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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Richmond - 170 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 17 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 10 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 11 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 12 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 13 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 14 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 15 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 16 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 17 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 18 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 19 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 20 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 21 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 22 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 23 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 24 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 25 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 26 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 27 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 28 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 29 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 30 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 31 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 32 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 33 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 2 species 34 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 35 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 36 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 37 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 38 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 39 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 40 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 41 WilletTringa semipalmata
 42 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 4 species 43 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 44 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 45 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 46 Herring GullLarus argentatus
Loons - 1 species 47 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 48 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 49 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 50 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 51 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 52 Green HeronButorides virescens
 53 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 54 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 55 White IbisEudocimus albus
 56 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 57 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 58 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 59 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 60 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 61 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 62 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 63 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 64 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 65 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 66 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 67 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 68 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 69 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 70 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 71 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 72 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 73 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 74 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 75 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 76 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 77 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 78 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 79 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 80 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 81 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 82 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 83 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 84 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 85 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 86 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 87 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 88 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 89 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 90 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 91 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 92 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 93 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 94 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 95 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 96 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 97 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 98 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 99 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 100 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 101 Purple MartinProgne subis
 102 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 103 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 104 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 105 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 106 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 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 - 4 species 118 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 119 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 120 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 121 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 122 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 123 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 124 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 125 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 126 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 127 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 128 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 129 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 130 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 131 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 132 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 133 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 134 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 135 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 136 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 137 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 138 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 139 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 140 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 141 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 142 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 143 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 144 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 145 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 146 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 147 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 148 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 149 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 150 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 151 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 152 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 153 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 154 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 155 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 156 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 157 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 158 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 159 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 160 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 161 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 162 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 163 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 164 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 165 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 166 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 167 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 168 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 169 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 170 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea