Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Wilkes - 251 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 28 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 4 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 5 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 6 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 7 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 8 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 9 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 10 GadwallMareca strepera
 11 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 12 American WigeonMareca americana
 13 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 14 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 15 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 16 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 17 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 18 RedheadAythya americana
 19 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 20 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 21 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 22 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 23 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 24 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 25 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 26 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 27 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 28 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 29 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 30 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 31 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 4 species 32 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 33 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 34 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 35 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 3 species 36 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 37 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 38 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 39 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 40 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 41 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 42 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 43 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 44 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 45 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 46 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 6 species 47 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 48 SoraPorzana carolina
 49 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 50 American CootFulica americana
 51 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
 52 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 53 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Plovers - 3 species 54 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 55 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 56 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 15 species 57 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 58 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 59 DunlinCalidris alpina
 60 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 61 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 62 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 63 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 64 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 65 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 66 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 67 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 68 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 69 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 70 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 71 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & Terns - 8 species 72 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 73 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 74 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 75 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 76 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 77 Black TernChlidonias niger
 78 Common TernSterna hirundo
 79 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 80 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 81 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 82 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 83 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 84 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 85 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 86 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 87 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 88 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 89 Green HeronButorides virescens
 90 Great EgretArdea alba
 91 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 92 White IbisEudocimus albus
 93 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 94 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 95 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 96 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 97 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 98 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 99 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 100 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 101 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 102 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 103 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 104 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 105 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 106 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 107 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 108 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 6 species 109 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 110 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 111 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 112 Barred OwlStrix varia
 113 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 114 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 115 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 116 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 117 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 118 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 119 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 120 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 121 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 122 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 123 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 124 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 125 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 126 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 127 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 128 Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
 129 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 130 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 131 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 132 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 133 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 134 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 135 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 136 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 137 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 138 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 139 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 140 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 141 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 142 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 143 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 144 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 145 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 146 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 147 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 148 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 149 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 150 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 151 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 152 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 153 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 154 Purple MartinProgne subis
 155 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 156 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 157 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 158 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 159 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 160 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 161 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 162 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 163 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 164 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 165 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 166 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 167 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 168 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 169 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 170 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 171 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 172 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 173 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 174 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 175 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 176 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 177 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 178 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 179 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 180 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 7 species 181 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 182 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 183 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 184 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 185 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 186 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 187 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 15 species 188 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 189 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 190 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 191 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 192 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 193 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 194 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 195 Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
 196 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 197 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 198 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 199 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 200 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 201 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 202 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 203 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 204 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 205 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 206 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 207 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 208 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 209 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 210 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 211 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 33 species 212 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 213 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 214 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 215 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 216 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 217 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 218 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 219 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 220 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 221 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 222 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 223 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 224 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 225 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 226 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 227 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 228 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 229 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 230 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 231 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 232 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 233 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 234 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 235 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 236 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 237 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 238 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 239 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 240 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 241 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 242 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 243 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 244 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 245 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 246 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 247 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 248 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 249 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 250 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
 251 DickcisselSpiza americana