Winter Birds in Florida

Percent of complete checklists in Florida that reported the bird during these weeks, 2016–2025 (763,362 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.

1. 1Turkey Vulture44%
2. 2Palm Warbler44%
3. 3Yellow-rumped Warbler42%
4. 4Northern Cardinal42%
5. 5Red-bellied Woodpecker41%
6. 6Mourning Dove37%
7. 7White Ibis35%
8. 8Northern Mockingbird35%
9. 9Great Egret35%
10. 10Blue Jay33%
11. 11Blue-gray Gnatcatcher32%
12. 12Double-crested Cormorant31%
13. 13Osprey31%
14. 14Great Blue Heron30%
15. 15Anhinga28%
16. 16Red-shouldered Hawk27%
17. 17Little Blue Heron26%
18. 18Eastern Phoebe26%
19. 19Gray Catbird25%
20. 20Boat-tailed Grackle24%
21. 21Fish Crow24%
22. 22Black Vulture22%
23. 23Carolina Wren22%
24. 24Snowy Egret21%
25. 25Tricolored Heron21%
26. 26American Crow20%
27. 27Common Grackle20%
28. 28Common Gallinule20%
29. 29Red-winged Blackbird19%
30. 30Brown Pelican19%
31. 31Tufted Titmouse19%
32. 32Ring-billed Gull19%
33. 33Downy Woodpecker18%
34. 34Laughing Gull18%
35. 35Belted Kingfisher17%
36. 36Pied-billed Grebe16%
37. 37American Robin16%
38. 38Wood Stork14%
39. 39Pileated Woodpecker13%
40. 40Bald Eagle13%
41. 41Pine Warbler12%
42. 42American Coot12%
43. 43Sandhill Crane12%
44. 44Carolina Chickadee12%
45. 45American Kestrel11%
46. 46Ruby-crowned Kinglet11%
47. 47Western Cattle-Egret11%
48. 48Tree Swallow11%
49. 49Common Yellowthroat11%
50. 50Killdeer11%
51. 51Glossy Ibis11%
52. 52European Starling10%
53. 53Eastern Bluebird10%

• Red-winged Blackbirdfirst arrivals late January, peaks late May
• Swallow-tailed Kitefirst arrivals mid February, peaks mid May
• Purple Martinfirst arrivals mid January, peaks late May
• Cedar Waxwingfirst arrivals early December, peaks early April
• Bonaparte's Gullfirst arrivals the second week of December, peaks mid January

• Blue-gray Gnatcatchermost gone by early February
• Black-throated Blue Warblermost gone by the second week of January
• Indigo Buntingmost gone by the second week of December
• Sandwich Ternmost gone by mid December
• Northern Waterthrushmost gone by mid December
• Hooded Mergansermost gone by mid February
• Magnificent Frigatebirdmost gone by early January

54. 54Royal Tern9.7%
55. 55Northern House Wren9.5%
56. 56Eurasian Collared-Dove9.3%
57. 57Loggerhead Shrike9.2%
58. 58Limpkin8.8%
59. 59Green Heron8.2%
60. 60Mottled Duck8.2%