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St. Johns County - Bird List
St. Johns County, Florida, well known for the history and charm of St. Augustine, is also a great area for enjoying nature and birds. With 43 miles of ocean beach, two ocean inlets, three State Parks, two National Monuments, the majestic St. Johns River and the Intracoastal Waterway with its vast salt marshes, St. Johns County is a natural haven for at least 258 varieties of shore birds, parrots, wading birds, raptors and neotropical migrants.

St. Johns County Audubon members compiled this checklist and guide to birding from migratory counts, Christmas Bird Counts, and Birdathons as well as other local census surveys, observations and published data. Additions, corrections and suggestions are always welcome.

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The following categories are available for our bird list:

Species List
Abundance Designation
Seasonal Occurrence
Notes
Locations

 

Species List
LOONS & GREBES
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Red-throated Loon       R    
Common Loon R     O   AN FD GR
Pied-billed Grebe * C R U C   AN FD GR
Horned Grebe       O   AN GR
PELICANS &  ALLIES
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Northern Gannet U     C   AN GR
American White Pelican O   O U   FD GR
Brown Pelican C C C A L AN FD GR
Double-crested Cormorant C C C A   AN FD GR
Anhinga * U U U U   AN FD GR
Magnificent Frigatebird R R R R   GR
HERONS & EGRETS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
American Bittern O     O   AN GR
Least Bittern * O U       GR
Great Blue Heron * C C C C   AN FD GR
Great Egret * C C C A   AN FD GR
Snowy Egret * C C C C L AN FD GR
Little Blue Heron * C C C C L AN FD GR
Tricolored Heron * C C C C L AN FD GR
Reddish Egret O O O R L, W GR
Cattle Egret * A A C A   AN FD GR
Green Heron * O O O O   AN FD GR
Black-crowned Night-Heron * U U U C   AN FD GR
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * O O O O   AN FD GR
IBISES & STORKS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
White Ibis * C C C A L AN FD GR
Glossy Ibis O O O O   GR
Roseate Spoonbill U C U   L AN GR
Wood Stork * C C C C L AN FD GR
DUCKS &  ALLIES
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Fulvous Whistling-Duck R   R R   GR
Snow Goose       R   GR
Canada Goose O     O    
Wood Duck * O O O O   AN FD GR
Green-winged Teal O   O U   AN GR
American Black Duck R     R W  
Mottled Duck * U   U U W  
Mallard U   U U   AN GR
Northern Pintail O   O O    
Blue-winged Teal O R O U   FD GR
Northern Shoveler O   O O   GR
Gadwall     O O   GR
American Wigeon O   O U   GR
Canvasback     R R   AN GR
Redhead R   R O   GR
Ring-necked Duck R   O U   GR
Greater Scaup     R R   AN GR
Lesser Scaup O   O U   AN GR
Black Scoter     R R   GR
Surf Scoter     R R   AN GR
White-winged Scoter     R R   GR
Common Goldeneye       R    
Bufflehead O   O O   AN FD GR
Hooded Merganser U   U C   AN FD GR
Red-breasted Merganser U   U C   AN FD GR
Ruddy Duck O   O U   AN GR
VULTURES & HAWKS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Black Vulture * U U U U   AN FD GR
Turkey Vulture * C C C C   AN FD GR
Osprey * C C C U   AN FD GR
Swallow-tailed Kite * U U     W FD GR
Bald Eagle * U U U U L AN FD GR
Northern Harrier U   U U   AN FD GR
Sharp-shinned Hawk U   U U   FD GR
Cooper's Hawk * O O O O   FD GR
Red-shouldered Hawk * U U U U   AN FD GR
Red-tailed Hawk * U O U U   AN FD GR
American Kestrel C   C C   AN FD GR
Merlin R   O R   FD GR
Peregrine Falcon R   O R L FD GR
QUAILS & TURKEYS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Wild Turkey * O O O O   FD GR
Northern Bobwhite * O O O O   AN FD GR
RAILS, LIMPKINS & CRANES
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Clapper Rail * C C C C   AN FD GR
King Rail * R R R R   GR
Virginia Rail U     U   AN GR
Sora O   O O   AN GR
Purple Gallinule R R       GR
Common Moorhen * C C C C   AN FD GR
American Coot U   O C   AN FD GR
Limpkin * O O O O L AN
Sandhill Crane R     R   AN
SHOREBIRDS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Black-bellied Plover C C C A   AN GR
Wilson's Plover * U C U U   AN GR
Semipalmated Plover C   C C   GR
Piping Plover R   R R L AN GR
Killdeer * C C C C   AN GR
American Oystercatcher * U U U U L AN GR
Black-necked Stilt * O U O     GR
American Avocet     R      
Greater Yellowlegs U   U U   AN FD GR
Lesser Yellowlegs U   U U   FD GR
Solitary Sandpiper O   O R   GR
Willet * C C C A W AN FD GR
Spotted Sandpiper U   U U   AN GR
Whimbrel U   U U   AN GR
Long-billed Curlew     R R W  
Marbled Godwit O   O O   AN GR
Ruddy Turnstone C U C A   AN GR
Red Knot U R U U W AN GR
Sanderling A A A A   AN GR
Semipalmated Sandpiper C R C     AN GR
Western Sandpiper C   C C   AN GR
Least Sandpiper U   U U   AN GR
Dunlin C   C C   AN GR
Short-billed Dowitcher A   A C W AN FD GR
Long-billed Dowitcher R   R R   AN GR
Common Snipe U   U U   AN GR
American Woodcock O   O O   AN GR
JEAGERS, GULLS & TERNS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Pomarine Jaeger       R    
Parasitic Jaeger       R    
Laughing Gull * A A A A   AN FD GR
Bonaparte's Gull       O   AN GR
Ring-billed Gull C O C A   AN FD GR
Herring Gull C O C C   AN GR
Lesser Black-backed Gull     R O    
Great Black-backed Gull U R U C   AN GR
Gull-billed Tern * O O O     GR
Caspian Tern U O U U   AN FD GR
Royal Tern C C C C   AN FD GR
Sandwich Tern C O C O   AN FD GR
Common Tern U   U R   AN GR
Forster's Tern U   U C   AN FD GR
Least Tern * C A C   L AN GR
Black Tern O   U     AN GR
Black Skimmer * U U U C L AN GR
DOVES
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Rock Dove * A A A A   AN GR
Eurasian Collared-Dove * C C C C E  
Mourning Dove * A A A A   AN FD GR
Common Ground-Dove * U U U U   AN FD GR
White Winged Dove U U U U    
PARROTS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Monk Parakeet * U U U U E  
Nanday Parakeet (Black-hooded)* U U U U E  
Rose-ringed Parakeet U U U U E  
Mitred Conure * U U U U E
CUCKOOS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Yellow-billed Cuckoo * O O O     FD GR
OWLS
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Barn Owl * R R R R   GR
Eastern Screech-Owl * U U U U   AN FD GR
Great Horned Owl * U U U U   AN FD GR
Barred Owl * U U U U   FD GR
GOATSUCKERS (NIGHTJARS)
Species S s F W Notes Locate
Common Nighthawk * U U U     AN FD GR
Chuck-will's-widow C C O   W AN FD GR
Whip-poor-will R         AN FD GR
SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS
Species S s F