Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Rockingham - 234 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 31 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 4 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 5 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 6 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 7 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 8 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 9 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 10 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 11 GadwallMareca strepera
 12 American WigeonMareca americana
 13 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 14 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 15 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 16 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 17 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 18 RedheadAythya americana
 19 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 20 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 21 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 22 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 23 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 24 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 25 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 26 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 27 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 28 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 29 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 30 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 31 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 32 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 33 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 34 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 35 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 36 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 3 species 37 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 38 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 39 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 40 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 41 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 42 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 43 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 44 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 45 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 46 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 47 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 48 SoraPorzana carolina
 49 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 50 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 3 species 51 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 52 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 53 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 12 species 54 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 55 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 56 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 57 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 58 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 59 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 60 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 61 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 62 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 63 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 64 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 65 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 11 species 66 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 67 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 68 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 69 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 70 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 71 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 72 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 73 Black TernChlidonias niger
 74 Common TernSterna hirundo
 75 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 76 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Loons - 2 species 77 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 78 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 79 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Cormorants - 1 species 80 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 81 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 82 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 83 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 84 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 85 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 86 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 87 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 88 Green HeronButorides virescens
 89 Great EgretArdea alba
 90 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 91 White IbisEudocimus albus
 92 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 93 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 94 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 95 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 96 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 97 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 98 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 99 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 100 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 101 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 102 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 103 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 104 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 105 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 106 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 107 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 108 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 109 Barred OwlStrix varia
 110 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 111 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 112 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 113 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 114 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 115 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 116 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 117 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 118 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 119 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 120 MerlinFalco columbarius
 121 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 122 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 123 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 124 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 125 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 126 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 127 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 128 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 129 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 130 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 131 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 132 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 133 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 134 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 135 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 136 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 137 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 138 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 139 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 140 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 141 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 142 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 143 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 144 Purple MartinProgne subis
 145 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 146 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 147 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 148 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 149 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 150 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 151 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 152 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 153 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 154 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 155 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 156 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 157 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 158 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 159 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 160 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 161 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 162 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 163 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 164 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 165 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 166 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 167 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 168 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 169 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 170 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 171 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 172 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 173 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 174 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 14 species 175 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 176 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 177 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 178 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 179 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 180 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 181 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 182 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 183 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 184 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 185 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 186 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 187 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 188 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 189 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 190 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 191 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 192 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 193 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 194 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 195 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 196 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 197 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 30 species 198 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 199 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 200 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 201 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 202 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 203 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 204 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 205 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 206 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 207 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 208 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 209 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 210 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 211 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 212 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 213 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 214 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 215 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 216 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 217 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 218 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 219 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 220 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 221 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 222 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 223 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 224 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 225 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 226 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 227 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 228 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 229 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 230 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 231 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 232 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 233 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 234 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea