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Florida Everglades Birds and Wildlife

• Family - Ardeidae
• Identification -Large white bird with yellow bill.
• Food - Frog, Fish, and Crawfish
• Nest -

Common Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus)

• Family - Rallidae
• Identification - Black head and neck, redbill with yellow on the tip. In winter the bill turns brown with yellow on the tip. This bird is smaller and is rounder.
• Food - plants, insects
• Nest - This bird can be found often swimming, but has been spotted on golfcources and lawns. Nesting usually near water.

White Ibis
(Eudocimus albus)

• Family - Threkiernithidae
• Identification - White bird with pink facial markings. When breeding, the bill, face, and legs turn scarlet.
• Food - cryafish, tadpoles, fish
• Nest -

Moorhen ~ Reddish Egret

Burrowing Owl

Brown Pelican

• Long bill with a pouch, dark on Atlantic/Gulf coasts; bill paler along Pacific coast, becomes yellow during breeding season
• Plunges from great heights into water to catch fish

Photographs above provided by Patti Bailey of ci-Interactive - Naples Florida

White Ibis

• Medium-sized long-legged long-necked wading bird
• Long, decurved bill
• Bill and facial skin pinkish-red
• Red legs

Great Blue Heron

Egret

Osprey

Limpkin

• Dark brown plumage
• Head, neck, and underparts streaked extensively with white
• Back and upperwing coverts have bold white spots and streaks
• Long, slightly decurved bill with yellowish-orange base and dark tip

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