Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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New Hanover - 365 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 39 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
 3 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 4 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 5 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 6 BrantBranta bernicla
 7 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 8 Mute SwanCygnus olor
 9 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 10 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 11 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 12 Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
 13 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 14 GadwallMareca strepera
 15 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 16 American WigeonMareca americana
 17 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 18 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 19 Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
 20 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 21 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 22 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 23 RedheadAythya americana
 24 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 25 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 26 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 27 King EiderSomateria spectabilis
 28 Common EiderSomateria mollissima
 29 Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
 30 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 31 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 32 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 33 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 34 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 35 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 36 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 37 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 38 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 39 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 40 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 41 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 5 species 42 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 43 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 44 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 45 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
 46 Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Doves - 5 species 47 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 48 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 49 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 50 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 51 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 52 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 53 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 54 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 55 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 56 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 57 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 58 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
 59 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 8 species 60 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 61 King RailRallus elegans
 62 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 63 SoraPorzana carolina
 64 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 65 American CootFulica americana
 66 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
 67 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Cranes - 2 species 68 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
 69 Whooping CraneGrus americana
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 70 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 71 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oystercatchers - 1 species 72 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Plovers - 7 species 73 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 74 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 75 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 76 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 77 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
 78 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
 79 Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Sandpipers - 33 species 80 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 81 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 82 Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
 83 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
 84 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 85 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 86 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 87 RuffCalidris pugnax
 88 Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
 89 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 90 Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
 91 SanderlingCalidris alba
 92 DunlinCalidris alpina
 93 Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
 94 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 95 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 96 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 97 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 98 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 99 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 100 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 101 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 102 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 103 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 104 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 105 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 106 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 107 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 108 WilletTringa semipalmata
 109 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 110 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
 111 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 112 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Skuas & Jaegers - 3 species 113 South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
 114 Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
 115 Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Auks - 4 species 116 DovekieAlle alle
 117 Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
 118 RazorbillAlca torda
 119 Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Gulls & Terns - 27 species 120 Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
 121 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 122 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 123 Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
 124 Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
 125 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 126 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 127 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 128 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 129 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 130 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 131 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 132 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 133 Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
 134 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 135 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 136 Least TernSternula antillarum
 137 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 138 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 139 Black TernChlidonias niger
 140 Roseate TernSterna dougallii
 141 Common TernSterna hirundo
 142 Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
 143 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 144 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 145 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 146 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 147 Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Loons - 3 species 148 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 149 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 150 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 3 species 151 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
 152 White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marina
 153 Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Petrels & Shearwaters - 6 species 154 Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
 155 Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
 156 Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
 157 Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
 158 Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
 159 Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Storks - 1 species 160 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Frigatebirds - 1 species 161 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Boobies & Gannets - 3 species 162 Masked BoobySula dactylatra
 163 Brown BoobySula leucogaster
 164 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 165 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 166 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 167 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 168 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 169 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 12 species 170 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 171 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 172 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 173 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 174 Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
 175 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 176 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 177 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 178 Green HeronButorides virescens
 179 Great EgretArdea alba
 180 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 181 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 182 White IbisEudocimus albus
 183 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 184 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 185 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 186 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 187 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 188 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
 189 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 190 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 191 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 192 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 193 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 194 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 195 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 196 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 197 Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
 198 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 199 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 8 species 200 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 201 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 202 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 203 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
 204 Barred OwlStrix varia
 205 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 206 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 207 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 208 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 9 species 209 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 210 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 211 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 212 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 213 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 214 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 215 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 216 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
 217 Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis
Falcons - 3 species 218 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 219 MerlinFalco columbarius
 220 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 221 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 222 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 223 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 224 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 225 Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
 226 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 227 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 228 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 229 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 230 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 231 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 232 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 7 species 233 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 234 Bell's VireoVireo bellii
 235 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 236 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 237 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 238 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
 239 Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Shrikes - 1 species 240 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 241 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 242 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 243 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 244 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 245 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 7 species 246 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 247 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 248 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 249 Purple MartinProgne subis
 250 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 251 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
 252 Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
Kinglets - 2 species 253 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 254 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 255 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 256 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 257 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 258 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 259 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 260 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 261 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 262 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 263 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 264 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 265 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 266 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 267 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 268 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 269 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 8 species 270 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 271 Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
 272 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 273 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 274 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 275 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 276 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 277 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 278 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 279 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 280 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 281 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 282 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 283 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 284 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 285 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 3 species 286 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 287 Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus
 288 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 20 species 289 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 290 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 291 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 292 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 293 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 294 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 295 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 296 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 297 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 298 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 299 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 300 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
 301 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 302 Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta
 303 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 304 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 305 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 306 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 307 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 308 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 309 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 12 species 310 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 311 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 312 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 313 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 314 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 315 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 316 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 317 Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
 318 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 319 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 320 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 321 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 322 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 323 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 324 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 325 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 326 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 327 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 328 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 329 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 330 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 331 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 332 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 333 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 334 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 335 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 336 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 337 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 338 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 339 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 340 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 341 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 342 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 343 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 344 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 345 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 346 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 347 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 348 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 349 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 350 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 351 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 352 Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
 353 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 354 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 355 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 10 species 356 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 357 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 358 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 359 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 360 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 361 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 362 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 363 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 364 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
 365 DickcisselSpiza americana