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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Lee - 150 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 11 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 GadwallMareca strepera
 4 American WigeonMareca americana
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 7 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 8 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 9 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 11 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 12 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 13 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 14 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 15 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 16 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 17 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 18 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 19 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 20 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 21 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 22 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Cranes - 1 species 23 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 24 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 25 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 26 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 3 species 27 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 28 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 29 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 30 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 31 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Cormorants - 1 species 32 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 2 species 33 Green HeronButorides virescens
 34 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 35 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 36 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 37 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 38 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 39 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 40 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 41 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 42 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 43 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 44 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 45 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 46 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 47 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 48 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 49 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 50 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 51 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 52 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 53 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 54 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 55 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 56 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 57 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 58 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 59 MerlinFalco columbarius
 60 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 61 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 62 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 63 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 64 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 65 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 66 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 67 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 68 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 69 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 70 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 71 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 72 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 73 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 74 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 75 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 76 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 77 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 78 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 79 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 80 Purple MartinProgne subis
 81 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 82 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 83 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 84 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 85 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 86 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 87 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 88 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 89 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 90 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 91 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 92 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 93 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 94 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 95 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 96 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 97 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 98 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 99 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 100 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 101 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 102 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 103 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 104 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 105 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 106 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 107 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 108 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 109 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 110 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 111 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 112 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 113 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 114 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 115 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 116 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 117 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 118 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 119 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 120 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 121 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 122 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 123 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 124 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 125 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 126 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 127 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 128 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 129 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 130 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 131 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 132 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 133 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 134 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 135 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 136 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 137 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 138 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 139 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 140 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 141 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 142 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 143 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 144 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 145 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 146 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 147 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 148 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 149 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 150 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea