Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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McDowell - 160 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 14 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 4 GadwallMareca strepera
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 8 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 9 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 10 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 13 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 14 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 15 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 3 species 16 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 17 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
 18 Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grebes - 2 species 19 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 20 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 21 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 22 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 23 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 24 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 25 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 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
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 30 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 31 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 3 species 32 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 33 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 34 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & Terns - 4 species 35 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 36 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 37 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 38 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 2 species 39 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 40 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 41 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 42 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 43 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 44 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 45 Green HeronButorides virescens
 46 Great EgretArdea alba
 47 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 48 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 49 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 50 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 51 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 52 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 53 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 54 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 55 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 56 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 57 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 58 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 59 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 60 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 61 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 62 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 63 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 64 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 65 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 66 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 67 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 68 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 69 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 70 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 71 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 72 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 73 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 74 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 75 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 76 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 77 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 78 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 79 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 80 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 81 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 82 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 83 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 84 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 85 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 86 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 87 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 88 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 89 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 90 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 91 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 92 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 93 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 94 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 95 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 96 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 97 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 98 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 99 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 100 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 101 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 102 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 103 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 104 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 105 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 106 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 107 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 108 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 109 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 110 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 111 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 112 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 113 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 114 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 115 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 116 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 117 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 118 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 119 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 120 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 6 species 121 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 122 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 123 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 124 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 125 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 126 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 4 species 127 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 128 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 129 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 130 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 23 species 131 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 132 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 133 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 134 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 135 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 136 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 137 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 138 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 139 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 140 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 141 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 142 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 143 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 144 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 145 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 146 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 147 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 148 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 149 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 150 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 151 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 152 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 153 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 154 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 155 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 156 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 157 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 158 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 159 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 160 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea