Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Florida

2009 Results: Florida

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Florida with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	1,123	41
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	288	7
Swan Goose	4	1
Greater White-fronted Goose	1	1
Graylag Goose	5	1
Snow Goose	14	9
Canada Goose	1,022	126
Mute Swan	16	2
Egyptian Goose	38	9
Muscovy Duck	36	4
Wood Duck	1,350	173
Gadwall	109	15
Eurasian Wigeon	2	2
American Wigeon	536	14
American Black Duck	7	3
Mallard	1,886	268
Mottled Duck	1,637	262
Blue-winged Teal	7,268	84
Northern Shoveler	338	30
Northern Pintail	115	7
Green-winged Teal	350	33
Canvasback	8	6
Redhead	877	16
Ring-necked Duck	5,424	95
Greater Scaup	83	7
Lesser Scaup	17,132	109
Black Scoter	9	2
Bufflehead	780	58
Common Goldeneye	25	6
Hooded Merganser	860	123
Common Merganser	3	2
Red-breasted Merganser	779	79
Masked Duck	2	2
Ruddy Duck	206	22
Common Peafowl	22	4
Wild Turkey	637	93
Northern Bobwhite	159	24
Red-throated Loon	3	2
Common Loon	535	85
Least Grebe	2	2
Pied-billed Grebe	1,517	310
Horned Grebe	255	27
Northern Gannet	494	17
American White Pelican	4,392	103
Brown Pelican	4,541	454
Double-crested Cormorant	13,547	662
Anhinga	3,388	639
Magnificent Frigatebird	4	4
American Bittern	48	25
Least Bittern	3	3
Great Blue Heron	2,425	856
Great Egret	4,118	789
Snowy Egret	3,507	481
Little Blue Heron	1,499	511
Tricolored Heron	1,123	330
Reddish Egret	44	31
Cattle Egret	3,453	365
Green Heron	295	133
Black-crowned Night-Heron	243	67
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	235	54
White Ibis	14,493	842
Glossy Ibis	2,435	129
White-faced Ibis	1	1
Roseate Spoonbill	460	81
Wood Stork	1,344	340
Black Vulture	8,075	749
Turkey Vulture	10,028	1,048
Osprey	1,843	772
Swallow-tailed Kite	11	5
White-tailed Kite	3	3
Snail Kite	22	12
Bald Eagle	488	283
Northern Harrier	198	68
Sharp-shinned Hawk	73	64
Cooper's Hawk	172	152
Red-shouldered Hawk	1,238	713
Broad-winged Hawk	15	15
Short-tailed Hawk	7	5
Swainson's Hawk	6	3
Red-tailed Hawk	289	207
Crested Caracara	37	20
American Kestrel	451	240
Merlin	29	24
Peregrine Falcon	25	18
Clapper Rail	39	14
Virginia Rail	4	4
Sora	17	11
Purple Swamphen	50	6
Purple Gallinule	215	48
Common Moorhen	4,129	352
American Coot	91,869	263
Limpkin	232	112
Sandhill Crane	2,915	356
Whooping Crane	15	5
Black-bellied Plover	983	50
Snowy Plover	30	11
Wilson's Plover	118	15
Semipalmated Plover	1,420	41
Piping Plover	192	13
Killdeer	1,754	274
American Oystercatcher	107	30
Black-necked Stilt	164	12
American Avocet	1	1
Spotted Sandpiper	38	28
Solitary Sandpiper	3	3
Greater Yellowlegs	518	55
Willet	1,676	89
Lesser Yellowlegs	1,050	34
Whimbrel	10	6
Long-billed Curlew	1	1
Marbled Godwit	270	13
Ruddy Turnstone	713	75
Red Knot	264	11
Sanderling	2,485	85
Western Sandpiper	1,221	25
Least Sandpiper	722	44
Dunlin	5,641	46
Stilt Sandpiper	74	4
Short-billed Dowitcher	828	21
Long-billed Dowitcher	1,686	13
Wilson's Snipe	218	47
American Woodcock	2	2
Red Phalarope	5	1
Bonaparte's Gull	566	38
Laughing Gull	16,439	396
Ring-billed Gull	16,244	505
Herring Gull	1,959	177
Lesser Black-backed Gull	89	10
Great Black-backed Gull	38	15
Gull-billed Tern	8	5
Caspian Tern	196	51
Common Tern	60	18
Forster's Tern	1,202	123
Royal Tern	2,801	107
Sandwich Tern	198	22
Black Skimmer	6,456	47
Parasitic Jaeger	2	2
Rock Pigeon	3,116	227
White-crowned Pigeon	34	8
Eurasian Collared-Dove	2,242	523
White-winged Dove	899	201
Mourning Dove	9,936	1,968
Common Ground-Dove	1,225	338
Budgerigar	19	3
Black-hooded Parakeet	249	40
Monk Parakeet	579	84
Blue-crowned Parakeet	9	1
Red-masked Parakeet	20	2
White-winged Parakeet	2	1
