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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Stokes - 178 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 16 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 10 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 11 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 12 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 13 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 14 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 15 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 16 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 17 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 18 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 19 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 20 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 2 species 21 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 22 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 23 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 24 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 25 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 26 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 27 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 28 SoraPorzana carolina
 29 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 30 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 4 species 31 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 32 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 33 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 34 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 35 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 36 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 37 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Loons - 1 species 38 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 39 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Cormorants - 1 species 40 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 4 species 41 Green HeronButorides virescens
 42 Great EgretArdea alba
 43 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 44 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 45 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 46 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 47 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 48 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 49 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 50 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 51 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 52 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 53 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 54 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 55 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 4 species 56 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 57 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 58 Barred OwlStrix varia
 59 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 60 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 61 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 62 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 63 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 64 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 65 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 66 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 67 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 68 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 69 MerlinFalco columbarius
 70 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 71 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 72 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 73 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 74 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 75 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 76 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 77 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 78 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 79 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 80 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 81 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 82 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 83 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 84 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 85 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 86 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 87 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 88 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 89 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 90 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 91 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 92 Purple MartinProgne subis
 93 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 94 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 95 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 96 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 97 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 98 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 99 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 100 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 101 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 102 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 103 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 104 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 105 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 106 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 107 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 108 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 109 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 110 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 111 Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
 112 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 113 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 114 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 115 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 116 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 117 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 118 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 119 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 120 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 121 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 122 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 123 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 10 species 124 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 125 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 126 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 127 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 128 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 129 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 130 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 131 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 132 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 133 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 134 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 135 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 136 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 137 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 138 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 139 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 140 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 141 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 31 species 142 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 143 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 144 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 145 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 146 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 147 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 148 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 149 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 150 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 151 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 152 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 153 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 154 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 155 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 156 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 157 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 158 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 159 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 160 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 161 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 162 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 163 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 164 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 165 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 166 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 167 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 168 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 169 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 170 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 171 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 172 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 173 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 174 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 175 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 176 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 177 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 178 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea