Wildlife near Miami, Florida

Miami is the one American city where you can find animals that live nowhere else in the country. Manatees drift up the tidal canals and the Miami River in cooler months, brown pelicans and double-crested cormorants work the bayfront, and green iguanas bask on seawalls all over the place. Non-native parrots, from red-masked parakeets to monk parakeets, have gone fully wild in the suburbs. Head toward the Everglades edge and alligators, roseate spoonbills, and wading birds take over.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Miami. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

Most-observed species near Miami

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.