Florida Water Birds

Florida is home to various families of water birds. There are egrets, herons, ibises, swans, ducks, geese, cranes, and other water birds living in the coastal areas, lakes, rivers, and wetlands of the state. It is easy to spot water birds in Florida as the state has ample coasts, beaches, lakes, and seaports. The guide with pictures helps in their identification.

List of Water Birds of Florida

• American Bittern
• American Coot
• American White Pelican
• American Wigeon
• Anhinga
• Bald Eagle
• Belted Kingfisher
• Black-bellied Whistling Duck
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-necked Stilt
• Blue-winged Teal
• Boat-tailed Grackle
• Brown Pelican
• Bufflehead
• Canada Goose
• Canvasback
• Caspian Tern
• Cattle Egret
• Common Gallinule
• Common Loon
• Cormorant
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Flamingo
• Glossy Ibis
• Gray-headed Swamphen
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Green Heron
• Green-winged Teal
• Hooded Merganser
• Killdeer
• King Rail
• Least Bittern
• Lesser Scaup
• Limpkin
• Little Blue Heron
• Mallard
• Mottled Duck
• Muscovy Duck
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Osprey
• Pelican
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Purple Gallinule
• Reddish Egret
• Red-shouldered hawk
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Ring-necked Duck
• Roseate Spoonbill
• Sandhill Crane
• Snail Kite
• Snow Goose
• Snowy Egret
• Sora
• Tricolored Heron
• Tundra Swan
• White Ibis
• White-faced Ibis
• Wood Duck
• Wood Stork
• Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Water Birds in Florida by Colors

Black Water Birds in Florida: Anhinga, American Coot.

White Water Birdsin Florida: White Ibis, Wood Stork.

Blue Water Birdsin Florida: Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher.

Brown Water Birdsin Florida: Brown Pelican, Bufflehead, Canada Goose, Canvasback, Killdeer.

Pink Water Birdsin Florida: Roseate Spoonbill, Flamingo

Water Birds in Florida by Sizes

Large Water Birds in Florida: Great Egret, White Ibis, Great Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, Anhinga, Pelican, Snowy Egret.

Small Water Birds in Florida: Green-winged Teal, Sora.

Water Birds in Florida by Regions

Water Birds in Central Florida: Anhinga, American White Pelican, Little Blue Heron, Common Gallinule, Tricolored Heron

Water Birds in South Florida: Anhinga, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork.

White Birds in Southwest Florida: Anhinga, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Cattle Egret, Osprey, Roseate Spoonbill

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