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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Bladen - 187 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 13 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 4 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 5 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 6 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 7 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 8 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 9 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 10 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 11 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 12 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 13 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 14 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 15 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 16 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 3 species 17 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 18 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 19 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 20 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 21 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 22 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 23 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 24 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 25 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Limpkin - 1 species 26 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 5 species 27 King RailRallus elegans
 28 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 29 American CootFulica americana
 30 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
 31 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Plovers - 4 species 32 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 33 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 34 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 35 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 20 species 36 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 37 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 38 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 39 SanderlingCalidris alba
 40 DunlinCalidris alpina
 41 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 42 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 43 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 44 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 45 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 46 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 47 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 48 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 49 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 50 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 51 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 52 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 53 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 54 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 55 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 56 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 57 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 1 species 58 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 59 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 60 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 61 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 62 White IbisEudocimus albus
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 9 species 63 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 64 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 65 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 66 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 67 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 68 Green HeronButorides virescens
 69 Great EgretArdea alba
 70 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 71 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 72 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 73 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 74 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 75 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 76 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 77 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 78 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 79 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 80 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 81 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 82 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 83 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 4 species 84 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 85 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 86 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 87 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 88 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 89 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 90 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 91 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 92 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 93 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 94 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 95 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 96 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 97 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 98 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 99 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 100 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 101 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 102 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 103 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 104 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 105 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 106 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 107 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 108 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 109 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 110 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 111 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 112 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 113 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 114 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 115 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 116 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 117 Purple MartinProgne subis
 118 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 119 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 120 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 121 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 122 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 123 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 124 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 125 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 126 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 127 Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
 128 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 129 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 130 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 131 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 132 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 133 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 134 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 135 Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
 136 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 137 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 138 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 139 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 140 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 141 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 142 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 143 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 144 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 145 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 146 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 147 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 148 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 149 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 150 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 151 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 152 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
 153 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 154 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 155 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 156 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 157 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 158 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 159 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 160 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 161 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 162 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 163 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 164 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 17 species 165 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 166 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 167 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 168 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 169 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 170 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 171 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 172 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 173 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 174 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 175 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 176 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 177 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 178 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 179 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 180 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 181 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 182 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 183 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 184 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 185 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 186 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 187 DickcisselSpiza americana