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Wings Over Florida Birding Checklist

checklist of Florida's birds

Revised in 2009, the online version of Checklist of Florida's Birds (.pdf) contains 503 bird species including:
  • 486 native Florida birds and accidentals
  • 13 established nonnatives
  • 4 native species now considered extinct in Florida 

The printed checklist booklet was last revised in 2007 and contains 501 species. Either version may be used to apply for WOF certificates.

All species in the checklist include birds for which there is at least one "verified" Florida record.  Verified records are photos, specimens, or voice recordings of birds that have been reviewed and accepted by the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC).  Accidentals, birds that stray into Florida (without human assistance) from other parts of the United States, the Caribbean or other countries, are countable towards WOF certificates. Please note that no other nonnative species may be counted towards Wings Over Florida certificates.

For more information on the official rules and to view and print other Wings Over Florida materials, please visit the How To Apply page.
 

Taxonomic Changes and Additional Species Countable
Towards Wings Over Florida Certificates

(Last Updated 4/30/2009)

Additional verified records not listed in the printed checklist booklet, but still countable towards certificates, will be listed below as they are verified by the FOSRC.
 

 

Officially removed from Review list, 2009

  • Ross's Goose

Officially added to State and Review lists, 2008-2009

  • Elaenia sp.
  • Townsend's Solitaire
  • Common Myna

Officially added to State and Review lists, 2007

  • Loggerhead Kingbird
  • White Wagtail
  • Neotropic Cormorant
  • Hammond's Flycatcher

Officially added to State and Review lists, 2006

  • Northern Fulmar
  • Lesser Sand-Plover

Officially added to State and Review lists, 2005

  • Belcher's Gull
  • Varied Bunting
 
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