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Bird guide
Anatomy of a bird
An 'up close and personal' blueprint of a bird.
Birds commonly found in Volusia County
| Grebes | |||
| Pied-billed Grebe* | (Podilymbus podiceps) | ||
| Pelicans and Allies | |||
| American White Pelican | (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | ||
| Brown Pelican | (Pelecanus occidentalis) | ||
| Double-crested Cormorant* | (Phalacrocorax auritus) | ||
| Anhinga* | (Anhinga anhinga) | ||
| Herons, Egrets and Allies | |||
| Great Blue Heron* | (Ardea herodias) | ||
| Great Egret* | (Ardea alba) | ||
| Snowy Egret* | (Egretta thula) | ||
| Little Blue Heron* | (Egretta caerulea) | ||
| Tri-colored Heron* | (Egretta tricolor) | ||
| Cattle Egret* | (Bubulcus ibis) | ||
| Green Heron* | (Butorides virescens) | ||
| Black-Crowned Night-Heron* | (Nycticorax nycticorax) | ||
| Ibises, spoonbills and storks | |||
| White Ibis* | (Eudocimus albus) | ||
| Glossy Ibis* | (Plegadis falcinellus) | ||
| Wood Stork* | (Mycteria americana) | ||
| Geese, ducks | |||
| Wood Duck* | (Aix sponsa) | ||
| Blue-winged Teal* | (Anas discors) | ||
| Ring-necked Duck* | (Aythya collaris) | ||
| Hooded Merganser* | (Lophodytes cucullatus) | ||
| Vultures, Hawks and Allies | |||
| Black Vulture* | (Coragyps atratus) | ||
| Turkey Vulture* | (Cathartes aura) | ||
| Osprey* | (Pandion haliaetus) | ||
| American Swallow-tailed Kite* | (Elanoides forficatus) | ||
| Bald Eagle* | (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk* | (Buteo lineatus) | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk* | (Buteo jamaicensis) | ||
| American Kestrel* | (Falco sparverius) | ||
| Turkey, Quail | |||
| Northern Bobwhite* | (Colinus virginianus) | ||
| Wild Turkey* | (Meleagris gallopavo) | ||
| Rails, Gallinules, Coots and Cranes | |||
| Purple Gallinule* | (Porphyrula martinica) | ||
| Common Moorhen* | (Gallinula chloropus) | ||
| American Coot* | (Fulica americana) | ||
| Limpkin* | (Aramus guarauna) | ||
| Sandhill Crane* | (Grus canadensis) | ||
| Plovers, Sandpipers, Gulls and Terns | |||
| Kildeer* | (Charadrius vociferus) | ||
| American Oystercatcher* | (Haematopus palliatus) | ||
| Greater Yellowlegs | (Tringa melanoleuca) | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | (Tringa flavipes) | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | (Larus delawarensis) | ||
| Caspian Tern* | (Sterna caspia) | ||
| Forster’s Tern | (Sterna forsteri) | ||
| Pigeons and Doves | |||
| Mourning Dove* | (Zenaida macroura) | ||
| Common Ground Dove* | (Columbina passerina) | ||
| Owls | |||
| Barn Owl* | (Tyto alba) | ||
| Eastern Screech-Owl* | (Otus asio) | ||
| Great Horned Owl* | (Bubo virginianus) | ||
| Barred Owl* | (Strix varia) | ||
| Goatsuckers | |||
| Common Nighthawk* | (Chordieles minor) | ||
| Chuck Will’s Widow* | (Caprimulgus carolinensis) | ||
| Swifts and Hummingbirds | |||
| Chimney Swift* | (Chaetura pelagica) | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird* | (Archilochus colubris) | ||
| Kingfishers | |||
| Belted Kingfisher* | (Ceryle alcyon) | ||
| Woodpeckers | |||
| Red-headed Woodpecker* | (Melanerpes erythrocyphalus) | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker* | (Melanerpes carolinus) | ||
| Downy Woodpecker* | (Picoides pubescens) | ||
| Northern Flicker* | (Colaptes auratus) | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker* | (Dryocopus pileatus) | ||
| Flycatchers and Larks | |||
| Great Crested Flycatcher* | (Myiarchus crinitus) | ||
| Martins and Swallows | |||
| Purple Martin* | (Progne subis) | ||
| Tree Swallow | (Tachycineta bicolor) | ||
| Jays and Crows | |||
| Blue Jay* | (Cyanocitta cristata) | ||
| Florida Scrub Jay | (Aphelocoma coerulescens) | ||
| Fish Crow* | (Corvus ossifragus) | ||
| American Crow* | (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | ||
| Chickadees and Titmice | |||
| Tufted Titmouse* | (Parus bicolor) | ||
| Wrens | |||
| Carolina Wren* | (Thryothorus ludovicianus) | ||
| Kinglets and Gnatcatchers | |||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* | (Polioptila caerula) | ||
| Thrushes and Allies | |||
| Eastern Bluebird* | (Sialia sialis) | ||
| Mockingbirds, Thrashers and Allies | |||
| Gray Catbird* | (Dumetella carolinensis) | ||
| Northern Mockingbird* | (Mimus polyglottus) | ||
| Brown Thrasher* | (Toxostoma rufum) | ||
| Pipits, Waxwings, Shrikes and Starlings | |||
| Cedar Waxwing | (Bombycilla cedrorum) | ||
| European Starling* | (Sturnus vulgaris) | ||
| Vireos | |||
| White-eyed Vireo* | (Vireo griseus) | ||
| Warblers | |||
| Northern Parula* | (Parula americana) | ||
| Pine Warbler* | (Dendroica pinus) | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler* | (Protonotaria citrea) | ||
| Common Yellow-throat* | (Geothlypis trichas) | ||
| Tanagers | |||
| Summer Tanager* | (Piranga rubra) | ||
| Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Allies | |||
| Northern Cardinal* | (Cardinalis cardinalis) | ||
| Sparrows | |||
| Eastern Towhee* | (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | ||
| Blackbirds and Allies | |||
| Red-winged Blackbird* | (Agelaius phoeniceus) | ||
| Eastern Meadowlark* | (Sturnella magna) | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle* | (Quiscalus major) | ||
| Common Grackle* | (Quiscalus quiscula) | ||
| Brown-headed Cowbird* | (Molothrus ater) | ||
| * Breeds in Florida | |||