Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Tropical and subtropical) (VII)

Tropical and subtropical America; breeds in the Gulf States, and, after the breeding season, wanders irregularly northward, sometimes reaching Kansas, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. Washington, A. V., two specimens. Long Island, A. V. Nest, a platform of sticks in trees. Eggs, two to three, dull white with a soft calcareous deposit, 2.75 x 1.75.

This is a locally common species in Florida.

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