Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Madison - 183 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 11 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 American WigeonMareca americana
 7 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 8 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 9 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 10 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 11 Common MerganserMergus merganser
New World Quails - 1 species 12 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 13 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 14 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 2 species 15 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 16 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 17 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 18 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 19 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 20 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 21 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 22 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 23 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 24 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 25 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 26 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 27 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Cranes - 1 species 28 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 2 species 29 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 30 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 3 species 31 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 32 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 33 WilletTringa semipalmata
Loons - 1 species 34 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 35 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 36 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 37 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 38 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 39 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 40 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 41 Green HeronButorides virescens
 42 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 43 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 44 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 45 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 46 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 47 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 48 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 49 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 50 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 51 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 52 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 53 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 54 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 55 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 56 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 57 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 58 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 59 Barred OwlStrix varia
 60 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 61 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 62 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 63 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 64 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 65 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 66 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 67 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 68 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 69 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 70 MerlinFalco columbarius
 71 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 8 species 72 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 73 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 74 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 75 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 76 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 77 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 78 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 79 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 80 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 81 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 82 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 83 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 84 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 85 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 86 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 87 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 88 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 89 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 90 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 91 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 92 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 93 Purple MartinProgne subis
 94 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 95 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 96 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 97 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 98 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 99 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 100 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 101 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 102 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 103 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 104 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 105 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 106 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 107 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 108 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 109 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 110 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 111 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 112 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 113 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 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 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 120 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 121 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 122 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 123 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 2 species 124 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 125 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 126 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 127 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 128 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 129 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 130 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 131 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 132 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 133 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 134 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 135 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 136 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 137 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 138 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 139 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 140 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 141 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 142 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 143 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 144 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 145 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 146 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 147 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 30 species 148 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 149 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 150 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 151 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 152 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 153 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 154 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 155 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 156 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 157 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 158 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 159 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 160 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 161 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 162 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 163 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 164 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 165 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 166 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 167 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 168 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 169 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 170 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 171 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 172 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 173 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 174 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 175 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 176 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 177 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 178 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 179 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 180 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 181 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 182 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 183 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea