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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Polk - 160 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 11 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 7 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 8 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 9 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 11 Common MerganserMergus merganser
New World Quails - 1 species 12 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 13 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 14 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 15 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 16 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 17 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 18 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 19 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 20 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 21 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Cranes - 1 species 22 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 23 King RailRallus elegans
 24 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Plovers - 4 species 25 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 26 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 28 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 7 species 29 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 30 SanderlingCalidris alba
 31 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 32 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 33 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 34 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 35 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 36 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 37 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 38 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Storm-Petrels - 1 species 39 Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro
Cormorants - 1 species 40 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 41 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 42 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 43 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 44 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 45 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 46 Green HeronButorides virescens
 47 Great EgretArdea alba
 48 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 49 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 50 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 51 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 52 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 53 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 54 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 55 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 56 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 57 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 58 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 59 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 60 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 61 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 62 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 63 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 64 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 65 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 66 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 67 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 68 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 69 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 70 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 71 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 72 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 73 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 74 MerlinFalco columbarius
 75 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 76 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 77 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 78 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 79 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 80 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 81 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 82 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 83 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 84 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 85 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 86 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 87 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 88 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 89 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 90 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 91 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 92 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 93 Purple MartinProgne subis
 94 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 95 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 96 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 97 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 1 species 98 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 99 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 1 species 100 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 101 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 102 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 103 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 104 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 105 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 106 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 107 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 108 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 109 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 110 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 111 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 112 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 113 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 114 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 115 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 116 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 117 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 118 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 119 Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
 120 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 121 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 122 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 123 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 124 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 125 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 126 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 127 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 128 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 129 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 130 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 24 species 131 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 132 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 133 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 134 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 135 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 136 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 137 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 138 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 139 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 140 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 141 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 142 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 143 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 144 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 145 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 146 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 147 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 148 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 149 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 150 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 151 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 152 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 153 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 154 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 155 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 156 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 157 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 158 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 159 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 160 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea