All bird sounds on this page are taken from the audio cassette tape “Sounds of Florida’s Birds,” copyright 1998, by J. W. Hardy, curator emeritus in ornithology and bioacoustics at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Listen to Dr. Hardy’s introduction.

Click the link on the bird’s name to view a photo to help you with identification!

Common Name Scientific Name	Sound Clips	Short Clip Visual
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus	Short Long
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Short Long
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Short Long
Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	Short Long
Green Heron Butorides virescens	Short
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea	Short Long
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor	Short
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	Short Long
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis	Short Long
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris	Short Long
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis	Short Long
Limpkin Aramus guarauna	Short Long
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus	Short Long
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus	Short Long
American Woodcock Scolopax minor	Short Long
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus	Short Long
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	Short Long
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura	Short Long
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina	Short Long
White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala	Short Long
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus	Short Long
Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor	Short Long
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani	Short Long
Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio	Short Long
Barred Owl Strix varia	Short Long
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus	Short Long
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus	Short Long
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis	Short Long
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor	Short Long
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii	Short Long
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	Short Long
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon	Short Long
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker Colaptes auratus	Short Long
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus	Short
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus	Short Long
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens	Short
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus	Short Long
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis	Short
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus	Short Long
Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis	Short Long
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus	Short Long
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens	Short
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens	Short Long
Purple Martin Progne subis	Short Long
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata	Short Long
Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens	Short Long
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos	Short Long
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus	Short Long
Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis	Short Long
Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor	Short Long
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla	Short Long
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis	Short Long
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus	Short Long
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris	Short Long
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis	Short Long
House Wren Troglodytes aedon	Short Long
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis	Short Long
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos	Short Long
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum	Short Long
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina	Short Long
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis	Short Long
American Robin Turdus migratorius	Short Long
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea	Short Long
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus	Short Long
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus	Short Long
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons	Short Long
Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus	Short Long
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus	Short Long
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia	Short Long
Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii	Short Long
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea	Short Long
Northern Parula Parula americana	Short Long
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus	Short Long
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica	Short Long
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor	Short Long
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus	Short Long
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas	Short Long
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina	Short Long
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla	Short Long
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens	Short Long
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna	Short Long
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus	Short Long
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater	Short Long
Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major	Short Long
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula	Short Long
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius	Short Long
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra	Short Long
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis	Short Long
Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea	Short Long
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea	Short Long
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris	Short Long
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus	Short Long
Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum floridanus	Short Long
Dusky Seaside Sparrow (extinct!) Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens	Short Long
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis	Short Long
Bachman's (or Pinewoods) Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis	Short Long
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Short Long
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus	Short Long