Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Richmond - 173 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 18 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 American WigeonMareca americana
 9 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 10 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 11 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 14 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 15 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 16 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 17 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 18 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 19 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 20 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 21 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 22 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 4 species 23 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 24 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 25 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 26 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 27 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 28 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 29 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 30 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 31 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 32 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 33 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 34 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 35 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 2 species 36 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 37 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 38 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 39 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 40 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 41 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 42 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 43 WilletTringa semipalmata
 44 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 45 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 46 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 47 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 48 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 49 Least TernSternula antillarum
Loons - 1 species 50 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 51 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 52 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 53 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 54 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 55 Green HeronButorides virescens
 56 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 57 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 58 White IbisEudocimus albus
 59 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 60 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 61 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 62 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 63 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 64 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 65 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 66 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 67 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 68 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 69 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 70 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 71 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 72 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 73 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 74 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 75 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 76 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 77 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 78 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 79 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 80 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 81 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 82 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 83 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 84 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 85 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 86 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 87 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 88 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 89 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 90 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 91 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 92 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 93 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 94 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 95 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 96 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 97 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 98 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 99 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 100 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 101 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 102 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 103 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 104 Purple MartinProgne subis
 105 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 106 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 107 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 108 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 109 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 110 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 111 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 112 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 113 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 114 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 115 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 116 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 117 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 118 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 119 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 120 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 121 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 122 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 123 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 124 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 125 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 126 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 127 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 128 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 129 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 130 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 131 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 132 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 133 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 134 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 135 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 136 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 137 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 138 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 139 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 140 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 141 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 142 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 143 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 144 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 145 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 146 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 147 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 148 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 149 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 150 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 151 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 152 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 153 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 154 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 155 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 156 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 157 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 158 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 159 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 160 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 161 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 162 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 163 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 164 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 165 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 166 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 167 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 168 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 169 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 170 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 171 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 172 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 173 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea