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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Ashe - 181 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 10 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 GadwallMareca strepera
 4 American WigeonMareca americana
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 7 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 8 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 9 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
New World Quails - 1 species 11 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 12 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 13 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 3 species 14 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 15 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 16 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
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
Cranes - 1 species 24 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 25 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 26 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 3 species 28 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 29 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 30 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 31 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 32 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 1 species 33 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 34 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Cormorants - 1 species 35 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 36 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 37 Green HeronButorides virescens
 38 Great EgretArdea alba
 39 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 40 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 41 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 42 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 43 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 44 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 45 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 46 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 47 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 48 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 49 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 50 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 51 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 52 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 53 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 54 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 55 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 56 Barred OwlStrix varia
 57 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 58 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 59 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 60 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 61 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 62 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 63 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 64 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 65 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 66 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 67 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 68 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 11 species 69 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 70 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 71 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 72 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 73 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 74 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 75 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 76 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 77 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 78 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 79 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 80 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 81 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 82 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 83 Eastern Warbling-VireoVireo gilvus
 84 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 2 species 85 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
 86 Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 87 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 88 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 89 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 90 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 91 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 92 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 93 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 94 Purple MartinProgne subis
 95 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 96 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 97 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 98 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 99 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 100 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 101 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 102 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 103 Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
 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 - 7 species 111 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 112 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 113 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 114 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 115 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 116 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 117 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 118 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 119 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 120 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 121 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 122 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 123 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 14 species 124 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 125 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 126 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 127 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 128 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 129 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 130 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 131 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 132 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 133 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 134 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 135 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 136 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 137 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 138 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 139 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 140 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 141 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 142 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 143 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 144 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 145 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 146 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 28 species 147 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 148 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 149 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 150 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 151 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 152 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 153 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 154 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 155 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 156 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 157 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 158 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 159 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 160 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 161 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 162 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 163 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 164 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 165 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 166 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 167 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 168 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 169 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 170 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 171 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 172 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 173 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 174 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 175 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 176 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 177 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 178 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 179 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 180 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 181 DickcisselSpiza americana