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Birds of North Carolina:
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Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Swain - 196 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 17 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 10 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 11 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 12 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 13 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 14 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 15 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 16 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 17 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 18 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 19 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 20 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 2 species 21 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 22 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 23 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 24 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 25 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 26 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 27 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 28 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 29 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 30 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 31 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Cranes - 1 species 32 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 33 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 34 SoraPorzana carolina
 35 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 36 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 37 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 38 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 39 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 40 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 41 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 42 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 43 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 44 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 45 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 46 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Cormorants - 1 species 47 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 48 White IbisEudocimus albus
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 49 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 50 Green HeronButorides virescens
 51 Great EgretArdea alba
 52 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 53 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 54 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 55 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 56 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 57 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 58 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 59 American GoshawkAstur atricapillus
 60 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 61 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 62 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 63 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 64 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 65 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 66 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 67 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 68 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 69 Barred OwlStrix varia
 70 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 71 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 72 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 73 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 74 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 75 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 76 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 77 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 78 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 79 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 80 MerlinFalco columbarius
 81 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 8 species 82 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 83 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 84 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 85 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 86 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 87 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 88 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 89 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 90 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 91 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 92 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 93 Eastern Warbling-VireoVireo gilvus
 94 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 95 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 96 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 97 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 98 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 99 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 100 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 101 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 102 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 103 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 104 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 105 Purple MartinProgne subis
 106 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 107 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 108 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 109 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 110 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 111 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 112 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 113 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 114 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 115 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 116 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 117 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 118 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 119 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 120 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 121 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 122 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 123 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 124 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 125 Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
 126 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 127 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 128 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 129 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 130 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 131 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 132 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 133 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 134 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 135 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 136 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 137 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 138 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 139 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 140 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 141 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 142 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 143 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 144 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 145 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 146 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 147 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 148 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 149 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 150 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 151 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 152 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 153 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 154 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 155 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 156 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 157 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 158 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 159 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 160 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 30 species 161 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 162 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 163 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 164 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 165 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 166 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 167 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 168 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 169 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 170 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 171 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 172 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 173 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 174 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 175 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 176 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 177 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 178 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 179 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 180 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 181 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 182 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 183 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 184 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 185 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 186 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 187 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 188 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 189 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 190 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 191 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 192 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 193 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 194 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 195 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 196 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea