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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Jackson - 208 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 19 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 10 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 14 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 15 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 16 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 17 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 18 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 19 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 20 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 21 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 22 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 2 species 23 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 24 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 25 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 26 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 27 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 28 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 29 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 30 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 31 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 32 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 33 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 34 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 35 SoraPorzana carolina
 36 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 37 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 38 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 39 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 5 species 40 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 41 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 42 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 43 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 44 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 45 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 46 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 47 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 48 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 49 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 50 Green HeronButorides virescens
 51 Great EgretArdea alba
 52 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 53 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 54 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 55 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 56 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 57 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 58 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 59 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 60 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 61 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 62 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 63 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 64 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 65 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 66 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 67 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 68 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 69 Barred OwlStrix varia
 70 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 71 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 72 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 73 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 74 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 75 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 76 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 77 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 78 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 79 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 80 MerlinFalco columbarius
 81 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 82 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 83 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 84 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 85 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 86 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 87 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 88 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 89 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 90 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 91 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 92 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 93 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 94 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 95 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 96 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 97 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 98 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 99 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 100 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 101 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 102 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 103 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 104 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 105 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 106 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 107 Purple MartinProgne subis
 108 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 109 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 110 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 111 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 112 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 113 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 114 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 115 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 116 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 117 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 118 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 119 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 120 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 121 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 122 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 123 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 124 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 125 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 126 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 127 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 128 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 129 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 130 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 131 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 132 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 133 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 134 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 135 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 136 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 137 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 138 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 139 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 19 species 140 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 141 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 142 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 143 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 144 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 145 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 146 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 147 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 148 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 149 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 150 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 151 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 152 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 153 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 154 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 155 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 156 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 157 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 158 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 159 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 160 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 161 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 162 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 163 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 164 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 165 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 166 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 167 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 168 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 169 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 170 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 171 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 172 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 173 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 174 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 175 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 176 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 177 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 178 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 179 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 180 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 181 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 182 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 183 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 184 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 185 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 186 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 187 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 188 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 189 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 190 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 191 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 192 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 193 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 194 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 195 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 196 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 197 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 198 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 199 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 200 Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
 201 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 202 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 203 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 204 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 205 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 206 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 207 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 208 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea