Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Tyrrell - 220 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 27 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Mute SwanCygnus olor
 5 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 6 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 7 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 8 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 9 GadwallMareca strepera
 10 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 11 American WigeonMareca americana
 12 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 13 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 14 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 15 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 16 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 17 RedheadAythya americana
 18 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 19 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 20 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 21 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 22 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 23 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 24 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 25 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 26 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 27 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 28 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 29 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 30 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 31 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 32 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 3 species 33 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 34 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 35 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 36 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 2 species 37 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
 38 White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Hummingbirds - 1 species 39 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 7 species 40 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 41 King RailRallus elegans
 42 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 43 SoraPorzana carolina
 44 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 45 American CootFulica americana
 46 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
Cranes - 1 species 47 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 48 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 49 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 4 species 50 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 51 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 52 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 53 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 15 species 54 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 55 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 56 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 57 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 58 DunlinCalidris alpina
 59 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 60 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 61 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 62 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 63 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 64 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 65 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 66 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 67 WilletTringa semipalmata
 68 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 11 species 69 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 70 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 71 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 72 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 73 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 74 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 75 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 76 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 77 Common TernSterna hirundo
 78 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 79 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Loons - 1 species 80 Common LoonGavia immer
Petrels & Shearwaters - 1 species 81 Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 82 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 83 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 84 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 85 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 9 species 86 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 87 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 88 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 89 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 90 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 91 Green HeronButorides virescens
 92 Great EgretArdea alba
 93 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 94 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 95 White IbisEudocimus albus
 96 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 97 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 98 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 99 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 100 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 101 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 102 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 103 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 104 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 105 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 106 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 107 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 108 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 109 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 110 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 111 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 112 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 113 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 114 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 115 Barred OwlStrix varia
 116 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 117 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 118 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 119 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 120 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 121 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 122 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 123 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 124 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 125 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 126 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 127 MerlinFalco columbarius
 128 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 129 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 130 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 131 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 132 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 133 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 134 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 135 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 136 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 137 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 138 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 139 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 140 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 141 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 142 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 143 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 144 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 145 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 146 Purple MartinProgne subis
 147 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 148 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 149 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 150 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 151 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 152 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 153 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 154 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 155 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 156 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 157 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 158 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 159 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 160 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 161 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 162 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 163 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 164 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 165 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 166 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 167 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 168 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 169 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 170 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 171 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 172 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 173 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 174 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 175 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 176 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 177 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 178 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 179 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 180 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
 181 Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta
 182 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 183 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 184 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 185 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 186 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 187 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 188 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 189 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 190 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 191 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 192 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 193 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 194 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 195 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 196 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 197 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 198 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 199 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 200 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 201 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 202 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 203 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 204 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 205 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 206 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 207 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 208 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 209 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 210 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 211 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 212 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 213 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 214 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 215 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 216 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 217 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 218 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 219 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 220 DickcisselSpiza americana