Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Johnston - 187 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 14 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 8 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 9 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 10 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 11 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 12 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 13 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 14 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 15 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 16 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 17 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 18 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 19 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 20 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 21 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 22 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 23 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 24 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 25 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 26 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 27 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 28 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 29 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 30 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 31 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 32 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 33 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 34 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 35 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 36 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 37 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 38 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 39 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 40 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 41 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 42 Black TernChlidonias niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 43 White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Loons - 1 species 44 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 45 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 46 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 47 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 48 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 49 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 50 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 51 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 52 Green HeronButorides virescens
 53 Great EgretArdea alba
 54 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 55 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 56 White IbisEudocimus albus
 57 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 58 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 59 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 60 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 61 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 62 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 63 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 64 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 65 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 66 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 67 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 68 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 69 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 70 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 71 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 72 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 73 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 74 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 75 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 76 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 77 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 78 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 79 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 80 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 81 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 82 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 83 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 84 MerlinFalco columbarius
 85 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 86 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 87 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 88 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 89 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 90 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 91 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 92 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 93 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 94 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 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
Swallows - 6 species 103 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 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 - 8 species 124 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 125 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 126 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 127 Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
 128 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 129 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 130 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 131 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 132 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 133 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 134 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 135 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 136 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 137 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 138 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 139 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 140 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 141 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 142 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 143 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 144 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 145 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 146 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 147 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 148 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 149 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 150 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 151 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 152 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 153 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 154 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 155 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 25 species 156 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 157 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 158 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 159 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 160 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 161 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 162 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 163 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 164 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 165 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 166 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 167 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 168 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 169 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 170 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 171 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 172 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 173 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 174 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 175 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 176 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 177 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 178 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 179 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 180 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 181 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 182 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 183 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 184 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 185 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 186 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 187 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea