Florida Bird Conservation Initiative : General Birding Information :

Florida Bird Conservation Initiative

General Birding Information

Florida Birding Links

The Great Florida Birding Trail (GFBT) is a collection of 445 sites throughout Florida selected for their excellent birdwatching or bird education opportunities. This 2000-mile, self-guided highway trail is designed to conserve and enhance Florida's bird habitat by promoting birdwatching activities, conservation education and economic opportunity.

• The Florida Ornithological Society Checklist of the Birds of Florida  
• 2007 Checklist of Florida's Birds prepared by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (212KB)
• Audubon of Florida Checklist of Florida Birds  

FWC Wings Over Florida: A free award program open to resident and non-resident Florida birdwatchers.  Its purpose is to encourage you to identify as many native birds as you can in Florida.

Birdwatching Forums

Southwest Florida Birdline

Southeast Florida

Floridabirds-L listserve: statewide bird sightings

Birdbrain listserve: statewide bird sightings and natural history observations

NFLbirds listserve: bird sightings in northern peninsular and panhandle Florida

Birding on the Net

Ornithological Societies

• American Bird Conservancy
• Birdnet
• Florida Ornithological Society
• Waterbird Society
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• The American Ornithologists' Union

Additional Resources

• List of Important Bird Areas in Florida
• Manuscript of the Important Bird Areas of Florida
• Bird Mortality Reporting
• Waterbird Colony Locator
• Florida Bird Monitoring Program
• Florida Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program
• Backyard Birding in Florida
• Co-existing with Florida's beach-nesting birds (1MB)
• Florida Seabird/Shorebird Monitoring Website

North American Bird Sounds