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Tidal Flat Animals I: Birds

Authors:

L. Holly Sweat
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Abstract:

This list contains some of the bird species that can be found in tidal flat habitats throughout the Indian River Lagoon watershed.

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Families: 12

Genera: 22

Species: 29

Total Taxa: 29 (including subsp. and var.)

Anas fulvigula
mottled duck
Ardea alba
great egret
Ardea herodias
great blue heron
Bubulcus ibis
cattle egret
Butorides striata
striated heron
Calidris fuscicollis
white-rumped sandpiper
Calidris mauri
western sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
semipalmated sandpiper
Charadrius melodus
piping plover
Egretta rufescens
reddish egret
Egretta thula
snowy egret
Egretta tricolor
tricolored heron
Falco peregrinus
peregrine falcon
Haematopus palliatus
American oystercatcher
Limosa fedoa
marbled godwit
Nyctanassa violacea
yellow-crowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
black-crowned night heron
Pelecanus occidentalis
brown pelican
Platalea ajaja
Roseate Spoonbill
Rynchops niger
black skimmer
Sterna dougallii
roseate tern
The Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory is a partner initiative of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce and
the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program.