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FOS Official State List Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee This is the formal list of modern bird species definitely having occurred in Florida by natural appearance or by establishment of an exotic. The base list shall be the Supplement: Checklist of Florida Birds, pp. 255-260 in Robertson & Woolfenden (1992), as updated by final decisions of the Florida Ornithological Society’s Records Committee. The following list of 525 species is updated through 31 December 2018. Established exotics (e); extinct or extirpated native species (x) and disestablished exotics (d); and species listed without verifiable evidence (u) shall be so annotated. Extinct species do not reduce the size of the Florida list, but a disestablished exotic species does. A distinctive member of a subspecies group may be added to the list for review purposes (see below), but it shall not be counted on the list beyond the species’ presence there. Species in the list below annotated with an *(review species list) should be documented when detected in Florida and submitted to the FOSRC for review. In addition, documentation should be submitted to the FOSRC for any species detected in Florida, believed to have occurred naturally or to have escaped, but not appearing in the main list below or in its formatted download versions. Established Family Species Subspecies Scientific name Review List exotic Extinct Disestablished exotic ANATIDAE Black-bellied Whistling- Dendrocygna autumnalis Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose Anser rossii Greater White-fronted Anser albifrons Goose Brant Branta bernicla * Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii * Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus * Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus EE Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata EE Wood Duck Aix sponsa Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Gadwall Mareca strepera Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope American Wigeon Mareca americana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos American Black Duck Anas rubripes * Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis * Northern Pintail Anas acuta Green-winged Teal Anas crecca “Common A.c. crecca Teal" * Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis King Eider Somateria spectabilis * Common Eider Somateria mollissima Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus * Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Black Scoter Melanitta americana Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common Merganser Mergus merganser * Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus * Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ODONTOPHORIDAE Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus PHASIANIDAE Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo PHOENICOPTERIDAE American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber PODICIPEDIDAE Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus * Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena * Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis * COLUMBIDAE Rock Pigeon Columba livia EE Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa * White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata * Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto EE Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius X Inca Dove Columbina inca * Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana * Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia * White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi * White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita * Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura CUCULIDAE Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris CAPRIMULGIDAE Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus APODIDAE White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris * Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi * White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis * Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia * TROCHILIDAE Bahama Woodstar Calliphlox evelynae * Ruby-throated Archilochus colubris Hummingbird Black-chinned Archilochus alexandri Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna * Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae * Broad-tailed Selasphorus platycercus * Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin * Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope * Broad-billed Cynanthus latirostris * Hummingbird Buff-bellied Amazilia yucatanensis Hummingbird White-eared Hylocharis leucotis * Hummingbird RALLIDAE Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis * Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis King Rail Rallus elegans Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio EE Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna GRUIDAE Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Whooping Crane Grus americana X RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus American Avocet Recurvirostra americana HAEMATOPODIDAE American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus CHARADRIIDAE Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus * Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva * Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus * Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii * Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus * SCOLOPACIDAE Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica * Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa * Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica * Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Red Knot Calidris canutus Surfbird Calidris virgata * Ruff Calidris pugnax * Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata * Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea * Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis * Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Willet Tringa semipalmata Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia * Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius STERCORARIIDAE South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki * Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus * ALCIDAE Dovekie Alle alle * Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia * Razorbill Alca torda * Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix * Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus * Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica * LARIDAE Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla * Sabine's Gull Xema sabini * Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Chroicocephalus Gray-hooded Gull * cirrocephalus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus * Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus * Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri * Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni * Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis California Gull Larus californicus * Herring Gull Larus argentatus ”Vega L. a. vegae * Gull” Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides "Nominate Iceland L. g. glaucoides * Gull" "Thayer's L. g. thayeri * Gull" Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus * Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus * Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Black Noddy Anous minutus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Least Tern Sternula antillarum Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Black Tern Chlidonias niger Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis “Cayenne T. s. eurygnathus * Tern” Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans * Black Skimmer Rynchops niger PHAETHONTIDAE White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus * GAVIIDAE Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica * 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  • Northern Argentina Tour Report 2016

    Northern Argentina Tour Report 2016

    The enigmatic Diademed Sandpiper-Plover in a remote valley was the bird of the trip (Mark Pearman) NORTHERN ARGENTINA 21 OCTOBER – 12 NOVEMBER 2016 TOUR REPORT LEADER: MARK PEARMAN Northern Argentina 2016 was another hugely successful chapter in a long line of Birdquest tours to this region with some 524 species seen although, importantly, more speciality diamond birds were seen than on all previous tours. Highlights in the north-west included Huayco Tinamou, Puna Tinamou, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Red-faced Guan, Black-legged Seriema, Wedge-tailed Hilstar, Slender-tailed Woodstar, Black-banded Owl, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Black-bodied Woodpecker, White-throated Antpitta, Zimmer’s Tapaculo, Scribble-tailed Canastero, Rufous-throated Dipper, Red-backed Sierra Finch, Tucuman Mountain Finch, Short-tailed Finch, Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager and a clean sweep on all the available endemcs. The north-east produced such highly sought-after species as Black-fronted Piping- Guan, Long-trained Nightjar, Vinaceous-breasted Amazon, Spotted Bamboowren, Canebrake Groundcreeper, Black-and-white Monjita, Strange-tailed Tyrant, Ochre-breasted Pipit, Chestnut, Rufous-rumped, Marsh and Ibera Seedeaters and Yellow Cardinal. We also saw twenty-fve species of mammal, among which Greater 1 BirdQuest Tour Report: Northern Argentina 2016 www.birdquest-tours.com Naked-tailed Armadillo stole the top slot. As usual, our itinerary covered a journey of 6000 km during which we familiarised ourselves with each of the highly varied ecosystems from Yungas cloud forest, monte and badland cactus deserts, high puna and altiplano, dry and humid chaco, the Iberá marsh sytem (Argentina’s secret pantanal) and fnally a week of rainforest birding in Misiones culminating at the mind-blowing Iguazú falls.