Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Brunswick - 352 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 34 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 4 BrantBranta bernicla
 5 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 6 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 7 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 8 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 9 Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
 10 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 11 GadwallMareca strepera
 12 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 13 American WigeonMareca americana
 14 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 15 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 16 Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
 17 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 18 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 19 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 20 RedheadAythya americana
 21 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 22 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 23 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 24 Common EiderSomateria mollissima
 25 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 26 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 27 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 28 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 29 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 30 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 31 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 32 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 33 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 34 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 35 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 36 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 37 Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grebes - 5 species 38 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 39 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 40 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 41 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
 42 Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Doves - 5 species 43 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 44 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 45 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 46 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 47 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 48 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 49 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 50 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 51 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 52 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 53 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 54 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 55 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
 56 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 9 species 57 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 58 King RailRallus elegans
 59 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 60 SoraPorzana carolina
 61 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 62 American CootFulica americana
 63 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
 64 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
 65 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Cranes - 1 species 66 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 67 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 68 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oystercatchers - 1 species 69 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Plovers - 6 species 70 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 71 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 72 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 73 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 74 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
 75 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Sandpipers - 32 species 76 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 77 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 78 Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
 79 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
 80 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 81 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 82 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 83 RuffCalidris pugnax
 84 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 85 Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
 86 SanderlingCalidris alba
 87 DunlinCalidris alpina
 88 Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
 89 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 90 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 91 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 92 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 93 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 94 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 95 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 96 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 97 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 98 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 99 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 100 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 101 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 102 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 103 WilletTringa semipalmata
 104 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 105 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
 106 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 107 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Skuas & Jaegers - 3 species 108 South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
 109 Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
 110 Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Auks - 3 species 111 DovekieAlle alle
 112 RazorbillAlca torda
 113 Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Gulls & Terns - 29 species 114 Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
 115 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 116 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 117 Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
 118 Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
 119 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 120 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 121 Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
 122 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 123 California GullLarus californicus
 124 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 125 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 126 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 127 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 128 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 129 Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
 130 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 131 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 132 Least TernSternula antillarum
 133 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 134 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 135 Black TernChlidonias niger
 136 Roseate TernSterna dougallii
 137 Common TernSterna hirundo
 138 Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
 139 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 140 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 141 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 142 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 143 White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Loons - 3 species 144 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 145 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 146 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 3 species 147 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
 148 Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
 149 Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro
Petrels & Shearwaters - 7 species 150 Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
 151 Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
 152 Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
 153 Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
 154 Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
 155 Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
 156 Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Storks - 1 species 157 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Frigatebirds - 1 species 158 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Boobies & Gannets - 3 species 159 Masked BoobySula dactylatra
 160 Brown BoobySula leucogaster
 161 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 162 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 163 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 164 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 165 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 166 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 12 species 167 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 168 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 169 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 170 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 171 Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
 172 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 173 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 174 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 175 Green HeronButorides virescens
 176 Great EgretArdea alba
 177 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 178 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 179 White IbisEudocimus albus
 180 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 181 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 182 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 183 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 184 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 185 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 186 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 187 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 188 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 189 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 190 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 191 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 192 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 193 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 194 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 195 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 196 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 197 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 198 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 199 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 200 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 201 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 202 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 203 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 204 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 205 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 206 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 207 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 208 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 209 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 210 MerlinFalco columbarius
 211 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Parrots - 1 species 212 Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 213 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 214 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 215 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 216 Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
 217 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 218 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 219 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 220 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 221 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 222 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 223 Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
 224 Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Vireos - 7 species 225 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 226 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 227 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 228 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 229 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 230 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
 231 Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Shrikes - 1 species 232 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 233 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 234 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 235 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 236 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 237 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 238 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 7 species 239 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 240 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 241 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 242 Purple MartinProgne subis
 243 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 244 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
 245 Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
Kinglets - 2 species 246 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 247 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 248 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 249 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 250 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 251 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 252 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 253 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 254 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 255 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 256 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 257 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 258 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 259 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 260 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 261 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 262 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 263 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 264 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 265 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 266 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 267 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 268 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 269 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 270 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 2 species 271 White WagtailMotacilla alba
 272 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 273 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 274 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 275 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 276 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 277 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 2 species 278 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 279 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 21 species 280 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 281 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 282 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 283 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 284 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 285 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 286 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 287 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 288 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 289 Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
 290 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 291 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 292 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
 293 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 294 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 295 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 296 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 297 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 298 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 299 Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
 300 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 301 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 302 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 303 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 304 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 305 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 306 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 307 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 308 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 309 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 310 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 33 species 311 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 312 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 313 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 314 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 315 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 316 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 317 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 318 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 319 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 320 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 321 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 322 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 323 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 324 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 325 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 326 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 327 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 328 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 329 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 330 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 331 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 332 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 333 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 334 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 335 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 336 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 337 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 338 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 339 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 340 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 341 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 342 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 343 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 9 species 344 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 345 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 346 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 347 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 348 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 349 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 350 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 351 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
 352 DickcisselSpiza americana