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Families:
14
Genera:
27
Species:
46 (species rank)
Total Taxa:
46 (including subsp. and var.)
ARDEIDAE
Ardea alba
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Great Egret
Ardea herodias
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Great Blue Heron
CANIDAE
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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Gray fox
CARANGIDAE
Trachinotus carolinus
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Florida Pompano
CHARADRIIDAE
Charadrius alexandrinus
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Snowy Plover
Charadrius melodus
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Piping Plover
CHELONIIDAE
Caretta caretta
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
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Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
DERMOCHELYIDAE
Dermochelys coriacea
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
DONACIDAE
Donax variabilis
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Variable Coquina
FELIDAE
Felis catus
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House Cat
HAEMATOPODIDAE
Haematopus palliatus
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American Oystercatcher
HIPPIDAE
Emerita talpoida
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Atlantic Mole Crab
LARIDAE
Chlidonias niger
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Black Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
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Gull-billed Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
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Caspian Tern
Larus argentatus
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Herring Gull
Larus atricilla
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Laughing Gull
Larus delawarensis
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Ring-billed Gull
Larus marinus
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Great Black-backed Gull
Larus philadelphia
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Bonaparte's Gull
Onychoprion anaethetus
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Bridled Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
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Sooty Tern
Rynchops niger
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Black Skimmer
Sterna dougallii
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Roseate Tern
Sterna forsteri
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Forster's Tern
Sterna hirundo
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Common Tern
Sternula antillarum
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Least Tern
Thalasseus maximus
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Royal Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
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Sandwich Tern
OCYPODIDAE
Ocypode quadrata
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Ghost Crab
PROCYONIDAE
Procyon lotor
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Raccoon
SCOLOPACIDAE
Arenaria interpres
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Ruddy Turnstone
Calidris alba
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Sanderling
Calidris fuscicollis
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White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
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Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
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Purple Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
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Western Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
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Least Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
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Peep
Tringa flavipes
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Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria
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Solitary Sandpiper