• GAVIIDAE
• PODICIPEDIDAE
• PELECANIDAE
• PHALACROCORACIDAE
• ANHINGIDAE
• FREGATIDAE
• ARDEIDAE
• THRESKIORNITHIDAE
• CICONIIDAE
• CATHARTIDAE
• ANATIDAE
• ACCIPITRIDAE
• FALCONIDAE
• PHASIANIDAE
• RALLIDAE
• GRUIDAE
• CHARADRIIDAE
• RECURVIROSTRIDAE
• SCOLOPACIDAE
• LARIDAE
• COLUMBIDAE
• PSITTACIDAE
• CUCULIDAE
• TYTONIDAE
• STRIGIDAE
• CAPRIMULGIDAE
• APODIDAE
• TROCHILIDAE
• ALCEDINIDAE
• PICIDAE
• TYRANNIDAE
• LANIIDAE
• VIREONIDAE
• CORVIDAE
• HIRUNDINIDAE
• PARIDAE
• SITTIDAE
• TROGLODYTIDAE 
• REGULIDAE
• SYLVIIDAE
• TURDIDAE
• MIMIDAE
• MOTACILLIDAE
• STURNIDAE
• BOMBYCILLIDAE
• PARULIDAE
• THRAUPIDAE
• CARDINALIDAE
• EMBERIZIDAE
• ICTERIDAE
• FRINGILLIDAE
• PASSERIDAE

BIRDS of the
ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION,
Lake Placid, Florida

by Fred E. Lohrer and Glen E. Woolfenden
March 1992, nomenclature last revised July 2004

Definitions | Navigation
Winter Bird Count 1990-1999
Station biodiversity; Fishes, Amphibians & Reptiles, Mammals

• The seasonal occurrence, frequency, and abundance of the 208 species of birds identified on the main property of the Archbold Biological Station through March 1992. Included are species seen only flying over (F-O). Asterisks (*) designate the 47 species that have bred on the Station. Local water levels in the seasonal ponds greatly affect status of the waterbirds. Abandoning in 1979 the decades-old practice of distributing cracked corn daily at the Main Grounds has altered the status of a few species. Nomenclature follows the Seventh Edition of the Check-List of North American Birds (A.O.U. 1998) and Supplements to the Check-List published in The Auk, most recently; Supplement 44, Auk 120:923-931, 2003.

For broader regional status see "Checklist of Birds of Highlands County, Florida" (Lohrer 1986) and "Florida Bird Species" (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992, Florida Ornithological Society Special Publication No. 6).

Definitions:
Asterisks (*) designate the 47 species that have bred on the Station.
SEASONAL OCCURRENCE: year-round, summer, winter, transient, vagrant (no seasonal pattern on Station)
FREQUENCY: regular (every year), irregular (every 2-5 years), occasional (every 5-10 years), sporadic (every 10-20 years), casual (less than every 20 years)
ABUNDANCE: abundant, ( 500 +/day), very common (100-500/day), common (25-100/day), fairly common (5-25/day), uncommon (1-5/day, >25/season), rare (1-5/day, >5/season), very rare (1/day, >1/season)

Navigation
non-passers  | passerines | herons | vultures | ducks | raptors | shorebirds | gulls/terns | pigeons | owls | woodpeckers | flycatchers | swallows | jays/crows | wrens | thrushes | mimids | vireos | warblers | buntings | sparrows | blackbirds/orioles

Species List

ANATIDAE    Definitions | Navigation

• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor--Year-round, irregular, fairly common
• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens--Vagrant, casual, rare
• Wood Duck* Aix sponsa--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos--Year round, irregular, uncommon
• Mottled Duck* Anas fulvigula--Year-round, regular, uncommon
• Blue-winged Teal Anas discors--Winter, irregular, rare
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata--F-O vagrant, casual, rare
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris--Winter, sporadic, rare
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus--Winter, sporadic, rare
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator--Winter, irregular, rare

PHASIANIDAE

• Wild Turkey* Meleagris gallopavo--Year-round, irregular, rare
• Northern Bobwhite* Colinus virginianus--Year-round, regular, common

GAVIIDAE

• Common Loon Gavia immer--Winter, regular, rare

PODICIPEDIDAE

• Pied-billed Grebe* Podilymbus podiceps--Year-round, occasional, rare

PELECANIDAE

• American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos--F-O vagrant, sporadic, rare
• Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis--Vagrant, sporadic, rare

PHALACROCORACIDAE

• Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus--Year-round, regular, common

ANHINGIDAE

• Anhinga Anhinga anhinga--Year-round, regular, very common

FREGATIDAE

• Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens--F-O vagrant, occasional, rare

