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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
No distinction is made between transient and resident records for a county. The majority of the records are from eBird and the Chat.
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Person - 144 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 27 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 4 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 5 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 6 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 7 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 8 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 9 GadwallMareca strepera
 10 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 14 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 15 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 16 RedheadAythya americana
 17 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 18 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 19 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 20 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 21 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 22 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 23 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 24 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 25 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 26 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 27 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 28 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 29 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 30 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 31 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 32 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 3 species 33 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 34 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 35 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 36 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 1 species 37 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 38 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 39 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 40 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 2 species 41 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 42 Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Sandpipers - 4 species 43 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 44 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 45 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 46 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 4 species 47 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 48 Black TernChlidonias niger
 49 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 50 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 51 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 52 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Cormorants - 1 species 53 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 54 Green HeronButorides virescens
 55 Great EgretArdea alba
 56 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 57 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 58 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 59 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 6 species 60 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 61 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 62 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 63 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 64 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 65 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 4 species 66 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 67 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 68 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 69 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 70 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 71 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 72 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 73 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 74 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 75 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 76 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 77 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 78 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 79 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 80 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 81 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 82 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 83 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 2 species 84 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 85 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 86 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 87 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 88 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 89 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 90 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 91 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 92 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 93 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 94 Purple MartinProgne subis
 95 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 96 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 97 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 98 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 99 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 100 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 101 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 102 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 103 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 104 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 105 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 106 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 107 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 108 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 109 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 110 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 111 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 112 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 113 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 114 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 115 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 116 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 117 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 118 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 119 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 120 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 121 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 122 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 123 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 124 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 125 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 126 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 127 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 128 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 129 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 130 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 131 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 132 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 7 species 133 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 134 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 135 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 136 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 137 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 138 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 139 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 140 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 141 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 142 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 143 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 144 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea