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Wildlife in Silver Springs State Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Silver Springs right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

4,192
recent observations
30
species listed
13
birds
4
reptiles & amphibians
6
plants

Naturalists have logged 4,192 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Silver Springs. The most frequently seen is the Anhinga, with 606 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (13 of the species listed here), followed by reptiles & amphibians (4).

Rarer finds confirmed in Silver Springs include Rhesus Macaque - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Rhesus Macaque
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Most-observed species in Silver Springs

Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
606 observations
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
427 observations
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
327 observations
Rhesus Macaque
Macaca mulatta
324 observations
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
260 observations
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
223 observations
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni
186 observations · iNaturalist
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
166 observations
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
140 observations
cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
117 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
113 observations
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
107 observations
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
95 observations
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
86 observations
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Romalea microptera
77 observations
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
75 observations
Great Egret
Ardea alba
71 observations
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
70 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
69 observations
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
68 observations
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
68 observations
pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
66 observations
cabbage palmetto
Sabal palmetto
65 observations
Echo Moth
Seirarctia echo
62 observations · iNaturalist
Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis
57 observations · iNaturalist
Florida Gar
Lepisosteus platyrhincus
57 observations
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
56 observations
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
52 observations
Blue Tilapia
Oreochromis aureus
51 observations
coastalplain chaffhead
Carphephorus corymbosus
51 observations · iNaturalist

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