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Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Yadkin - 164 species

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