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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Cabarrus - 213 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 26 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 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 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 14 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 15 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 16 RedheadAythya americana
 17 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 18 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 19 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 20 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 21 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 22 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 23 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 24 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 25 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 26 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 27 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 28 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 5 species 29 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 30 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 31 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 32 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
 33 Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Doves - 3 species 34 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 35 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 36 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 37 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 38 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 39 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 40 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 41 Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
 42 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 43 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 44 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 45 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 46 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 2 species 47 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 48 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 19 species 49 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 50 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 51 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 52 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 53 DunlinCalidris alpina
 54 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 55 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 56 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 57 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 58 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 59 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 60 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 61 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 62 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 63 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 64 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 65 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 66 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 67 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 6 species 68 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 69 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 70 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 71 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 72 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 73 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 2 species 74 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 75 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 76 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 77 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 78 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 79 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 80 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 81 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 82 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 83 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 84 Green HeronButorides virescens
 85 Great EgretArdea alba
 86 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 87 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 88 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 89 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 90 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 91 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 92 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 93 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 94 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 95 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 96 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 97 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 98 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 99 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 2 species 100 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 101 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 102 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 103 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 104 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 105 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 106 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 107 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 108 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 109 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 110 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 111 MerlinFalco columbarius
 112 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 113 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 114 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 115 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 116 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 117 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 118 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 119 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 120 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 121 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 122 Eastern Warbling-VireoVireo gilvus
 123 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 124 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 125 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 126 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 127 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 128 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 129 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 130 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 131 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 132 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 133 Purple MartinProgne subis
 134 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 135 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 136 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 137 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 138 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 139 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 140 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 141 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 142 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 143 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 144 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 145 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 146 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 147 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 148 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 149 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 150 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 151 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 152 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 153 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 154 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 155 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 156 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 157 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 158 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 159 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 4 species 160 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 161 Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus
 162 Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
 163 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 164 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 165 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 166 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 167 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 168 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 169 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 170 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 171 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 172 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 173 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 174 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 175 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 176 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 177 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 178 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 179 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 180 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 181 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 182 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 183 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 184 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 21 species 185 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 186 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 187 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 188 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 189 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 190 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 191 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 192 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 193 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 194 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 195 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 196 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 197 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 198 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 199 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 200 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 201 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 202 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 203 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 204 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 205 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 8 species 206 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 207 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 208 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 209 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 210 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 211 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 212 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 213 DickcisselSpiza americana