Strangers in paradise · Non-native birds in Florida 249 taxa statewide –83 parrots –69...

Strangers in paradiseNon-native birds in Florida

Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus)

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus)

Nutmeg mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)

Orinoco goose (Neochen jutata)

Blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)

Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)

Greater ani (Crotophaga major)

Non-native birds in Florida

249 taxa statewide

Non-native birds in Florida

249 taxa statewide

– 83 parrots

Non-native birds in Florida

249 taxa statewide

– 83 parrots

– 69 passerines

Non-native birds in Florida

249 taxa statewide

– 83 parrots

– 69 passerines

– 29 waterfowl

Non-native birds in Florida

249 taxa statewide

– 83 parrots

– 69 passerines

– 29 waterfowl

– 15 gallinaceous fowl

Non-native birds in Florida

36 taxa in the Heartland CISMA

Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura)

Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura)

Pin-tailed whydah distribution

Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Purple swamphen distribution

Non-native birds in Florida

Purple swamphen

– FWC removal program

Non-native birds in Florida

Purple swamphen

– FWC removal program

– Open to waterfowl hunting

Non-native birds in Florida

Purple swamphen

– FWC removal program

– Open to waterfowl hunting

– Research

Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Egyptian goose distribution

Egyptian geese Pine Glades Lake, Everglades National Park