Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Anson - 201 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 24 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 BrantBranta bernicla
 4 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 5 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 6 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 7 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 8 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 9 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 10 GadwallMareca strepera
 11 American WigeonMareca americana
 12 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 13 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 14 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 15 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 16 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 17 RedheadAythya americana
 18 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 19 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 20 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 21 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 22 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 23 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 24 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 25 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 26 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 27 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 28 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 29 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 30 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 31 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 32 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 33 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Swifts - 1 species 34 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 35 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 36 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 37 King RailRallus elegans
 38 SoraPorzana carolina
 39 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 40 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 1 species 41 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 10 species 42 DunlinCalidris alpina
 43 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 44 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 45 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 46 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 47 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 48 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 49 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 50 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 51 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & Terns - 4 species 52 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 53 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 54 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 55 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Loons - 1 species 56 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 57 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 58 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 59 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 60 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 61 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 62 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 63 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 64 Green HeronButorides virescens
 65 Great EgretArdea alba
 66 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 67 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 68 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 69 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 70 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 71 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 72 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 73 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 74 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 75 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 76 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 77 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 78 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 79 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 80 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 81 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 82 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 83 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 84 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 85 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 86 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 87 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 88 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 89 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 90 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 91 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 92 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 93 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 94 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 95 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 96 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 97 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 98 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 99 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 100 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 101 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 102 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 103 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 104 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 105 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 106 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 107 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 108 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 109 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 110 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 111 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 112 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 113 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 114 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 115 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 116 Purple MartinProgne subis
 117 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 118 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 119 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 120 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 121 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 122 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 123 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 124 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 125 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 126 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 127 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 128 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 129 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 130 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 131 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 132 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 133 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 134 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 135 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 136 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 137 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 138 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 139 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 140 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 141 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 142 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 143 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 144 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 145 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 146 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 147 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 148 Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 16 species 149 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 150 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 151 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 152 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 153 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 154 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 155 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 156 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 157 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 158 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 159 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 160 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 161 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 162 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 163 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 164 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 165 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 166 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 167 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 168 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 169 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 170 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 171 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 172 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 23 species 173 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 174 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 175 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 176 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 177 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 178 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 179 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 180 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 181 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 182 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 183 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 184 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 185 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 186 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 187 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 188 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 189 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 190 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 191 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 192 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 193 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 194 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 195 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 196 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 197 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 198 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 199 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 200 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 201 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea