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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Halifax - 240 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 22 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 10 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 11 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 12 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 13 RedheadAythya americana
 14 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 15 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 16 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 17 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 18 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 19 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 20 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 21 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 22 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 23 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 24 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 25 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 26 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 27 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 4 species 28 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 29 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 30 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 31 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 32 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 33 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 34 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 35 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 36 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 37 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 38 King RailRallus elegans
 39 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 40 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 41 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 3 species 42 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 43 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 44 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 18 species 45 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 46 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 47 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 48 SanderlingCalidris alba
 49 DunlinCalidris alpina
 50 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 51 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 52 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 53 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 54 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 55 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 56 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 57 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 58 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 59 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 60 WilletTringa semipalmata
 61 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 62 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 12 species 63 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 64 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 65 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 66 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 67 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 68 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 69 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 70 Common TernSterna hirundo
 71 Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
 72 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 73 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 74 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 75 White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Loons - 2 species 76 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 77 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 1 species 78 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Darters - 1 species 79 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 80 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 81 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 82 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 9 species 83 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 84 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 85 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 86 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 87 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 88 Green HeronButorides virescens
 89 Great EgretArdea alba
 90 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 91 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 92 White IbisEudocimus albus
 93 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 94 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 95 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 96 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 97 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 98 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 99 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 100 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 101 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 102 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 103 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 104 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 105 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 106 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 107 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Owls - 4 species 108 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 109 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 110 Barred OwlStrix varia
 111 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 112 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 113 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 114 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 115 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 116 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 117 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 118 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 119 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 120 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 121 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 122 MerlinFalco columbarius
 123 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 8 species 124 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 125 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 126 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 127 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 128 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 129 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 130 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 131 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 132 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 133 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 134 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 135 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 136 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 137 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 138 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 139 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 140 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 141 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 142 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 143 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 144 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 145 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 146 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 147 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 148 Purple MartinProgne subis
 149 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 150 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 151 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 152 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 153 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 154 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 155 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 156 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 157 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 158 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 159 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 160 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 161 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 162 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 163 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 164 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 165 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 166 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 167 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 168 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 169 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 170 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 171 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 172 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 173 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 174 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 175 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 176 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 177 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 178 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 179 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 180 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 17 species 181 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 182 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 183 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 184 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 185 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 186 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 187 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 188 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 189 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 190 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 191 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 192 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 193 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 194 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 195 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 196 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 197 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 198 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 199 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 200 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 201 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 202 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 203 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 204 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 205 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 206 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 28 species 207 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 208 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 209 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 210 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 211 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 212 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 213 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 214 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 215 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 216 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 217 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 218 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 219 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 220 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 221 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 222 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 223 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 224 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 225 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 226 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 227 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 228 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 229 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 230 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 231 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 232 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 233 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 234 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 235 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 236 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 237 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 238 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 239 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 240 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea