Miami-Dade Checklist
Total: 401 species
Only birds on the ABA list are included. Breeding species are marked with [B], extirpated or extinct species are marked with [X].
Anatidae SWANS, GEESE and DUCKS
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck [B]
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck [B]
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Phasianidae PARTRIDGES, GROUSE and TURKEYS
Wild Turkey
Odontophoridae QUAIL
Northern Bobwhite [B]
Gaviidae LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Podicipedidae GREBES
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe [B]
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Procellariidae SHEARWATERS and PETRELS
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Hydrobatidae STORM-PETRELS
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Phaethontidae TROPICBIRDS
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Sulidae BOOBIES and GANNETS
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Northern Gannet
Pelecanidae PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican [B]
Phalacrocoracidae CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant [B]
Great Cormorant
Anhingidae ANHINGAS
Anhinga [B]
Fregatidae FRIGATEBIRDS
Magnificent Frigatebird
Ardeidae BITTERNS and HERONS
American Bittern
Least Bittern [B]
Great Blue Heron (both morphs) [B]
Great Egret [B]
Snowy Egret [B]
Little Blue Heron [B]
Tricolored Heron [B]
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret [B]
Green Heron [B]
Black-crowned Night-Heron [B]
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron [B]
Threskiornithidae IBISES and SPOONBILLS
White Ibis [B]
Scarlet Ibis
Glossy Ibis [B]
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill [B]
Ciconiidae STORKS
Wood Stork [B]
Cathartidae AMERICAN VULTURES
Black Vulture [B]
Turkey Vulture [B]
Poenicopteridae FLAMINGOS
Greater Flamingo
Accipitridae KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES and HARRIERS
Osprey [B]
Swallow-tailed Kite [B]
White-tailed Kite [B]
Snail Kite [B]
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle [B]
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk [B]
Red-shouldered Hawk [B]
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk [B]
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk [B]
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Falconidae CARACARAS and FALCONS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Rallidae RAILS, GALLINULES and COOTS
Yellow Rail
Black Rail [B]
Clapper Rail [B]
King Rail [B]
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule [B]
Common Moorhen [B]
American Coot [B]
Aramidae LIMPKIN
Limpkin [B]
Gruidae CRANES
Sandhill Crane [B]
Charadriidae PLOVERS and LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover [B]
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer [B]
Haematopodidae OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher
Recurvirostridae STILTS and AVOCETS
Black-necked Stilt [B]
American Avocet
Scolopacidae SANDPIPERS and PHALAROPES
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock [B]
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Laridae GULLS, TERNS and SKIMMERS
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern [B]
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Skimmer
Stercorariidae SKUAS
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Alcidae AUKS, MURRES, and PUFFINS
Dovekie
Razorbill
Columbidae PIGEONS and DOVES
Rock Pigeon [B]
White-crowned Pigeon [B]
Eurasian Collared-Dove [B]
White-winged Dove [B]
Zenaida Dove
Mourning Dove [B]
Common Ground-Dove [B]
Key West Quail-Dove
Psittacidae PARAKEETS and PARROTS
Monk Parakeet [B]
Carolina Parakeet [X]
White-winged Parakeet [B]
Cuculidae CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS and ANIS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo [B]
Mangrove Cuckoo [B]
Black-billed Cuckoo
Smooth-billed Ani [B]
Groove-billed Ani
Tytonidae BARN-OWLS
Barn Owl [B]
Strigidae TYPICAL OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl [B]
Great Horned Owl [B]
Burrowing Owl [B]
Barred Owl [B]
Short-eared Owl
Caprimulgidae GOATSUCKERS
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk [B]
Antillean Nighthawk [B]
Chuck-will's-widow [B]
Whip-poor-will
Apodidae SWIFTS
Chimney Swift [B]
Trochilidae HUMMINGBIRDS
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Bahama Woodstar
Ruby-throated Hummingbird [B]
Rufous Hummingbird
Alcedinidae KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
Picidae WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker [B]
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker [B]
Hairy Woodpecker [B]
Red-cockaded Woodpecker [X]
Northern Flicker [B]
Pileated Woodpecker [B]
Ivory-billed Woodpecker [X]
Tryannidae TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher [B]
Brown-crested Flycatcher
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird [B]
Gray Kingbird [B]
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Laniidae SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike [B]
Vireonidae VIREOS
White-eyed Vireo [B]
Thick-billed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo [B]
Corvidae JAYS, MAGPIES and CROWS
Blue Jay [B]
Florida Scrub-Jay [X]
American Crow [B]
Fish Crow [B]
Alaudidae LARKS
Horned Lark
Hirundinidae SWALLOWS
Purple Martin [B]
Tree Swallow
Bahama Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow [B]
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow [B]
Barn Swallow
Paridae CHICKADEES and TITMICE
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse [B]
Sittidae NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch [B]
Certhiidae CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
Troglodytidae WRENS
Carolina Wren [B]
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Pycnonotidae BULBULS
Red-whiskered Bulbul [B]
Regulidae KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sylviidae OLD-WORLD WARBLERS and GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [B]
Turidae THRUSHES
Northern Wheatear
Eastern Bluebird [B]
Mountain Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Mimidae MOCKINGBIRDS and THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird [B]
Bahama Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher [B]
Sturnidae STARLINGS and MYNAS
European Starling [B]
Motacillidae WAGTAILS and PIPITS
American Pipit
Bombycillidae WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
Parulidae WOOD WARBLERS
Bachman's Warbler [X]
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler [B]
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle form)
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler [B]
Kirtland's Warbler
Prairie Warbler [B]
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat [B]
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Coerebidae BANANAQUIT
Bananaquit
Thraupidae TANAGERS
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Western Spindalis
Emberizidae SPARROWS
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Black-faced Grassquit
Eastern Towhee [B]
Bachman's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow [B]
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Cardinalidae CARDINALS, BUNTINGS and GROSBEAKS
Northern Cardinal [B]
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Icteridae BLACKBIRDS and ORIOLES
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird[B]
Eastern Meadowlark [B]
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle [B]
Boat-tailed Grackle [B]
Shiny Cowbird [B]
Bronzed Cowbird [B]
Brown-headed Cowbird [B]
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole [B]
Baltimore Oriole
Fringillidae NORTHERN FINCHES
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Passeridae OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow [B]
Hypothetical
There is reason to think the following have occurred in Miami-Dade, but I lack clear-cut evidence.
Hypothetical Species
Common Merganser
Western Grebe
Thayer's Gull
Cuban Emerald
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Kingbird
Winter Wren
Notable Subspecies
These have sometimes been considered separate species.
Golden Warbler (Yellow Warbler, Cuban race)
Audubon's Warbler (Yellow-rumped Warbler)