Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Harnett - 182 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 14 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Mute SwanCygnus olor
 4 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 5 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 6 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 10 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 13 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 14 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 15 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 16 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 17 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 3 species 18 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 19 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 20 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 21 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 22 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 23 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 24 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 25 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 26 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 27 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 28 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Cranes - 1 species 29 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 30 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 31 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 2 species 32 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 33 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 9 species 34 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 35 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 36 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 37 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 38 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 39 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 40 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 41 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 42 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 43 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 44 Common TernSterna hirundo
 45 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Darters - 1 species 46 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 47 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 48 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 9 species 49 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 50 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 51 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 52 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 53 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 54 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 55 Green HeronButorides virescens
 56 Great EgretArdea alba
 57 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 58 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 59 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 60 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 61 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 62 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 63 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 64 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 65 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 66 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 67 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 68 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 69 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 70 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 71 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 72 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 73 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 74 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 75 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 76 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 77 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 78 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 79 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 80 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 81 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 82 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 83 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 8 species 84 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 85 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 86 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 87 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 88 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 89 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 90 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 91 Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Vireos - 4 species 92 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 93 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 94 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 95 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 96 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 97 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 98 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 99 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 100 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 101 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 102 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 103 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 104 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 105 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 106 Purple MartinProgne subis
 107 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 108 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 109 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 110 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 111 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 112 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 113 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 114 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 115 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 116 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 117 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 118 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 119 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
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 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 126 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 127 American RobinTurdus migratorius
 128 Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 129 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 130 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 131 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 132 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 133 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 134 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 135 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 136 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 137 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 138 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 139 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 140 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 141 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 142 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 143 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 144 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 145 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 146 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 147 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 148 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 149 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 150 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 151 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 152 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 153 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 154 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 155 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 156 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 20 species 157 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 158 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 159 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 160 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 161 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 162 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 163 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 164 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 165 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 166 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 167 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 168 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 169 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 170 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 171 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 172 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 173 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 174 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 175 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 176 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 177 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 178 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 179 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 180 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 181 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 182 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea