Great Egret * - Hernando Audubon

1 This checklist presents a list of 308 birds of Hernando SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI. County, Florida. The list is arranged taxonomically..Northern Pintail O O O .White-tailed Kite R .Dunlin C R C C..Green-winged Teal U U U .Snail Kite R .Stilt Sandpiper O O O. Many birds have strict habitat preferences, small local populations, and/or irregular migration patterns. The .Canvasback O O O .Mississippi Kite * O O O .Short-billed Dowitcher C C C. symbols used in this checklist are defined as follows: .Redhead U R U U .Bald Eagle * C O C C .Long-billed Dowitcher U U U..Ring-necked Duck C C C .Northern Harrier C C C .Wilson's Snipe U U C. Seasons: .Greater Scaup O O O .Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U .American Woodcock * U U U.

2 SP Spring March-May .Lesser Scaup C R C C .Cooper's Hawk * U U U U .Wilson's Phalarope R. SU Summer June-July .Surf Scoter R .Red-shouldered Hawk * C C C C .Red-necked Phalarope R. F Fall August-November W Winter December-February .Black Scoter R .Broad-winged Hawk O O R .Bonaparte's Gull O O O..Long-tailed Duck R .Short-tailed Hawk * O O O .Laughing Gull C C C C. Probability of Sighting: .Bufflehead C U C .Red-tailed Hawk * C U C C .Ring-billed Gull C O C C. C Common: These birds should be seen or heard in .Common Goldeneye O O .Golden Eagle X .Herring Gull U O U U. suitable habitat..Hooded Merganser C C C .Yellow Rail R R R .Lesser Black-backed Gull R. U Uncommon: These birds are present, but not certain .Common Merganser R.

3 Black Rail * U U U U . Great Black-backed Gull R. to be seen or heard, because of their low numbers, behavior, habitat, or distribution..Red-breasted Merganser C R C C .Clapper Rail * C C C C .Least Tern * U U U. O Occasional: These birds are only seen a few times in .Ruddy Duck O O O .King Rail * U U U U .Gull-billed Tern O O O. a season. Many of them are only in the county .Northern Bobwhite * U U U U .Virginia Rail U U U .Caspian Tern U O U U. during migration..Wild Turkey * C C C C .Sora U U U .Black Tern O O O. R Rare: These birds are not expected to be seen every .Red-throated Loon R .Purple Gallinule * U U U U .Common Tern O O. year. They occur in low numbers and may be .Common Loon U R U C .Common Gallinule * C C C C.

4 Forster's Tern C C C. unreported for a number of years. Also included are .Pied-billed Grebe * C U C C .American Coot C U C C .Royal Tern C C C C. erratics, those birds that are common some years and scarce or missing other years..Horned Grebe U U C .Limpkin * U U U U .Sandwich Tern O O O O. X Accidental: These birds have appeared outside of .Wood Stork * C C C C .Sandhill Crane * C C C C .Black Skimmer C U C C. their normal range..Magnificent Frigatebird O O O R .Black-bellied Plover C O C C .Pomarine Jaeger R. * Indicates breeding in the county..Northern Gannet O R O O .American Golden-Plover R .Razorbill R..Double-cr. Cormorant * C C C C .Snowy Plover R R R R .Rock Pigeon * U U U U. Compiled by Hernando Audubon Society.

5 Anhinga * C C C C .Wilson's Plover * U U U O .Eurasian Collared-Dove * C C C C. P. O. Box 1678. Brooksville, FL 34605 .American White Pelican U U U .Semipalmated Plover C U C C .White-winged Dove * U U U U..Brown Pelican * C C C C .Piping Plover R R R .Mourning Dove * C C C C. November 2013 .American Bittern O R O O .Killdeer * C C C C .Common Ground-Dove * C C C C..Least Bittern * U U U O .American Oystercatcher * U U U U .Yellow-billed Cuckoo * U U U.. Great Blue Heron * C C C C .Black-necked Stilt * U U U O .Black-billed Cuckoo R R.. Great Egret * C C C C .American Avocet R R .Barn Owl * O O O O. SP SU FA WI .Snowy Egret * C C C C .Spotted Sandpiper U U U .Eastern Screech-Owl * C C C C..Black-bell. Whistling-Duck * U U U U.

6 Little Blue Heron * C C C C .Solitary Sandpiper O O R . Great Horned Owl * C C C C..Fulvous Whistling-Duck R R R .Tricolored Heron * C C C C .Greater Yellowlegs C O C C .Burrowing Owl * U U U U..Greater White-fr. Goose R .Reddish Egret U U U U .Willet * C C C C .Barred Owl * C C C C..Snow Goose R R R .Cattle Egret * C C C C .Lesser Yellowlegs C O C C .Short-eared Owl R..Canada Goose R R R .Green Heron * C C C C .Whimbrel R R R .Common Nighthawk * C C C..Muscovy * C C C C .Black-cr. Night-Heron * U U U U .Long-billed Curlew R .Chuck-will's-widow * C C C..Wood Duck * C C C C .Yellow-cr. Night-Heron * U U U U .Marbled Godwit R .Eastern Whip-poor-will U U U..Gadwall U U U .White Ibis * C C C C .Ruddy Turnstone U U U U.

7 Chimney Swift * C C C..American Wigeon U U U .Glossy Ibis O O O U .Red Knot O O O .Vaux's Swift R..American Black Duck R R R .White-faced Ibis R R R .Sanderling U U U .Ruby-thr. Hummingbird * C U C O..Mallard * O O O .Roseate Spoonbill U U U U .Semipalmated Sandpiper U U .Black-chin. Hummingbird O..Mottled Duck * C C C C .Black Vulture * C C C C .Western Sandpiper U O U U .Rufous Hummingbird O O O..Blue-winged Teal C C C .Turkey Vulture * C C C C .Least Sandpiper C O C C .Allen's Hummingbird R..Cinnamon Teal R .Osprey * C C C C .White-rumped Sandpiper O O O .Belted Kingfisher U O C C..Northern Shoveler U U U .Swallow-tailed Kite * U U U X .Pectoral Sandpiper O O .Red-headed Woodpecker * C C C C. SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI SP SU FA WI.

8 Red-bellied Woodpecker * C C C C .Carolina Wren * C C C C .Black-thr. Green Warbler O O O..Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U U U .Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * C C C C .Wilson's Warbler O O..Downy Woodpecker * C C C C .Golden-crowned Kinglet O .Yellow-breasted Chat O O..Hairy Woodpecker * U U U U .Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C C .Eastern Towhee * C C C C..Red-cockad. Woodpecker * U U U U .Eastern Bluebird * C C C C .Bachman's Sparrow * C C C U..Northern Flicker * C C C C .Veery O O .Chipping Sparrow C C C..Pileated Woodpecker * C C C C .Gray-cheeked Thrush O O .Clay-colored Sparrow R R..Crested Caracara X .Swainson's Thrush O O .Field Sparrow O O O..American Kestrel * C C C C .Hermit Thrush U U U .Vesper Sparrow U U U..Merlin O O O.

9 Wood Thrush O O .Lark Sparrow R R R..Peregrine Falcon O O O .American Robin C C C .Savannah Sparrow C C C..Budgerigar O O O O .Gray Catbird C R C C .Grasshopper Sparrow U U U..Monk Parakeet R R R R .Northern Mockingbird * C C C C .Henslow's Sparrow U U U..Eastern Wood-Pewee U U .Brown Thrasher * C C C U .Le Conte's Sparrow U U U..Acadian Flycatcher O R O .European Starling * C C C C .Nelson's Sparrow O O O..Least Flycatcher O O .American Pipit U U U .Saltmarsh Sparrow R..Eastern Phoebe C C C .Cedar Waxwing U O U .Seaside Sparrow * U U U U..Say's Phoebe R .Ovenbird U U U .Song Sparrow U U U..Vermilion Flycatcher R .Worm-eating Warbler O O .Lincoln's Sparrow O O.. Great Crested Flycatcher * C C C R .Louisiana Waterthrush O R O.

10 Swamp Sparrow C C C..Western Kingbird R R R .Northern Waterthrush O O R .White-throated Sparrow O O O..Eastern Kingbird * U O U R .Golden-winged Warbler O O .White-crowned Sparrow O O..Gray Kingbird * O O O .Blue-winged Warbler O O R .Dark-eyed Junco R R R..Scissor-tailed Flycatcher R R R .Black-and-white Warbler U O U C .Summer Tanager * C C C R..Loggerhead Shrike * C U C C .Prothonotary Warbler U U U .Scarlet Tanager O O..White-eyed Vireo * C C C C .Swainson's Warbler R R .Western Tanager R..Yellow-throated Vireo * C C U .Tennessee Warbler O O .Northern Cardinal * C C C C..Blue-headed Vireo C U C .Orange-crowned Warbler O O O .Rose-breasted Grosbeak O O..Red-eyed Vireo * C C C .Nashville Warbler R R .Blue Grosbeak * U U U.