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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Alleghany - 179 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 12 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 4 American WigeonMareca americana
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 7 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 8 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 9 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 11 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 12 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
New World Quails - 1 species 13 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 14 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 15 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 1 species 16 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 17 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 18 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 19 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 20 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Swifts - 1 species 21 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 22 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 23 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 24 SoraPorzana carolina
 25 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 26 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 5 species 28 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 29 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 30 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 31 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 32 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 33 Black TernChlidonias niger
 34 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 35 Common LoonGavia immer
Petrels & Shearwaters - 1 species 36 Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Cormorants - 1 species 37 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 38 White IbisEudocimus albus
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 4 species 39 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 40 Green HeronButorides virescens
 41 Great EgretArdea alba
 42 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 43 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 44 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 45 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 46 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 47 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 48 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 49 American GoshawkAstur atricapillus
 50 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 51 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 52 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 53 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 54 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 55 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 56 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 57 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 2 species 58 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 59 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Kingfishers - 1 species 60 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 61 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 62 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 63 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 64 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 65 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 66 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 67 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 68 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 69 MerlinFalco columbarius
 70 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 71 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 72 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 73 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 74 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 75 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 76 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 77 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 78 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 79 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 80 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 81 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 82 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 83 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 84 Eastern Warbling-VireoVireo gilvus
 85 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 2 species 86 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
 87 Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 88 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 89 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 90 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 91 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 92 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 93 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 94 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 95 Purple MartinProgne subis
 96 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 97 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 98 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 99 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 100 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 101 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 102 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 103 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 104 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 105 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 106 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 107 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 108 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 109 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 110 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 111 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 112 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 113 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 114 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 115 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 116 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 117 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 118 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 119 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 120 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 121 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 122 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 13 species 123 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 124 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 125 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 126 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 127 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 128 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 129 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 130 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 131 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 132 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 133 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 134 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 135 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 136 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 137 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 138 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 139 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 140 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 141 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 142 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 143 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 30 species 144 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 145 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 146 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 147 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 148 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 149 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 150 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 151 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 152 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 153 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 154 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 155 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 156 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 157 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 158 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 159 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 160 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 161 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 162 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 163 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 164 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 165 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 166 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 167 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 168 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 169 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 170 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 171 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 172 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 173 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 174 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 175 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 176 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 177 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 178 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 179 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea