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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Davidson - 160 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 18 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 GadwallMareca strepera
 4 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 8 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 9 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 10 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 14 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 15 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 16 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 17 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 18 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 19 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 20 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 21 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 22 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 23 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 24 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 25 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 26 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 27 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 28 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 29 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 30 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 31 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 32 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 33 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 34 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 35 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 36 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 37 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 38 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 39 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 40 Herring GullLarus argentatus
Loons - 1 species 41 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 42 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 43 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 44 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 45 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 46 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 47 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 48 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 49 Green HeronButorides virescens
 50 Great EgretArdea alba
 51 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 52 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 53 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 54 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 55 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 56 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 57 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 58 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 59 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 60 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 61 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 62 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 63 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 64 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 65 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 66 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 67 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 68 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 69 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 70 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 71 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 72 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 73 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 74 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 75 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 76 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 77 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 78 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 79 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 80 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 81 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 82 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 83 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 84 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 85 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 86 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 87 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 88 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 89 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 90 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 91 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 92 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 93 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 94 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 95 Purple MartinProgne subis
 96 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 97 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 98 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 99 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 100 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 101 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 102 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 103 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 104 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 105 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 106 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 107 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 108 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 109 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 110 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 111 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 112 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 113 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 114 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 115 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 116 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 117 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 118 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 119 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 120 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 121 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 122 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 123 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 124 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 125 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 126 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 127 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 128 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 129 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 130 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 131 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 132 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 133 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 134 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 135 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 136 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 137 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 138 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 139 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 16 species 140 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 141 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 142 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 143 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 144 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 145 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 146 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 147 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 148 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 149 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 150 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 151 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 152 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 153 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 154 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 155 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 156 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 157 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 158 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 159 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 160 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea