Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Alamance - 184 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 19 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Mute SwanCygnus olor
 5 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 American WigeonMareca americana
 9 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 10 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 14 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 15 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 16 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 17 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 18 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 19 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 20 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 21 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 22 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 23 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 4 species 24 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 25 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 26 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 27 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 28 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 1 species 29 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Swifts - 1 species 30 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 31 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 32 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 33 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 34 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 35 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Plovers - 2 species 36 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 37 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 38 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 39 DunlinCalidris alpina
 40 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 41 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 42 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 43 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 4 species 44 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 45 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 46 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 47 Black TernChlidonias niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 48 White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Darters - 1 species 49 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 50 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 51 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 52 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 53 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 54 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 55 Green HeronButorides virescens
 56 Great EgretArdea alba
 57 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 58 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 59 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 60 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 61 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 62 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 63 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 64 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 65 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 66 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 67 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 68 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 69 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 70 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 71 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 72 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 73 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 74 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 75 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 76 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 77 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 78 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 79 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 80 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 81 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 82 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 83 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 84 MerlinFalco columbarius
 85 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 86 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 87 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 88 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 89 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 90 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 91 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 92 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 93 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 94 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 95 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 96 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 97 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 98 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 99 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 100 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 101 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 102 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 103 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 104 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 105 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 106 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 107 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 108 Purple MartinProgne subis
 109 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 110 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 111 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 112 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 113 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 114 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 115 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 116 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 117 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 118 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 119 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 120 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 121 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 122 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 123 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 124 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 125 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 8 species 126 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 127 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 128 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 129 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 130 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 131 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 132 American RobinTurdus migratorius
 133 Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 134 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 135 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 136 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 137 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 138 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 139 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 140 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 141 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 142 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 143 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 144 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 145 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 146 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 147 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 148 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 149 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 150 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 151 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 152 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 153 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 154 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 155 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 156 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 157 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 158 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 159 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 160 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 18 species 161 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 162 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 163 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 164 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 165 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 166 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 167 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 168 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 169 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 170 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 171 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 172 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 173 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 174 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 175 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 176 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 177 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 178 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 179 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 180 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 181 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 182 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 183 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 184 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea