Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Buncombe - 292 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 32 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 4 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 5 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 6 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 7 Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
 8 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 9 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 10 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 11 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 12 GadwallMareca strepera
 13 American WigeonMareca americana
 14 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 15 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 16 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 17 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 18 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 19 RedheadAythya americana
 20 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 21 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 22 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 23 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 24 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 25 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 26 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 27 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 28 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 29 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 30 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 31 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 32 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 33 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 34 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 35 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 5 species 36 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 37 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 38 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 39 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
 40 Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Doves - 5 species 41 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 42 Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius
 43 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 44 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 45 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 46 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 47 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 48 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 49 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 50 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 51 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 52 Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
 53 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 54 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 7 species 55 King RailRallus elegans
 56 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 57 SoraPorzana carolina
 58 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 59 American CootFulica americana
 60 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
 61 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Limpkin - 1 species 62 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 63 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 64 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 3 species 65 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 66 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 67 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 20 species 68 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 69 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 70 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 71 SanderlingCalidris alba
 72 DunlinCalidris alpina
 73 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 74 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 75 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 76 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 77 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 78 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 79 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 80 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 81 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 82 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 83 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 84 WilletTringa semipalmata
 85 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 86 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 87 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & Terns - 11 species 88 Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
 89 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 90 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 91 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 92 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 93 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 94 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 95 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 96 Black TernChlidonias niger
 97 Common TernSterna hirundo
 98 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 3 species 99 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 100 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 101 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 102 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 103 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 104 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 105 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 106 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 10 species 107 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 108 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 109 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 110 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 111 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 112 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 113 Green HeronButorides virescens
 114 Great EgretArdea alba
 115 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 116 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 117 White IbisEudocimus albus
 118 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 119 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 120 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 121 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 12 species 122 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 123 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 124 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 125 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 126 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 127 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 128 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 129 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 130 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 131 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 132 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 133 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 134 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 7 species 135 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 136 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 137 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 138 Barred OwlStrix varia
 139 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 140 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 141 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 142 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 143 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 144 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 145 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 146 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 147 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 148 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 149 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 150 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 151 MerlinFalco columbarius
 152 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Parrots - 1 species 153 Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 154 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 155 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 156 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 157 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 158 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 159 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 160 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 161 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 162 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 163 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 164 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 165 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 7 species 166 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 167 Bell's VireoVireo bellii
 168 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 169 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 170 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 171 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 172 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 173 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 174 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 175 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 176 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 177 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 178 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 179 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 180 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 181 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 182 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 183 Purple MartinProgne subis
 184 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 185 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 186 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 187 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 188 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 189 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 190 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 191 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 192 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 193 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 194 Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
 195 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 196 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 197 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 198 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 4 species 199 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 200 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 201 Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
 202 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 203 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 8 species 204 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 205 Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
 206 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 207 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 208 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 209 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 210 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 211 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 212 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 213 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 214 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 215 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 216 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 217 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 218 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 219 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 220 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 19 species 221 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 222 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 223 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 224 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 225 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 226 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 227 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 228 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 229 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 230 Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
 231 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 232 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 233 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 234 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 235 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 236 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 237 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 238 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 239 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 240 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 241 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 242 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 243 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 244 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 245 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 246 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 247 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 248 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 249 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 36 species 250 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 251 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 252 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 253 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 254 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 255 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 256 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 257 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 258 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 259 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 260 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 261 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 262 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 263 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 264 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 265 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 266 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 267 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 268 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 269 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 270 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 271 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 272 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 273 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 274 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 275 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 276 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 277 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 278 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 279 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 280 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 281 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 282 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 283 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 284 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 285 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 286 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 287 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 288 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 289 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 290 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 291 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 292 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris