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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Alexander - 202 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 30 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 4 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 5 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 6 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 7 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 8 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 9 GadwallMareca strepera
 10 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
 14 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 15 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 16 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 17 RedheadAythya americana
 18 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 19 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 20 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 21 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 22 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 23 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 24 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 25 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 26 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 27 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 28 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 29 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 30 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 31 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 32 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 33 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 34 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 35 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 3 species 36 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 37 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 38 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 39 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 40 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 41 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 42 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 43 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 44 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 45 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Cranes - 1 species 46 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 47 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 48 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 8 species 49 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 50 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 51 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 52 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 53 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 54 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 55 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 56 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & Terns - 10 species 57 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 58 Black TernChlidonias niger
 59 Common TernSterna hirundo
 60 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 61 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 62 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 63 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 64 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 65 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
 66 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Loons - 1 species 67 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 68 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 69 White IbisEudocimus albus
 70 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Pelicans - 1 species 71 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 72 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 73 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 74 Green HeronButorides virescens
 75 Great EgretArdea alba
 76 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 77 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 78 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 79 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 7 species 80 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 81 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 82 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 83 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 84 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 85 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 86 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 87 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 88 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 89 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 90 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 91 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 92 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 93 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 94 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 95 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 96 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 97 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 98 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 99 MerlinFalco columbarius
 100 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 101 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 102 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 103 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 104 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 105 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 106 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 107 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 108 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 109 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 110 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 111 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 112 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 113 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 114 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 115 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 116 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 117 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 118 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 119 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 120 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 121 Purple MartinProgne subis
 122 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 123 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 124 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 125 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 126 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 127 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 128 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 129 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 130 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 131 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 132 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 133 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 134 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 135 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 136 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 137 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 138 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 139 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 140 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 141 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 142 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 143 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 144 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 145 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 146 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 147 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 148 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 149 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 150 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 151 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 152 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 153 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 154 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 155 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 156 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 157 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 158 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 159 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 160 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 161 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 162 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 163 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 164 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 165 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 166 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 167 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 168 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 169 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 170 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 171 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 172 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 24 species 173 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 174 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 175 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 176 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 177 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 178 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 179 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 180 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 181 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 182 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 183 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 184 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 185 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 186 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 187 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 188 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 189 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 190 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 191 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 192 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 193 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 194 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 195 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 196 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 197 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 198 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 199 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 200 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 201 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 202 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea