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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Union - 193 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 23 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 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 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 12 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 13 RedheadAythya americana
 14 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 15 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 16 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 17 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 18 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 19 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 20 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 21 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 22 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 23 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 24 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 25 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 26 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 27 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 28 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 29 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 30 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 31 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 32 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 33 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 34 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 4 species 35 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 36 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 37 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
 38 Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Cranes - 1 species 39 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 40 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 41 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 42 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 14 species 43 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 44 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 45 DunlinCalidris alpina
 46 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 47 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 48 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 49 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 50 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 51 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 52 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 53 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 54 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 55 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 56 WilletTringa semipalmata
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 57 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 58 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 59 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 60 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 61 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 62 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 63 White IbisEudocimus albus
 64 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 65 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 66 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 67 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 68 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 69 Green HeronButorides virescens
 70 Great EgretArdea alba
 71 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 72 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 73 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 74 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 75 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 76 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 77 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 78 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 79 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 80 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 81 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 82 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 83 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 84 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 85 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 86 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 87 Barred OwlStrix varia
 88 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 89 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 90 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 91 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 92 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 93 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 94 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 95 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 96 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 97 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 98 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 99 MerlinFalco columbarius
 100 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 101 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 102 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 103 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 104 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 105 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 106 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 107 Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Vireos - 4 species 108 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 109 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 110 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 111 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 112 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 113 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 114 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 115 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 116 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 117 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 118 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 119 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 120 Purple MartinProgne subis
 121 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 122 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 123 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 124 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 125 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 126 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 127 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 128 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 129 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 130 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 131 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 132 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 133 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 134 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 135 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 136 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 137 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 138 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 139 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 140 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 141 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 142 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 143 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 144 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 145 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 146 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 147 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 148 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 149 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 150 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 151 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 152 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 153 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 154 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 155 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 156 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 157 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 158 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 159 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 160 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 161 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 162 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 163 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 164 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 165 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 166 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 167 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 168 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 169 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 170 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 15 species 171 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 172 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 173 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 174 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 175 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 176 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 177 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 178 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 179 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 180 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 181 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 182 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 183 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 184 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 185 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 8 species 186 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 187 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 188 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 189 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 190 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 191 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 192 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 193 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris