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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Clay - 130 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 13 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 American WigeonMareca americana
 4 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 5 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 6 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 7 RedheadAythya americana
 8 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 9 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 10 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 13 Common MerganserMergus merganser
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 14 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 15 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 1 species 16 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 3 species 17 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 18 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 19 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Goatsuckers - 2 species 20 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 21 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 22 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 23 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 24 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Cranes - 1 species 25 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 26 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 28 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 29 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 30 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 2 species 31 Great EgretArdea alba
 32 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 33 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 34 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 35 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 6 species 36 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 37 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 38 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 39 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 40 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 41 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 42 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 43 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 44 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 45 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 46 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 47 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 48 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 49 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 50 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 51 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 52 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 53 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 54 MerlinFalco columbarius
 55 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 56 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 57 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 58 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 59 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 60 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 61 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 62 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 63 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 64 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 65 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 66 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 67 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 68 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 69 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 3 species 70 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 71 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 72 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 73 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 74 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 75 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 76 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 77 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 78 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 79 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 80 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 81 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 82 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 83 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 84 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 85 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 86 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 87 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 88 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 89 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 90 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 91 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 92 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 93 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 94 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 95 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 96 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 7 species 97 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 98 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 99 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 100 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 101 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 102 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 103 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 104 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 4 species 105 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 106 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 107 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 108 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 16 species 109 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 110 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 111 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 112 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 113 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 114 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 115 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 116 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 117 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 118 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 119 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 120 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 121 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 122 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 123 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 124 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 125 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 126 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 127 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 128 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 129 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 130 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea