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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Iredell - 196 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 20 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 American WigeonMareca americana
 7 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 8 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 9 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 10 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 11 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 12 RedheadAythya americana
 13 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 14 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 15 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 16 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 17 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 18 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 19 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 20 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 21 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 22 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 4 species 23 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 24 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 25 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 26 Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Doves - 3 species 27 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 28 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 29 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 30 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 31 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 32 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 33 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 34 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 35 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 36 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 37 King RailRallus elegans
 38 American CootFulica americana
Limpkin - 1 species 39 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 40 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 41 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 2 species 42 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 43 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 7 species 44 DunlinCalidris alpina
 45 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 46 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 47 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 48 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 49 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 50 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 51 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 52 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 53 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 54 Black TernChlidonias niger
 55 Common TernSterna hirundo
Loons - 1 species 56 Common LoonGavia immer
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 57 Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Darters - 1 species 58 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 59 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 60 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 61 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 62 Green HeronButorides virescens
 63 Great EgretArdea alba
 64 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 65 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 66 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 67 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 68 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 69 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 70 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 71 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 72 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 73 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 74 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 75 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 76 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 77 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 78 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 79 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 80 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 81 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 82 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 83 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 84 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 85 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 86 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 87 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 88 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 89 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 90 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 91 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 92 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 93 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 94 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 95 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 96 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 97 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 98 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 99 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 100 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 101 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 102 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 103 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 104 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 105 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 106 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 107 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 108 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 109 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 7 species 110 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 111 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 112 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 113 Purple MartinProgne subis
 114 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 115 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
 116 Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
Kinglets - 2 species 117 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 118 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 119 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 120 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 121 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 122 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 123 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 124 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 125 Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
 126 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 127 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 128 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 129 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 130 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 131 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 132 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 133 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 134 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 135 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 136 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 137 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 138 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 139 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 140 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 141 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 142 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 143 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 144 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 145 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 13 species 146 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 147 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 148 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 149 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 150 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 151 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 152 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 153 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 154 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 155 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 156 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 157 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 158 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 159 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 160 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 161 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 162 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 163 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 164 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 165 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 166 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 23 species 167 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 168 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 169 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 170 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 171 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 172 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 173 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 174 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 175 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 176 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 177 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 178 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 179 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 180 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 181 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 182 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 183 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 184 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 185 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 186 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 187 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 188 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 189 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 190 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 191 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 192 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 193 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 194 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 195 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 196 DickcisselSpiza americana