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Birds of North Carolina:
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Rockingham - 235 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 31 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 4 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 5 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 6 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 7 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 8 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 9 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 10 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 11 GadwallMareca strepera
 12 American WigeonMareca americana
 13 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 14 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 15 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 16 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 17 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 18 RedheadAythya americana
 19 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 20 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 21 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 22 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 23 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 24 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 25 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 26 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 27 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 28 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 29 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 30 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 31 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 32 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 33 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 34 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 35 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 36 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 3 species 37 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 38 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 39 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 40 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 41 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 42 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 43 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 44 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 45 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 46 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 47 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 48 SoraPorzana carolina
 49 American CootFulica americana
Limpkin - 1 species 50 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 51 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 3 species 52 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 53 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 54 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 12 species 55 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 56 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 57 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 58 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 59 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 60 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 61 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 62 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 63 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 64 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 65 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 66 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 11 species 67 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 68 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 69 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 70 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 71 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 72 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 73 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 74 Black TernChlidonias niger
 75 Common TernSterna hirundo
 76 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 77 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Loons - 2 species 78 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 79 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 80 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Cormorants - 1 species 81 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 82 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 83 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 84 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 85 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 86 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 87 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 88 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 89 Green HeronButorides virescens
 90 Great EgretArdea alba
 91 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 92 White IbisEudocimus albus
 93 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 94 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 95 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 96 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 97 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 98 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 99 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 100 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 101 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 102 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 103 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 104 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 105 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 106 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 107 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 108 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 109 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 110 Barred OwlStrix varia
 111 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 112 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 113 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 114 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 115 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 116 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 117 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 118 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 119 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 120 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 121 MerlinFalco columbarius
 122 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 123 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 124 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 125 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 126 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 127 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 128 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 129 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 130 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 131 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 132 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 133 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 134 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 135 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 136 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 137 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 138 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 139 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 140 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 141 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 142 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 143 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 144 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 145 Purple MartinProgne subis
 146 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 147 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 148 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 149 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 150 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 151 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 152 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 153 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 154 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 155 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 156 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 157 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 158 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 159 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 160 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 161 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 162 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 163 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 164 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 165 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 166 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 167 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 168 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 169 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 170 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 171 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 172 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 173 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 174 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 175 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 14 species 176 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 177 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 178 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 179 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 180 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 181 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 182 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 183 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 184 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 185 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 186 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 187 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 188 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 189 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 190 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 191 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 192 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 193 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 194 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 195 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 196 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 197 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 198 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 30 species 199 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 200 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 201 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 202 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 203 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 204 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 205 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 206 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 207 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 208 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 209 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 210 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 211 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 212 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 213 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 214 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 215 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 216 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 217 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 218 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 219 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 220 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 221 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 222 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 223 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 224 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 225 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 226 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 227 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 228 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 229 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 230 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 231 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 232 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 233 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 234 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 235 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea