Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Beaufort - 257 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 28 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 BrantBranta bernicla
 4 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 5 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 6 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 7 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 8 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 9 GadwallMareca strepera
 10 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 14 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 15 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 16 RedheadAythya americana
 17 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 18 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 19 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 20 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 21 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 22 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 23 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 24 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 25 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 26 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 27 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 28 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 29 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 30 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 4 species 31 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 32 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 33 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 34 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 4 species 35 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 36 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 37 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 38 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 39 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 40 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 41 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 42 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 43 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 44 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 45 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 46 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 5 species 47 King RailRallus elegans
 48 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 49 SoraPorzana carolina
 50 American CootFulica americana
 51 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Cranes - 1 species 52 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 53 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 54 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oystercatchers - 1 species 55 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Plovers - 6 species 56 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 57 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 58 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 59 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 60 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
 61 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Sandpipers - 21 species 62 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 63 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 64 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 65 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 66 RuffCalidris pugnax
 67 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 68 SanderlingCalidris alba
 69 DunlinCalidris alpina
 70 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 71 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 72 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 73 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 74 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 75 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 76 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 77 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 78 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 79 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 80 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 81 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 82 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Gulls & Terns - 17 species 83 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 84 Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
 85 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 86 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 87 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 88 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 89 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 90 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 91 Least TernSternula antillarum
 92 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 93 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 94 Black TernChlidonias niger
 95 Common TernSterna hirundo
 96 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 97 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 98 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 99 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Loons - 2 species 100 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 101 Common LoonGavia immer
Frigatebirds - 1 species 102 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 103 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 104 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 105 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 106 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 107 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 108 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 11 species 109 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 110 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 111 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 112 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 113 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 114 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 115 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 116 Green HeronButorides virescens
 117 Great EgretArdea alba
 118 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 119 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 120 White IbisEudocimus albus
 121 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 122 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 123 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 124 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 125 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 126 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 127 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 128 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 129 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 130 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 131 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 132 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 133 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 134 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 135 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 6 species 136 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 137 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 138 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 139 Barred OwlStrix varia
 140 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 141 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 142 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 143 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 144 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 145 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 146 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 147 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 148 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 149 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 150 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 151 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 152 MerlinFalco columbarius
 153 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 154 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 155 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 156 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 157 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 158 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 159 Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
 160 Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Vireos - 4 species 161 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 162 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 163 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 164 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 165 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 166 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 167 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 168 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 169 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 170 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 171 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 172 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 173 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 174 Purple MartinProgne subis
 175 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 176 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 177 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 178 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 179 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 180 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 181 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 182 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 183 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 184 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 185 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 186 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 187 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 188 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 189 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 190 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 191 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 192 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 193 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 194 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 195 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 196 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 197 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 198 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 199 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 200 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 201 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 202 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 203 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 204 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 13 species 205 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 206 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 207 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 208 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 209 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 210 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 211 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 212 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 213 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 214 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 215 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 216 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 217 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 218 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 219 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 220 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 221 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 222 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 223 Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
 224 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 225 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 226 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 22 species 227 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 228 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 229 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 230 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 231 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 232 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 233 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 234 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 235 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 236 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 237 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 238 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 239 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 240 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 241 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 242 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 243 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 244 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 245 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 246 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 247 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 248 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 9 species 249 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 250 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 251 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 252 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 253 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 254 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 255 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 256 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
 257 DickcisselSpiza americana