Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
No distinction is made between transient and resident records for a county. The majority of the records are from eBird and the Chat.
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Bertie - 132 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 9 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 8 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 9 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
New World Quails - 1 species 10 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 11 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 12 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 13 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 14 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 15 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 16 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Swifts - 1 species 17 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 18 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Plovers - 1 species 19 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 4 species 20 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 21 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 22 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 23 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 24 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 25 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 26 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 27 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 28 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Darters - 1 species 29 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 30 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 31 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 32 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 33 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 34 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 35 Green HeronButorides virescens
 36 Great EgretArdea alba
 37 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 38 White IbisEudocimus albus
 39 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 40 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 41 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 42 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 6 species 43 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 44 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 45 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 46 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 47 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 48 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 2 species 49 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 50 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 51 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 52 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 53 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 54 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 55 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 56 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 57 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 58 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 59 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 60 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 61 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 62 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 63 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 64 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 65 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 66 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 67 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 68 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 69 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 70 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 71 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 72 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 73 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 74 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 75 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 76 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 77 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 78 Purple MartinProgne subis
 79 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 1 species 80 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Waxwings - 1 species 81 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 1 species 82 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 83 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 84 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 85 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 86 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 87 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 88 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 89 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 90 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 91 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 92 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 93 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 94 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 95 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 96 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 97 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 7 species 98 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 99 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 100 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 101 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 102 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 103 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 104 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 105 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 106 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 107 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 108 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 109 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 110 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 111 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 16 species 112 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 113 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 114 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 115 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 116 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 117 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 118 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 119 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 120 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 121 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 122 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 123 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 124 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 125 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 126 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 127 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 128 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 129 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 130 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 131 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 132 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea