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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Sampson - 134 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 6 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 5 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 6 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 7 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 8 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Doves - 3 species 9 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 10 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 11 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 12 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 13 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 14 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Cranes - 1 species 15 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 3 species 16 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 17 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 18 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 8 species 19 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 20 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 21 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 22 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 23 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 24 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 25 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 26 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 27 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Storks - 1 species 28 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 29 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 30 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 31 White IbisEudocimus albus
 32 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Pelicans - 1 species 33 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 34 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 35 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 36 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 37 Green HeronButorides virescens
 38 Great EgretArdea alba
 39 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 40 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 41 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 42 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 43 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 44 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 45 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 46 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 47 Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
 48 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 49 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 50 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 51 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 52 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 53 Barred OwlStrix varia
 54 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 55 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 56 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 57 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 58 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 59 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 60 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 61 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 62 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 63 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 64 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 65 MerlinFalco columbarius
 66 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 67 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 68 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 69 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 70 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 71 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 72 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 73 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 74 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 75 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 76 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 77 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 78 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 79 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 80 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 81 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 82 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 2 species 83 Purple MartinProgne subis
 84 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 85 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 86 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 87 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 88 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 89 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 90 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 91 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 92 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 93 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 94 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 95 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 96 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 97 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 98 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 99 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 100 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 101 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 102 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 103 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 104 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 105 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 106 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 107 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 108 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 109 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 110 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 111 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 112 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 113 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 114 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 115 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 116 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 117 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 118 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 119 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 10 species 120 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 121 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 122 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 123 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 124 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 125 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 126 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 127 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 128 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 129 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 130 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 131 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 132 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 133 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 134 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea