Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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New Hanover - 370 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 - 6 species 47 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 48 White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
 49 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 50 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 51 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 52 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 53 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 54 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 55 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 56 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 57 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 58 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 59 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
 60 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 8 species 61 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 62 King RailRallus elegans
 63 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 64 SoraPorzana carolina
 65 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 66 American CootFulica americana
 67 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
 68 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Limpkin - 1 species 69 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 2 species 70 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
 71 Whooping CraneGrus americana
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 72 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 73 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oystercatchers - 1 species 74 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Plovers - 7 species 75 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 76 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 77 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 78 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 79 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
 80 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
 81 Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Sandpipers - 33 species 82 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 83 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 84 Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
 85 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
 86 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 87 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 88 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 89 RuffCalidris pugnax
 90 Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
 91 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 92 Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
 93 SanderlingCalidris alba
 94 DunlinCalidris alpina
 95 Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
 96 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 97 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 98 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 99 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 100 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 101 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 102 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 103 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 104 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 105 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 106 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 107 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 108 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 109 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 110 WilletTringa semipalmata
 111 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 112 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
 113 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 114 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Skuas & Jaegers - 3 species 115 South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
 116 Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
 117 Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Auks - 4 species 118 DovekieAlle alle
 119 Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
 120 RazorbillAlca torda
 121 Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Gulls & Terns - 28 species 122 Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
 123 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 124 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 125 Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
 126 Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
 127 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 128 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 129 Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
 130 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 131 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 132 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 133 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 134 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 135 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 136 Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
 137 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 138 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 139 Least TernSternula antillarum
 140 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 141 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 142 Black TernChlidonias niger
 143 Roseate TernSterna dougallii
 144 Common TernSterna hirundo
 145 Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
 146 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 147 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 148 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 149 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 150 Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Loons - 3 species 151 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 152 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 153 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 3 species 154 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
 155 White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marina
 156 Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Petrels & Shearwaters - 6 species 157 Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
 158 Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
 159 Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
 160 Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
 161 Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
 162 Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Storks - 1 species 163 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Frigatebirds - 1 species 164 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Boobies & Gannets - 3 species 165 Masked BoobySula dactylatra
 166 Brown BoobySula leucogaster
 167 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 168 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 169 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 170 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 171 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 172 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 12 species 173 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 174 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 175 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 176 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 177 Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
 178 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 179 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 180 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 181 Green HeronButorides virescens
 182 Great EgretArdea alba
 183 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 184 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 4 species 185 White IbisEudocimus albus
 186 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 187 White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
 188 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 189 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 190 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 191 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 192 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
 193 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 194 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 195 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 196 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 197 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 198 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 199 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 200 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 201 Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
 202 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 203 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 8 species 204 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 205 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 206 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 207 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
 208 Barred OwlStrix varia
 209 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 210 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 211 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 212 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 9 species 213 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 214 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 215 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 216 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 217 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 218 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 219 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 220 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
 221 Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis
Falcons - 3 species 222 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 223 MerlinFalco columbarius
 224 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 225 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 226 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 227 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 228 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 229 Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
 230 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 231 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 232 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 233 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 234 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 235 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 236 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 7 species 237 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 238 Bell's VireoVireo bellii
 239 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 240 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 241 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 242 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
 243 Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Shrikes - 1 species 244 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 245 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 246 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 247 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 248 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 249 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 7 species 250 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 251 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 252 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 253 Purple MartinProgne subis
 254 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 255 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
 256 Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
Kinglets - 2 species 257 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 258 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 259 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 260 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 261 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 262 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 263 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 264 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 265 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 266 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 267 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 268 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 269 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 270 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 271 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 272 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 273 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 9 species 274 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 275 Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
 276 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 277 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 278 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 279 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 280 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 281 American RobinTurdus migratorius
 282 Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 283 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 284 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 285 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 286 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 287 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 288 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 289 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 290 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 3 species 291 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 292 Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus
 293 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 20 species 294 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 295 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 296 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 297 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 298 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 299 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 300 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 301 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 302 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 303 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 304 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 305 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
 306 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 307 Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta
 308 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 309 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 310 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 311 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 312 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 313 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 314 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 12 species 315 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 316 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 317 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 318 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 319 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 320 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 321 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 322 Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
 323 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 324 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 325 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 326 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 327 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 328 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 329 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 330 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 331 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 332 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 333 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 334 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 335 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 336 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 337 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 338 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 339 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 340 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 341 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 342 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 343 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 344 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 345 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 346 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 347 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 348 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 349 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 350 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 351 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 352 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 353 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 354 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 355 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 356 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 357 Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
 358 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 359 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 360 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 10 species 361 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 362 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 363 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 364 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 365 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 366 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 367 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 368 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 369 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
 370 DickcisselSpiza americana