United States · Florida
Orlando Wetlands
253 species and 388,397 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Great EgretArdea alba
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
American CootFulica americana
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Merritt Island NWR – Black Point Wildlife Drive26 km269 species
- Merritt Island NWR29 km314 species
- Mead Botanical Gardens35 km206 species
- "Viera" Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands44 km262 species
- Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive56 km290 species
- Lake Apopka North Shore – Orange County section60 km350 species
All 253 species recorded here
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Orlando Wetlands?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Orlando Wetlands?
253 species, from 388,397 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Orlando Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Gallinule, Great Egret, Tricolored Heron, Little Blue Heron and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.