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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Macon - 191 species

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