Orlando is built among hundreds of lakes in central Florida, and the water is full of wildlife. Sandhill cranes stalk across lawns and golf courses, alligators live in nearly every lake, and anhingas and great blue herons work the shorelines. The neighborhoods hold gopher tortoises, green anoles, and barred owls, and the wetlands on the edges pull in wood storks, limpkins, and roseate spoonbills.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Orlando. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
142,052
recent observations
30
species listed
16
birds
7
reptiles & amphibians
3
plants
Naturalists have logged 142,052 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Orlando. The most frequently seen is the Brown Anole, with 21,453 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by reptiles & amphibians (7).