Miami-Dade County Bird Checklist
Total: 441 species
Only birds on the American Birding Association (ABA) checklist that are considered countable in Miami-Dade are included. Regular breeding species are marked with a [B], irregular breeding species are marked with a [b], extirpated or extinct species are marked with an [X].
Anatidae SWANS, GEESE and DUCKS
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Egyptian Goose [B]
Muscovy Duck [B]
Wood Duck [B]
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck [B]
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Odontophoridae QUAIL
Northern Bobwhite [B]
Phasianidae PARTRIDGES, GROUSE and TURKEYS
Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowl
Phoenicopteridae FLAMINGOS
American Flamingo
Podicipedidae GREBES
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe [B]
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Columbidae PIGEONS and DOVES
Rock Pigeon [B]
White-crowned Pigeon [B]
Eurasian Collared-Dove [B]
Common Ground-Dove [B]
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Key West Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove [B]
Zenaida Dove
Mourning Dove [B]
Cuculidae CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS and ANIS
Smooth-billed Ani [B]
Groove-billed Ani
Yellow-billed Cuckoo [B]
Mangrove Cuckoo [B]
Black-billed Cuckoo
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
Bahama Woodstar
Ruby-throated Hummingbird [B]
Rufous Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Rallidae RAILS, GALLINULES and COOTS
Yellow Rail
Black Rail [B]
King Rail [B]
Clapper Rail [B]
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule [B]
Gray-headed Swamphen [B]
Common Gallinule [B]
American Coot [B]
Aramidae LIMPKIN
Limpkin [B]
Gruidae CRANES
Sandhill Crane [B]
Recurvirostridae STILTS and AVOCETS
Black-necked Stilt [B]
American Avocet
Haematopodidae OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher
Charadriidae PLOVERS and LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover [B]
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer [B]
Scolopacidae SANDPIPERS and PHALAROPES
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock [B]
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Stercorariidae SKUAS
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Alcidae AUKS, MURRES, and PUFFINS
Atlantic Puffin
Dovekie
Razorbill
Laridae GULLS, TERNS and SKIMMERS
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
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
Phaethontidae TROPICBIRDS
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Gaviidae LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Hydrobatidae STORM-PETRELS
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Procellariidae SHEARWATERS and PETRELS
Fea's Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Ciconiidae STORKS
Wood Stork [B]
Fregatidae FRIGATEBIRDS
Magnificent Frigatebird
Sulidae BOOBIES and GANNETS
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Northern Gannet
Anhingidae ANHINGAS
Anhinga [B]
Phalacrocoracidae CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant [B]
Great Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Pelecanidae PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican [B]
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]
Cathartidae AMERICAN VULTURES
Black Vulture [B]
Turkey Vulture [B]
Pandionidae OSPREY
Osprey [B]
Accipitridae KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES and HARRIERS
White-tailed Kite [B]
Swallow-tailed Kite [B]
Golden Eagle
Snail Kite [B]
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk [B]
Bald Eagle [B]
Red-shouldered Hawk [B]
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk [B]
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk [B]
Rough-legged Hawk
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
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]
Falconidae CARACARAS and FALCONS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Psittacidae PARAKEETS and PARROTS
Monk Parakeet [B]
Carolina Parakeet [X]
Nanday Parakeet [B]
Mitred Parakeet [B]
Red-masked Parakeet [B]
White-winged Parakeet [B]
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet [B]
Tryannidae TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Cuban Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's 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]
Loggerhead Kingbird
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
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green 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
Northern Rough-winged Swallow [B]
Purple Martin [B]
Tree Swallow
Bahama Swallow
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
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren [B]
Polioptilidae GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [B]
Pycnonotidae BULBULS
Red-whiskered Bulbul [B]
Regulidae KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Muscicapidae OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
Northern Wheatear
Turidae THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird [B]
Mountain Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Red-legged Thrush
Mimidae MOCKINGBIRDS and THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher [B]
Bahama Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird [B]
Sturnidae STARLINGS and MYNAS
European Starling [B]
Common Myna [B]
Bombycillidae WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
Estrildidae WAXBILLS
Scaly-breasted Munia
Passeridae OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow [B]
Motacillidae WAGTAILS and PIPITS
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Fringillidae NORTHERN FINCHES
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Calcariidae LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Passerellidae NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Bachman's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow [B]
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee [B]
Spindalidae SPINDALISES
Western Spindalis [b]
Icteriidae YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteridae BLACKBIRDS and ORIOLES
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark [B]
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole [B]
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird [B]
Shiny Cowbird [B]
Bronzed Cowbird [B]
Brown-headed Cowbird [B]
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle [B]
Boat-tailed Grackle [B]
Parulidae WOOD WARBLERS
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Bachman's Warbler [X]
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat [B]
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler [B]
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler [B]
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle form)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler [B]
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Cardinalidae CARDINALS, BUNTINGS and GROSBEAKS
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal [B]
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Thraupidae TANAGERS
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Black-faced Grassquit
Hypothetical
There is reason to think the following have occurred in Miami-Dade, but clear-cut evidence is lacking.
Hypothetical Species
Common Merganser
Western Grebe
Cuban Emerald
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Say's Phoebe
Winter Wren
Notable Subspecies
These have sometimes been considered separate species.
Golden Warbler (Yellow Warbler, Cuban race)
Audubon's Warbler (Yellow-rumped Warbler)