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Mangroves33 Bird Species
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Belted KingfisherThe only kingfisher across most of North America, this species is often seen perched on power lines and other exposed perches over water. It is easily recognized by its large angular head, its shaggy crest and long bill. The upperparts are slaty blue-gray, with a white collar extending almost all the more... Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 56 cm |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronAdult: large head with black crown, red eye, pale forehead, dark lores and thick, pointy, dark bill. Several long, thin white plumes. Pale face and throat, short pale gray neck, pale gray underparts and wings. Black back and dark green. Short gray tail. Yellow legs. Breeding plumage: plumes longer, more... Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 112 cm |
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Black-whiskered VireoThis species gets its name from the black stripe on the edge of its throat. While this mark is distinctive, it is sometimes hard to see. The upperparts are plain olive-green. The head shows a gray crown, whitish supercilium with an indistinct dark border, and blackish eye line. The underparts are dul more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 25 cm |
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Brown PelicanLarge, swan-sized mostly brown waterbird with a massive, long beak with extensible pouch. Atlantic populations have greenish to brown pouches and pale yellowish bills. Western birds have red pouch. Adults have grayish backs with darker brown underparts. Broad, crooked, long wings. Black legs and shor more... Length: 130 cm Wingspan: 200 cm |
Cuban PeweeThis small, olive-gray Caribbean flycatcher is large-headed, long-tailed, comparatively short-winged, and has a longer, proportionally thinner bill than other similar flycatchers. It is dark dusky olive-green above. Head is uniformly dark with an incomplete white eye ring that flares behind the eye. more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: cm |
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Glossy IbisResembles an all-dark curlew, with a long, down-curved bill (noticeably thicker than a shorebird bill), small head, long thin neck, slender body, long legs. Adult breeding (alternate plumage): looks black from a distance, but in good light is mostly dark chestnut. Back and wings are dark green with g more... Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 91 cm |
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Gray KingbirdThis large kingbird is recognized by its uniformly gray upperparts, long heavy bill, and contrasting dark mask that runs from the base of the bill through the auriculars. The wings are slightly darker with thin pale feather edges. The tail is long and notched. Underparts, including the underside of t more... Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 37 cm |
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Great FrigatebirdLarge and dark with long crooked and pointed wings, long deeply-forked tail, and long, gray hooked bill. Adult males have red throat pouch that they inflate into large balloon. Iridescent green back. Upperwing coverts have brown bars. Pinkish feet. Females also mostly dark, with a white chest. Juveni more... Length: 95 cm Wingspan: 216 cm |
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Great-tailed GrackleCrow-sized in total length with a much thinner body and narrower wings; tail accounts for about half of the length. Bill is fairly heavy and long. Adult male is entirely glossy black, with dark blue sheen on head and body, a pale eye, and very long, obviously graduated tail. Females are grayish brown more... Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 58 cm |
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Green HeronSmall, stocky heron with long bill. Alternate adult: dark dusky green crown and back that are glossy. Face, neck, and sides of upper breast dark chestnut. Two-toned bill with dark upper mandible and straw yellow lower mandible. White chin and throat and short white malar stripe. White on center of ne more... Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 112 cm |
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Green-breasted MangoThis rare visitor from Mexico is recognized by its thick decurved bill and purple tail. Male: Dark green overall, with a black throat blending into the blue-green breast. All but the central tail feathers are purple with black edging. Female: Green on upperparts and sides. White underparts are bisect more... Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 13 cm |
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La Sagra's FlycatcherMedium-sized Myiarchus flycatcher that is proportionally large-headed and short-tailed. Dark earth-brown and reddish-brown above and pale below; usually shows a conspicuous bushy crest. Adult: Dark dusky face and crest. Long dark bill. Shows much less yellow (almost none) below than other Myiarchus, more... Length: 19 cm Wingspan: 27 cm |
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Least BitternThe smallest and most secretive North American heron. Mostly dark above and orangish buff to cream below. Yellow eyes, lores and bill. Distinct whitish stripes on dark shoulders. Yellow legs with long toes. Adult male: glossy, black crown, back, rump, and tail. Face, sides of neck, and upper flanks o more... Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 43 cm |
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Least GrebeA very small, compact, dark grebe, restricted to South Texas. Body is all brownish gray, with lighter gray tuft on the sides, especially apparent when fluffed and relaxed; bill is short and slender with a pale whitish tip. Its rather piercing eye is bright yellow. In alternate plumage, adult has blac more... Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 28 cm |
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Little Blue HeronSlender mid-sized heron that is nearly all-white as an immature and all-dark as an adult. Bill is thicker at base than other similar-sized herons and egrets, but tapers to pointed tip. Alternate Adult: gray-blue plumage overall with purple neck and head. Long lanceolate plumes on head and neck; gray more... Length: 61 cm Wingspan: 102 cm |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdLarge and black with extremely long, angular, pointed wings and forked tail. Hooked bill long and gray. Male entirely black, glossy above, with red throat pouch. Displaying male inflates balloon-like red throat-pouch. Feet and legs tiny and dark. Female has white patch on chest and pale patches on to more... Length: 102 cm Wingspan: 229 cm |
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Belted Kingfisher
15 Photographs -
Black-crowned Night-Heron
12 Photographs -
Black-whiskered Vireo
1 Photograph -
Brown Pelican
22 Photographs -
Cuban Pewee
2 Photographs -
Glossy Ibis
6 Photographs -
Gray Kingbird
1 Photograph -
Great Frigatebird
3 Photographs -
Great-tailed Grackle
3 Photographs -
Green Heron
13 Photographs -
Green-breasted Mango
0 Photographs -
La Sagra's Flycatcher
2 Photographs -
Least Bittern
9 Photographs -
Least Grebe
3 Photographs -
Little Blue Heron
14 Photographs -
Magnificent Frigatebird
22 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas0 species |
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Salt Water |
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Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon |
Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great FrigatebirdFregata minor |
Open Ocean, Mangroves |
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Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus |
Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Least BitternIxobrychus exilis |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves |
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Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves |
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Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves |
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White IbisEudocimus albus |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Mangroves |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon |
Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus |
Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White IbisEudocimus albus |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
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Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon |
Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus |
Mangroves |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great FrigatebirdFregata minor |
Open Ocean, Mangroves |
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Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus |
Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii |
Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae |
Mangroves, Clearcuts |
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Least BitternIxobrychus exilis |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves |
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Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor |
Mangroves |
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Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves |
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Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata |
Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves |
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Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus |
Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White IbisEudocimus albus |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Mangroves |
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White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala |
Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves |
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White-eyed VireoVireo griseus |
Mangroves, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis |
Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yucatan VireoVireo magister |
Mangroves, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus |
Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii |
Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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La Sagra's FlycatcherMyiarchus sagrae |
Mangroves, Clearcuts |
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Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus |
Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yucatan VireoVireo magister |
Mangroves, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus |
Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii |
Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
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Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus |
Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White IbisEudocimus albus |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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White-eyed VireoVireo griseus |
Mangroves, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis |
Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yucatan VireoVireo magister |
Mangroves, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |