
A rare South American bird took a wrong turn towards Florida
Margherita Bassi
created: Sept. 5, 2025, 4 p.m. | updated: Sept. 5, 2025, 9:41 p.m.
For once, there’s an exciting story out of the Sunshine State that isn’t about a Florida man (or pythons).
Instead, it’s a Florida bird—a very, very rare bird, because it doesn’t actually belong there.
It was a small billed elenia which was, as you might expect, a South American species—very rare here in North America,” Johnson told Fox 4.
According to the ornithologist, the bird has only been documented on the North American continent six known times.
Johnson believes that it probably ended up in Florida after migrating in the wrong direction.
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