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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Lincoln - 146 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 14 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 8 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 9 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 10 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 13 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 14 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 15 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 16 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 17 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 18 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 19 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 2 species 20 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 21 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 22 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 23 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 24 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 25 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 26 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 28 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
 29 SanderlingCalidris alba
 30 DunlinCalidris alpina
 31 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 32 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 33 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 34 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 35 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 36 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 37 Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
 38 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 39 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 1 species 40 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 41 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 42 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 43 Green HeronButorides virescens
 44 Great EgretArdea alba
 45 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 46 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 47 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 48 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 49 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 50 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 51 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 52 American GoshawkAstur atricapillus
 53 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 54 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 55 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 56 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 57 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 58 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 59 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 60 Barred OwlStrix varia
 61 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Kingfishers - 1 species 62 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 6 species 63 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 64 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 65 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 66 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 67 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 68 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 69 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 70 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 71 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 72 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 73 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 74 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 75 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 76 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 77 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 78 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 79 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 80 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 81 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 82 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 83 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 84 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 85 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 86 Purple MartinProgne subis
 87 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 88 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 1 species 89 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Waxwings - 1 species 90 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 91 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 92 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 93 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 94 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 95 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 96 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 97 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 98 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 99 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 100 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 3 species 101 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 102 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 103 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 104 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 105 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 106 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 107 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 108 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 10 species 109 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 110 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 111 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 112 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 113 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 114 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 115 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 116 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 117 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 118 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 119 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 120 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 121 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 122 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 123 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 124 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 125 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 15 species 126 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 127 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 128 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 129 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 130 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 131 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 132 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 133 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 134 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 135 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 136 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 137 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 138 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 139 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 140 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 141 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 142 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 143 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 144 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 145 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 146 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea