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Class Aves (Continued) (Birds)
Orders Ciconiiformes through Gruiformes
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
Ardea alba
Great Egret
Ardea herodias
Great Blue Heron
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bittern
Bubulcus ibis [Non-Native]
Cattle Egret
Butorides striatus
Green Heron
Egretta caerulea
Little Blue Heron
Egretta rufescens
Reddish Egret
Egretta thula
Snowy Egret
Egretta tricolor
Tricolored Heron
Ixobrychus exilis
Least Bittern
Nyctanassa violacea
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cathartidae
Coragyps atratus
Black Vulture
Coragyps aura
Turkey Vulture
Ciconiidae
Mycteria americana
Wood Stork
Threskiornithidae
Ajaia ajaja
Roseate Spoonbill
Eudocimus albus
White Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Glossy Ibis
Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae
Ceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfisher
Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
Coccyzus americanus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Crotophaga ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Falconiformes
Accipitridae
Accipiter cooperii
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Broad-winged Hawk
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier
Elanoides forficatus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Falco columbarius
Merlin
Falco peregrinus
Peregrine Falcon
Falco sparvarius
American Kestrel
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
Ictinia mississippiensis
Mississippi Kite
Pandion haliaetus
Osprey
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Colinus virginianus
Northern Bobwhite
Meleagris gallopavo
Wild Turkey
Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Gavia immer
Common Loon
Gavia stellata
Red-throated Loon
Gruiformes
Aramidae
Aramus guarauna
Limpkin
Gruidae
Grus canadensis
Sandhill Crane
Rallidae
Fulica americana
American Coot
Gallinula chloropus
Common Moorhen
Laterallus jamaicensis
Black Rail
Poranza carolina
Sora
Porphyrula martinica
Purple Gallinule
Rallus elegans
King Rail
Rallus limicola
Virginia Rail
Rallus longirostris
Clapper Rail