ARDEIDAE    Definitions | Navigation

• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus--Winter, casual, very rare
• Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis--Vagrant, casual, very rare
• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias--Year-round, regular, rare
• "Great White Heron" Ardea herodias--Vagrant, sporadic, very rare
• Great Egret Ardea alba--Year-round, regular, uncommon
• Snowy Egret Egretta thula--Year-round, regular, rare
• Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor--Year-round, regular, rare
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis--Year-round, regular, very common
• Green Heron* Butorides virescens--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax--Vagrant, sporadic, rare
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea--Vagrant, sporadic, very rare

THRESKIORNITHIDAE

• White Ibis Eudocimus albus--Year-round, regular, very common
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus--F-O vagrant, sporadic, uncommon

CICONIIDAE

• Wood Stork Mycteria americana--Year-round, regular, rare

CATHARTIDAE Definitions | Navigation

• Black Vulture* Coragyps atratus--Year-round, regular, common
• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura--Year-round, regular, common

ACCIPITRIDAE Definitions | Navigation

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus--Summer, regular, uncommon
• White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus--F-O vagrant, casual, rare
• Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis--F-O vagrant, casual, very rare
• Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus--Year-round, regular, uncommon
• Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Cooper's Hawk* Accipiter cooperii--Year-round, regular, rare
• Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus--Vagrant, occasional, rare
• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus--F-O vagrant, sporadic, very rare
• Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus--Vagrant, occasional, very rare
• Red-tailed Hawk* Buteo jamaicensis--Year-round, regular, fairly common

FALCONIDAE

• Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway--Year-round, irregular, rare
• American Kestrel* Falco sparverius--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Merlin Falco columbarius--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus--Transient, regular, rare

RALLIDAE

• King Rail Rallus elegans--Year-round, occasional, rare
• Virginia Rail Rallus limicola--Vagrant, casual, very rare
• Sora Porzana carolina--Vagrant, casual, very rare
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus --Vagrant, casual, very rare
• American Coot Fulica americana --Vagrant, casual, very rare

GRUIDAE

• Sandhill Crane* Grus canadensis--Year-round, regular, uncommon

CHARADRIIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola--F-O vagrant, casual, very rare
• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus--Year-round, regular, fairly common

RECURVIROSTRIDAE

• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus--F-O vagrant, occasional, rare

SCOLOPACIDAE

• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes--F-O winter, occasional, rare
• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia--Winter, irregular, rare
• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla--F-O vagrant, occasional, very rare
• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis--F-O transient, casual, very rare
• Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata--Winter, regular, fairly common
• American Woodcock Scolopax minor--Winter, casual, very rare

LARIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Laughing Gull Larus atricilla--F-O year-round, irregular, fairly common
• Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia--Winter, occasional, uncommon
• Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Caspian Tern Sterna caspia--F-O winter, casual, very rare
• Royal Tern Sterna maxima--F-O winter, casual, very rare
• Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri--Winter, occasional, rare
• Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata--F-O vagrant, casual, rare
• Black Skimmer Rynchops niger--F-O vagrant, casual, rare

COLUMBIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia--Year-round, regular, rare
• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Mourning Dove* Zenaida macroura--Year-round, regular, very common
• Common Ground-Dove* Columbina passerina--Year-round, regular, common

PSITTACIDAE

• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus--Vagrant, casual, very rare
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus--Vagrant, casual, very rare

CUCULIDAE

• Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus--Transient, sporadic, very rare
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus--Transient, regular, uncommon

TYTONIDAE    Definitions | Navigation

• Barn Owl Tyto alba--Year-round, regular, rare

STRIGIDAE

• Eastern Screech-Owl* Megascops asio--Year-round, regular, very common
• Great Horned Owl* Bubo virginianus--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia--Vagrant, occasional, very rare
• Barred Owl Strix varia--Vagrant, irregular, very rare

CAPRIMULGIDAE

• Common Nighthawk* Chordeiles minor--Summer, regular, very common
• Chuck-will's-widow* Caprimulgus carolinensis--Summer, regular, common
• Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus--Winter, regular, fairly common

APODIDAE

• Chimney Swift* Chaetura pelagica--Summer, regular, fairly common

TROCHILIDAE

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris--Summer, irregular, rare

ALCEDINIDAE

• Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon--Winter, regular, uncommon

PICIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Red-headed Woodpecker* Melanerpes erythrocephalus--Year-round, regular, common
• Red-bellied Woodpecker* Melanerpes carolinus--Year-round, regular, common
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Downy Woodpecker* Picoides pubescens--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Hairy Woodpecker* Picoides villosus--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Red-cockaded Woodpecker* Picoides borealis--Extirpated
• Northern Flicker* Colaptes auratus--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Pileated Woodpecker* Dryocopus pileatus--Year-round, regular, fairly common

PASSERIFORMES   Definitions | Navigation

TYRANNIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens--Transient, regular, rare
• Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Great Crested Flycatcher* Myiarchus crinitus--Year-round, regular, common
• Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis--Winter, irregular, rare
• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus--Summer, regular, very common
• Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis--Transient, irregular, very rare

LANIIDAE

• Loggerhead Shrike* Lanius ludovicianus--Year-round, regular, fairly common

VIREONIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• White-eyed Vireo* Vireo griseus--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons--Transient, casual, very rare
• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus--Transient, regular, fairly common

CORVIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Blue Jay* Cyanocitta cristata--Year-round, regular, common
• Florida Scrub-Jay* Aphelocoma coerulescens--Year-round, regular, very common
• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos--Year-round, regular, uncommon
• Fish Crow* Corvus ossifragus--Year-round, regular, common

HIRUNDINIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Purple Martin* Progne subis--Summer, regular, fairly common
• Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor--Winter, regular, abundant
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis--Transient, regular, rare
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia--Transient, irregular, rare
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica--Transient, regular, very common
• Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota--Transient, casual, very rare

PARIDAE

• Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor--Vagrant, sporadic, very rare

SITTIDAE

• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis--Winter, casual, very rare

TROGLODYTIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Carolina Wren* Thryothorus ludovicianus--Year-round, regular, common
• House Wren Troglodytes aedon--Winter, regular, common
• Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis--Winter, regular, uncommon

REGULIDAE

• Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa-Winter, casual, very rare
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula--Winter, regular, common

SYLVIIDAE--Polioptilinae

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* Polioptila caerulea-Year-round, regular, very common

TURDIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Eastern Bluebird* Sialia sialis--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Veery Catharus fuscescens--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Bicknell's/Gray-cheeked thrush Catharus bicknelli/minimus--Transient, irregular, rare
• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina--Transient, irregular, rare
• American Robin Turdus migratorius--Winter, regular, abundant

MIMIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis--Winter, regular, common
• Northern Mockingbird* Mimus polyglottos--Year-round, regular, common
• Brown Thrasher* Toxostoma rufum--Year-round, regular, fairly common

STURNIDAE

• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris--Year-round, regular, rare

MOTACILLIDAE

• American Pipit Anthus rubescens--Winter, sporadic, rare

BOMBYCILLIDAE

• Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum--Winter, regular, very common

PARULIDAE   Definitions | Navigation

• Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera--Transient, occasional, very rare
• Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina--Transient, occassional, very rare
• Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Northern Parula* Parula americana--Summer, regular, fairly common
• Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia--Transient, occasional, very rare
• Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica--Transient, irregular, rare
• Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia--Transient, irregular, very rare
• Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina--Transient, regular, fairly common
• Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata--Winter, regular, very common
• Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens--Transient, irregular, rare
• Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca--Transient, irregular, uncommon
• Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Pine Warbler* Dendroica pinus--Year-round, regular, very common
• Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum--Winter, regular, very common
• Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea--Transient, occasional, rare
• Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia--Winter, regular, fairly common
• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla--Transient, regular, fairly common
• Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea--Transient, irregular, rare
• Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum--Transient, occasional, very rare
• Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii--Transient, casual, very rare
• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis--Transient, irregular, rare
• Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla--Transient, irregular, rare
• Common Yellowthroat* Geothlypis trichas--Year-round, regular, common
• Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina--Transient, sporadic, very rare
• Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens--Transient, casual, very rare

THRAUPIDAE

• Summer Tanager Piranga rubra--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea--Transient, occasional, rare

EMBERIZIDAE    Definitions | Navigation

• Eastern Towhee* Pipilo erythrophthalmus--Year-round, regular, very common
• Bachman's Sparrow* Aimophila aestivalis--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina--Winter, regular, very common
• Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida--Winter, occasional, rare
• Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla--Winter, regular, rare
• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus--Winter, sporadic, very rare
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis--Winter, regular, common
• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum--Winter, regular, uncommon
• Sharp-tailed sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus/nelsoni--Vagrant, casual, very rare
• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia--Winter, occasional, rare
• Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana--Winter, regular, fairly common
• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis--Winter, casual, very rare
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys--Winter, casual, very rare
• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis--Winter, casual, very rare

CARDINALIDAE    Definitions | Navigation

• Northern Cardinal* Cardinalis cardinalis--Year-round, regular, common
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus--Transient, regular, uncommon
• Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea--Transient, casual, very rare
• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea--Winter, regular, fairly common
• Painted Bunting Passerina ciris--Transient, occasional, very rare
• Dickcissel Spiza americana--Winter, occasional, very rare

ICTERIDAE    Definitions | Navigation

• Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus--Transient, regular, fairly common
• Red-winged Blackbird* Agelaius phoeniceus--Year-round, regular, common
• Eastern Meadowlark* Sturnella magna--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus--Vagrant, casual, very rare
• Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major--Year-round, regular, uncommon
• Common Grackle* Quiscalus quiscula--Year-round, regular, fairly common
• Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater--Year-round, regular, rare
• Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius--Transient, irregular, rare
• Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula--Transient, irregular, rare

FRINGILLIDAE--Carduelinae

• Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus--Winter, occasional, rare
• American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis--Winter, regular, common

PASSERIDAE

• House Sparrow* Passer domesticus--Year-round, irregular, rare

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