Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Camden - 191 species

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