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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Stanly - 165 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 22 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 American WigeonMareca americana
 9 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 10 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 11 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 12 RedheadAythya americana
 13 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 14 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 15 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 16 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 17 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 18 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 19 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 20 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 21 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 22 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 23 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 24 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 4 species 25 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 26 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 27 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 28 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 4 species 29 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 30 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 31 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 32 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 33 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 34 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 35 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 36 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 37 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Limpkin - 1 species 38 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 39 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 40 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 41 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 42 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 43 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 44 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 45 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 46 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 47 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 48 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 49 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 50 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 51 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 1 species 52 Common LoonGavia immer
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 53 Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Cormorants - 2 species 54 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 55 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 56 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Pelicans - 1 species 57 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 58 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 59 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 60 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 61 Green HeronButorides virescens
 62 Great EgretArdea alba
 63 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 64 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 65 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 66 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 67 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 68 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 69 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 70 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 71 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 72 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 73 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 74 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 75 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 76 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 77 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 78 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 79 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 80 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 81 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 82 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 83 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 84 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 85 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 86 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 87 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 88 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 89 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 90 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 91 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 92 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 93 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 94 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 95 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 96 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 97 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 98 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 99 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 100 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 101 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 102 Purple MartinProgne subis
 103 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 104 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 105 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 106 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 107 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 108 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 109 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 110 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 111 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 112 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 113 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 114 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 115 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 116 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 117 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 118 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 119 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 120 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 121 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 122 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 123 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 124 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 125 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 126 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 127 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 128 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 129 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 130 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 131 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 132 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 133 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 134 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 135 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 136 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 137 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 138 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 4 species 139 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 140 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 141 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 142 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 15 species 143 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 144 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 145 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 146 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 147 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 148 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 149 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 150 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 151 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 152 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 153 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 154 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 155 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 156 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 157 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 8 species 158 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 159 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 160 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 161 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 162 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 163 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 164 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 165 DickcisselSpiza americana