Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Yancey - 169 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 9 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 7 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 8 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 9 Common MerganserMergus merganser
New World Quails - 1 species 10 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 11 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 12 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 1 species 13 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 14 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 15 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 16 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 17 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 18 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 19 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
Swifts - 1 species 20 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 21 Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
 22 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 23 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Plovers - 1 species 24 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 4 species 25 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 26 SanderlingCalidris alba
 27 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 28 American WoodcockScolopax minor
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 29 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 30 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 31 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 32 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 33 Green HeronButorides virescens
 34 Great EgretArdea alba
 35 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 36 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 37 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 38 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 39 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 40 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 41 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 42 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 43 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 44 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 45 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 46 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 47 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 4 species 48 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 49 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 50 Barred OwlStrix varia
 51 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 52 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 53 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 54 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 55 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 56 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 57 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 58 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 59 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 60 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 61 MerlinFalco columbarius
 62 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 63 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 64 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 65 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 66 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 67 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 68 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 69 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 70 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 71 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 72 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 73 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 74 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 75 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 76 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 77 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 78 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 79 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 80 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 81 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 82 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 83 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 84 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 85 Purple MartinProgne subis
 86 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 87 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 88 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 89 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 90 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 91 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 92 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 93 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 94 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 95 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 96 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 97 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 98 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 99 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 100 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 101 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 102 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 103 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 104 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 105 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 106 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 107 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 108 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 109 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 110 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 111 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 112 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 113 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 114 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 115 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 116 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 117 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 118 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 119 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 120 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 121 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 122 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 123 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 124 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 125 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 126 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 127 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 128 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 129 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 130 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 131 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 132 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 133 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 134 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 135 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 136 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 137 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 138 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 139 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 140 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 141 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 142 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 143 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 144 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 145 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 146 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 147 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 148 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 149 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 150 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 151 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 152 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 153 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 154 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 155 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 156 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 157 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 158 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 159 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 160 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 161 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 162 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 163 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 164 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 165 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 4 species 166 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 167 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 168 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 169 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea