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Manatee County

Audubon Society

Birds of Manatee County, Florida

Bald Eagle

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Northern Harrier

(Circus hudsonius)

Gray Kingbird

(Tyrannus dominicensis)

Merlin

(Falco columbarius)

Bronzed Cowbird

(Molothrus aeneus)

Brown-headed Nuthatch

(Sitta pusilla)

Clapper Rail

(Rallus crepitans)

Mississippi Kite

(Ictinia mississippiensis)

Brown Noddy

(Anous stolidus)

Gray-headed Swamphen

(Porphyrio poliocephalus)

White-crowned Pigeon

(Patagioenas leucocephala)

Snail Kite

(Rostrhamus sociabilis)

Black-whiskered Vireo

(Vireo altiloquus)

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

(Dryobates borealis)

Burrowing Owl

(Athene cunicularia)

Mangrove Cuckoo

(Coccyzus minor)

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

(Dendrocygna bicolor)

Osprey

(Pandion haliaetus)

American Flamingo

(Phoenicopterus ruber)

Willet

(Tringa semipalmata)

Black-bellied Plover

(Pluvialis squatarola)

American Avocet

(Recurvirostra americana)

Royal Tern

(Thalasseus maximus)

Semipalmated Plover

(Charadrius semipalmatus)

Red Knot

(Calidris canutus)

Forsters Tern

(Sterna forsteri)

Northern Gannet

(Morus bassanus)

Ruddy Turnstones

(Arenaria interpres)

Sanderling

(Calidris alba)

Sandwich Tern

(Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Brown Pelican

(Pelecanus occidentalis)

Reddish Egret

(Egretta rufescens)

Magnificent Frigatebird

(Fregata magnificens)

Least Tern

(Sternula antillarum)

Black Skimmer

(Rynchops niger)

Snowy Plover

(Charadrius nivosus)

Piping Plover

(Charadrius melodus)

Wilson's Plover

(Charadrius wilsonia)

Marbled Godwit

(Limosa fedoa)

Purple Martin

(Progne subis)

Bachman's Sparrow

(Peucaea aestivalis)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

(Tyrannus forficatus)

Red-headed Woodpecker

(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Swallow-tailed Kite

(Elanoides forficatus)

American White Pelican

(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

(Nyctanassa violacea)

Glossy Ibis

(Plegadis falcinellus)

Roseate Spoonbill

(Platalea ajaja)

Crested Caracara

(Caracara plancus)

Wood Stork

(Mycteria americana)

Florida Scrub-Jay

(Aphelocoma coerulescens)

Black-necked Stilt

(Himantopus mexicanus)

Sandhill Crane

(Antigone canadensis)

Limpkin

(Aramus guarauna)

Purple Gallinule

(Porphyrio martinicus)

Great Egret

(Ardea alba)

Great Blue Heron

(Ardea herodias)

Tricolored Heron

(Egretta tricolor)

Little Blue Heron

(Egretta caerulea)

Snowy Egret

(Egretta thula)

Northern Mockingbird

(Mimus polyglottos)

Nanday Parakeet

(Aratinga nenday)

White-eyed Vireo

(Vireo griseus)

Great Crested Flycatcher

(Myiarchus crinitus)

Black-crowned Night Heron

(Nycticorax nycticorax)

American Kestrel

(Falco sparverius)

Common Ground Dove

(Columbina passerina)

Boat-tailed Grackle

(Quiscalus major)

White Ibis

(Eudocimus albus)

Red-shouldered Hawk

(Buteo lineatus)

Anhinga

(Anhinga anhinga)

Eastern Bluebird

(Sialia sialis)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

(Melanerpes carolinus)

Pileated Woodpecker

(Dryocopus pileatus)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

(Dendrocygna autumnalis)

Indigo Bunting

(Passerina cyanea)

Short-tailed Hawk

(Buteo Brachyurus)

Painted Bunting

(Passerina Ciris)

Chuck-will’s-widow

(Antrostomus Carolinensis)

American Oystercatcher

(Haematopus Palliatus)