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Mangrove Cuckoo -59%Smooth-billed Ani -94%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -48%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -22%Crested Caracara 14×

Frigatebirds Fregatidae

Magnificent Frigatebird -75%

Finches Fringillidae

House Finch +503%

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane +224%

Oystercatchers Haematopodidae

American Oystercatcher -85%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow 14×Cliff Swallow +7%Northern Rough-winged Swallow -34%Purple Martin -9%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Boat-tailed Grackle -42%Brown-headed Cowbird +207%Common Grackle -53%Eastern Meadowlark -75%Orchard Oriole -79%Red-winged Blackbird -71%Spot-breasted Oriole -84%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +118%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -83%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Black Skimmer -73%Caspian Tern -12%Forster's Tern +111%Gull-billed Tern -21%Herring Gull -59%Laughing Gull +35%Least Tern -98%Ring-billed Gull -9%Royal Tern -80%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -6%Gray Catbird +225%Northern Mockingbird -51%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -73%

Osprey Pandionidae

Osprey +289%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Carolina Chickadee +103%Tufted Titmouse +129%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Common Yellowthroat -12%Hooded Warbler +5%Kentucky Warbler -53%Northern Parula +292%Pine Warbler +26%Prairie Warbler -85%Prothonotary Warbler -18%Swainson's Warbler +302%Yellow Warbler -69%Yellow-throated Warbler +64%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Bachman's Sparrow -48%Eastern Towhee -50%Field Sparrow -97%Seaside Sparrow -59%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -86%

Pelicans Pelecanidae

Brown Pelican -27%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -94%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Wild Turkey +689%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +236%Hairy Woodpecker -23%Pileated Woodpecker +199%Red-bellied Woodpecker +54%Red-cockaded Woodpecker 14×Red-headed Woodpecker -8%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe -89%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +201%

Parrots Psittacidae

Monk Parakeet +46%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot -93%Clapper Rail -18%Common Gallinule -38%King Rail -90%Purple Gallinule -78%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

Black-necked Stilt -87%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

American Woodcock -30%Willet -62%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Brown-headed Nuthatch +42%White-breasted Nuthatch -12%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +110%Burrowing Owl -97%Eastern Screech-Owl -68%Great Horned Owl +77%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

Common Myna +11%European Starling -22%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis +327%Roseate Spoonbill +144%White Ibis -61%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird -17%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Carolina Wren +68%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +33%Eastern Bluebird +29%Wood Thrush -63%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher -22%Eastern Kingbird -60%Eastern Wood-Pewee -86%Gray Kingbird -96%Great Crested Flycatcher +58%

Barn-Owls Tytonidae

American Barn Owl -53%

Vireos Vireonidae

Black-whiskered Vireo -83%Red-eyed Vireo -38%White-eyed Vireo +26%Yellow-throated Vireo +244%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.