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	57	6
Red-crowned Parrot	5	1
Mangrove Cuckoo	1	1
Smooth-billed Ani	1	1
Barn Owl	9	7
Eastern Screech-Owl	48	38
Great Horned Owl	91	64
Burrowing Owl	17	7
Barred Owl	191	130
Short-eared Owl	2	2
Chuck-will's-widow	2	2
Whip-poor-will	10	6
Buff-bellied Hummingbird	2	2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	201	135
Black-chinned Hummingbird	7	7
Calliope Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	25	22
Allen's Hummingbird	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	763	397
Red-headed Woodpecker	241	164
Red-bellied Woodpecker	2,575	1,397
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	220	169
Downy Woodpecker	896	590
Hairy Woodpecker	50	38
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	16	8
Northern Flicker	299	185
Pileated Woodpecker	656	435
Least Flycatcher	3	3
Eastern Phoebe	770	431
Vermilion Flycatcher	1	1
Ash-throated Flycatcher	1	1
Great Crested Flycatcher	86	49
Western Kingbird	21	11
Gray Kingbird	1	1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	10	4
Loggerhead Shrike	347	202
White-eyed Vireo	254	129
Bell's Vireo	1	1
Blue-headed Vireo	139	86
Blue Jay	4,902	1,562
Florida Scrub-Jay	221	39
American Crow	5,032	761
Fish Crow	12,670	458
Purple Martin	528	98
Tree Swallow	13,157	239
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	4,273	10
Cave Swallow	13	2
Barn Swallow	10	6
Carolina Chickadee	2,087	833
Tufted Titmouse	2,692	1,022
White-breasted Nuthatch	81	62
Brown-headed Nuthatch	162	57
Carolina Wren	1,908	928
House Wren	409	182
Winter Wren	7	5
Sedge Wren	42	16
Marsh Wren	31	25
Red-whiskered Bulbul	2	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	19	6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	587	262
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1,475	452
Eastern Bluebird	1,224	351
Hermit Thrush	87	71
American Robin	339,514	667
Gray Catbird	1,495	548
Northern Mockingbird	3,832	1,474
Brown Thrasher	405	299
European Starling	53,076	328
Common Myna	11	4
American Pipit	30	3
Cedar Waxwing	7,946	238
Orange-crowned Warbler	91	69
Northern Parula	114	44
Yellow Warbler	19	15
Magnolia Warbler	3	2
Black-throated Blue Warbler	4	4
Yellow-rumped Warbler	11,082	968
Black-throated Green Warbler	3	3
Yellow-throated Warbler	151	127
Pine Warbler	1,392	438
Prairie Warbler	81	51
Palm Warbler	3,407	637
Black-and-white Warbler	136	104
American Redstart	7	7
Ovenbird	54	40
Northern Waterthrush	7	5
Common Yellowthroat	357	124
Wilson's Warbler	1	1
Yellow-breasted Chat	1	1
Summer Tanager	4	4
Western Tanager	1	1
Eastern Towhee	577	186
Bachman's Sparrow	16	7
Chipping Sparrow	13,295	736
Field Sparrow	480	64
Vesper Sparrow	83	17
Savannah Sparrow	720	102
Grasshopper Sparrow	28	11
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	4	2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	2	1
Seaside Sparrow	12	2
Song Sparrow	297	72
Lincoln's Sparrow	1	1
Swamp Sparrow	209	67
White-throated Sparrow	305	67
Harris's Sparrow	1	1
White-crowned Sparrow	36	15
Dark-eyed Junco	42	17
Northern Cardinal	8,691	2,088
Indigo Bunting	271	46
Painted Bunting	976	271
Dickcissel	4	4
Red-winged Blackbird	12,536	837
Eastern Meadowlark	248	53
Rusty Blackbird	349	13
Brewer's Blackbird	20	5
Common Grackle	49,976	748
Boat-tailed Grackle	10,874	512
Shiny Cowbird	10	1
Bronzed Cowbird	5	3
Brown-headed Cowbird	8,353	266
Bullock's Oriole	1	1
Spot-breasted Oriole	27	13
Baltimore Oriole	448	114
Purple Finch	19	8
House Finch	1,877	471
Pine Siskin	2,719	199
American Goldfinch	10,494	864
House Sparrow	2,160	295
Total	925,863

A total of 278 species were reported.

See list of localities in Florida with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.