Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
No distinction is made between transient and resident records for a county. The majority of the records are from eBird and the Chat.
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Surry - 161 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 11 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 American WigeonMareca americana
 7 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 8 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 9 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 11 Common MerganserMergus merganser
New World Quails - 1 species 12 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 13 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 14 Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grebes - 2 species 15 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 16 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 2 species 17 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 18 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 19 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 20 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 21 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 22 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 23 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 24 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Plovers - 1 species 25 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 4 species 26 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 27 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 28 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 29 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 30 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 31 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 32 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 33 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 34 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 4 species 35 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 36 Green HeronButorides virescens
 37 Great EgretArdea alba
 38 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 39 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 40 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 41 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 7 species 42 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 43 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 44 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 45 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 46 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 47 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 48 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 49 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 50 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 51 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 52 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 53 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 54 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 55 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 56 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 57 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 58 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 59 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 60 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 61 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 62 MerlinFalco columbarius
 63 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 64 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 65 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 66 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 67 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 68 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 69 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 70 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 71 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 72 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 73 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 74 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 75 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 76 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 77 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 78 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 79 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 80 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 81 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 82 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 83 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 84 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 85 Purple MartinProgne subis
 86 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 87 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 88 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 89 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 90 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 91 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 92 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 93 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 94 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 95 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 96 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 97 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 98 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 99 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 100 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 101 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 102 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 103 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 104 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 105 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 106 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 107 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 108 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 109 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 110 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 111 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 112 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 113 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 114 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 115 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 116 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 117 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 118 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 119 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 120 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 121 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 122 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 123 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 124 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 125 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 126 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 127 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 128 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 27 species 129 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 130 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 131 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 132 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 133 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 134 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 135 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 136 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 137 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 138 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 139 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 140 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 141 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 142 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 143 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 144 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 145 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 146 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 147 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 148 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 149 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 150 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 151 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 152 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 153 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 154 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 155 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 156 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 157 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 158 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 159 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 160 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 161 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea