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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Gates - 218 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 24 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 9 American WigeonMareca americana
 10 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 11 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 12 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 13 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 14 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 15 RedheadAythya americana
 16 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 17 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 18 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 19 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 20 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 21 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 22 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 23 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 24 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 25 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 26 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 27 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 28 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 29 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 2 species 30 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 31 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 32 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 33 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 34 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 35 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 36 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 37 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 38 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 7 species 39 King RailRallus elegans
 40 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 41 SoraPorzana carolina
 42 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 43 American CootFulica americana
 44 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
 45 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Limpkin - 1 species 46 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Plovers - 1 species 47 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 48 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 49 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 50 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 51 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 52 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 53 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 6 species 54 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 55 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 56 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 57 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 58 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 59 Black TernChlidonias niger
Loons - 1 species 60 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 61 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 62 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 63 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 11 species 64 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 65 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 66 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 67 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 68 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 69 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 70 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 71 Green HeronButorides virescens
 72 Great EgretArdea alba
 73 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 74 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 75 White IbisEudocimus albus
 76 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 77 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 78 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 79 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 80 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 81 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 82 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 83 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 84 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 85 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 86 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 87 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 88 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 89 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 90 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 91 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 92 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 93 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 94 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 95 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 96 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 97 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 98 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 99 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 100 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 101 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 102 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 103 MerlinFalco columbarius
 104 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 105 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 106 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 107 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 108 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 109 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 110 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 111 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 112 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 113 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 114 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 115 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 116 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 117 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 118 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 119 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 120 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 121 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 122 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 123 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 124 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 125 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 126 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 127 Purple MartinProgne subis
 128 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 129 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 130 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 131 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 132 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 133 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 134 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 135 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 136 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 137 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 138 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 139 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 140 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 141 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 142 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 143 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 144 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 145 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 146 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 147 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 148 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 149 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 150 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 151 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 152 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 153 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 154 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 155 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 156 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 157 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 158 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 159 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 160 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 161 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 162 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 163 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 164 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 165 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 166 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 167 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 168 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 169 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 170 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 171 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 172 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 173 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 174 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 175 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 176 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 177 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 178 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 179 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 180 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 181 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 182 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 183 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 184 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 185 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 186 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 187 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 188 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 189 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 190 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 191 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 192 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 193 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 194 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 195 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 196 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 197 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 198 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 199 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 200 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 201 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 202 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 203 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 204 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 205 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 206 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 207 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 208 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 209 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 210 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 211 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 212 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 213 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 214 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 215 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 216 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 217 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 218 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris