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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Franklin - 156 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 15 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 GadwallMareca strepera
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 8 RedheadAythya americana
 9 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 10 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 11 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 12 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 13 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 14 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 15 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 16 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 17 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 18 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 19 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 20 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 21 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 22 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 23 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 24 King RailRallus elegans
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 25 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Plovers - 2 species 26 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 27 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Sandpipers - 11 species 28 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 29 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 30 SanderlingCalidris alba
 31 DunlinCalidris alpina
 32 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 33 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 34 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 35 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 36 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 37 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 38 WilletTringa semipalmata
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 39 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 40 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Darters - 1 species 41 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 42 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 43 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 44 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 45 Green HeronButorides virescens
 46 Great EgretArdea alba
 47 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 48 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 49 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 50 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 7 species 51 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 52 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 53 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 54 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 55 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 56 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 57 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 2 species 58 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 59 Barred OwlStrix varia
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 - 2 species 68 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 69 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 70 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 71 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 72 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 73 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 74 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 75 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 76 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 77 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 78 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 79 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 80 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 81 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 82 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 83 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 84 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 85 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 86 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 87 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 88 Purple MartinProgne subis
 89 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 90 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 91 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 92 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 93 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 94 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 95 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 96 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 97 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 98 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 99 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 100 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 101 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 102 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 103 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 104 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 105 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 106 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 107 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 108 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 109 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 110 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 111 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 112 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 113 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 114 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 115 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 116 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 117 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 118 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 119 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 120 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 121 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 122 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 123 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 124 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 125 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 126 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 127 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 128 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 129 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 130 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 131 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 132 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 133 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 134 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 135 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 136 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 137 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 138 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 139 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 140 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 141 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 142 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 143 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 144 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 145 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 146 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 147 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 148 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 149 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 150 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 151 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 152 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 153 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 154 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 155 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 156 DickcisselSpiza americana