Florida's Nonnative Wildlife. Species detail.
First year: 1958
Extirpated year:
Established status: Species have
populations whose status is unknown.
Estimated Florida range: 3
counties Not reported breeding
Statewide trend: Unknown
status
Threats to natives: Unknown
Species Account: Native to
Cuba, where it inhabits forests, forest edges, and scrub.
Habitats: Central or core urban
area
| County |
First Year |
Extirpated Year |
Breeding status |
Notes |
| Dade |
1952 |
|
Not reported breeding |
1 photographed in 1995 with obvious signs of recent captivity
(Pranty 1995b). |
| Monroe |
1979 |
Not reported breeding |
|
| Palm Beach |
1951 |
|
Not reported breeding |
|
References
Pranty, B. 1995b. Field observations [spring
report: March to May 1995]. Florida Field Naturalist 23:99-108.
Pranty, B. 1996b. A birder's guide to Florida.
American Birding Association, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado,
USA.
Stevenson, H. M., and B. H. Anderson. 1994. The
birdlife of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida, USA.
Back to Nonnative
Birds
|