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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Mitchell - 184 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 4 species 1 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
New World Quails - 1 species 5 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 6 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 7 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 2 species 8 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 9 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 10 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 11 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 12 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 13 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 1 species 14 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Swifts - 1 species 15 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 16 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 17 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Cranes - 1 species 18 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 19 SoraPorzana carolina
Plovers - 1 species 20 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 5 species 21 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 22 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 23 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 24 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 25 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 26 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 1 species 27 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 28 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 29 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 30 Green HeronButorides virescens
 31 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 32 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 33 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 34 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 35 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 36 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 37 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 38 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 39 American GoshawkAstur atricapillus
 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 - 4 species 46 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 47 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 48 Barred OwlStrix varia
 49 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 50 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 51 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 52 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 53 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 54 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 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 - 10 species 61 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 62 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 63 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 64 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 65 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 66 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 67 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 68 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 69 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 70 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 71 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 72 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 73 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 74 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 75 Eastern Warbling-VireoVireo gilvus
 76 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 77 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 78 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 79 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 80 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 81 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 82 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 83 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 84 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 85 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 86 Purple MartinProgne subis
 87 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 88 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 89 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 90 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 91 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 92 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 93 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 94 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 95 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 96 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 97 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 98 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 99 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 100 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 101 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 102 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 103 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 104 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 105 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 106 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 107 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 108 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 109 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 110 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 111 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 2 species 112 American PipitAnthus rubescens
 113 Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 9 species 114 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 115 Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
 116 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 117 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 118 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 119 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 120 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 121 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 122 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 2 species 123 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 124 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 13 species 125 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 126 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 127 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 128 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 129 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 130 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 131 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 132 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 133 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 134 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 135 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 136 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 137 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 138 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 139 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 140 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 141 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 142 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 143 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 144 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 145 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 146 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 147 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 148 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 149 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 150 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 151 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 152 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 153 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 154 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 155 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 156 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 157 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 158 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 159 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 160 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 161 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 162 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 163 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 164 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 165 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 166 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 167 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 168 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 169 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 170 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 171 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 172 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 173 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 174 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 175 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 176 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 177 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 178 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 179 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 180 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 181 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 182 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 183 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 184 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea