top of page

Local Florida Wildlife

Male Bobolink in black, white, and straw-colored breeding plumage perched on Florida grass

Bobolink

Songbird

American woodcock standing in leaf litter at the edge of a Florida woodland

American Woodcock

Game Bird

Male Hooded Merganser with broad white crest patch and chestnut flanks on a Florida freshwater pond

Hooded Merganser

Waterbird

Northern Dwarf Siren with feathery red external gills moving through submerged Florida wetland vegetation

Northern Dwarf Siren

Salamander

Male Bluefin Killifish showing a dark zigzag stripe, blue fins, and orange tail in clear Florida spring water

Bluefin Killifish

Freshwater Fish

Yellow-billed Cuckoo perched in a leafy Florida woodland with its long spotted tail visible

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Songbird

Male common green darner perched beside a Florida pond showing green thorax and blue abdomen

Common Green Darner

Other Insect

Eyeless Georgia Blind Salamander with translucent pale skin and red external gills resting on limestone in a Florida cave pool

Georgia Blind Salamander

Salamander

Adult male Sailfin Molly displaying its tall spotted dorsal fin in clear Florida spring water

Sailfin Molly

Freshwater Fish

Key Largo Woodrat beside a large stick nest at the base of a tree in tropical hardwood hammock

Key Largo Woodrat

Small Mammal

Chuck-Will's-Widow roosting lengthwise on a branch in a Florida pine-oak woodland

Chuck-Will's-Widow

Songbird

American White Pelican with white plumage, black wing tips, and long orange bill floating in a Florida lagoon

American White Pelican

Waterbird

Swamp Darter showing mottled olive coloring and black tail-base spots above leaf litter in a Florida backwater

Swamp Darter

Freshwater Fish

Adult Florida Woods Cockroach on damp palmetto litter showing its broad dark reddish-brown wingless body

Florida Woods Cockroach

Other Insect

Wingless female Eastern Velvet Ant showing red-orange and black warning colors on Florida sand

Eastern Velvet Ant

Other Insect

Male red-winged blackbird perched on a cattail in a Florida marsh

Red-Winged Blackbird

Songbird

American Avocet in winter plumage sweeping its upturned bill through shallow Florida coastal water

American Avocet

Waterbird

Adult Royal Walnut Moth displaying gray-green wings with orange veins and yellow spots on a Florida hickory trunk

Royal Walnut Moth

Other Insect

Adult Smooth-Billed Ani showing its high smooth bill and long tail on a South Florida mangrove branch

Smooth-Billed Ani

Songbird

Southern Two-Lined Salamander with twin dark stripes on a mossy rock beside a clear stream

Southern Two-Lined Salamander

Salamander

bottom of page