Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Columbus - 162 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 16 species 1 Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 10 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 11 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 12 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 13 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 14 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 15 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 16 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 17 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 18 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 4 species 19 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 20 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 21 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 22 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 2 species 23 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 24 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 25 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 1 species 26 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 27 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 28 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 29 American CootFulica americana
Limpkin - 1 species 30 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Plovers - 1 species 31 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 32 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 33 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 34 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 35 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 36 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 37 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Skuas & Jaegers - 2 species 38 South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
 39 Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Gulls & Terns - 10 species 40 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 41 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 42 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 43 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 44 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 45 Least TernSternula antillarum
 46 Black TernChlidonias niger
 47 Common TernSterna hirundo
 48 Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
 49 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 50 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 1 species 51 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Petrels & Shearwaters - 3 species 52 Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
 53 Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
 54 Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Storks - 1 species 55 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 56 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 3 species 57 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 58 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
 59 Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 60 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 61 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 62 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 63 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 64 Green HeronButorides virescens
 65 Great EgretArdea alba
 66 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 67 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 68 White IbisEudocimus albus
 69 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 70 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 71 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 72 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 73 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 74 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 75 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 76 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 77 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 78 Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
 79 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 80 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 81 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 82 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 83 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 84 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 85 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 86 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 87 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 88 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 89 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 90 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 91 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 92 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 93 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 94 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 95 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 96 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 97 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 98 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 99 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 100 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 101 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 102 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 103 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 104 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 105 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 106 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 107 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 108 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 3 species 109 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 110 Purple MartinProgne subis
 111 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 112 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 113 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 114 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 115 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 116 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 117 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 118 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 1 species 119 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 120 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 121 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 122 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 123 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 124 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 125 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 126 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 127 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 128 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 129 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 130 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 131 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 132 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 133 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 134 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 135 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 136 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 137 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 138 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 139 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 140 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 141 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 142 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 143 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 144 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 145 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 12 species 146 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 147 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 148 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 149 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 150 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 151 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 152 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 153 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 154 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 155 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 156 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 157 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 158 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 159 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 160 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 161 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 162 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris