Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Alexander - 200 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 29 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 5 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 6 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 7 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 8 GadwallMareca strepera
 9 American WigeonMareca americana
 10 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 11 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 12 Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
 13 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 14 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 15 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 16 RedheadAythya americana
 17 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 18 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 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 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 26 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 27 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 28 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 29 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 30 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 31 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 32 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 33 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 34 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 3 species 35 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 36 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 37 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 38 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 39 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 40 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 41 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 42 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 43 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 44 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 45 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 46 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 1 species 47 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 8 species 48 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 49 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 50 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 51 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 52 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 53 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 54 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 55 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & Terns - 9 species 56 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 57 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 58 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 59 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 60 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 61 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 62 Black TernChlidonias niger
 63 Common TernSterna hirundo
 64 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 65 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 66 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 67 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 68 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 69 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 70 Green HeronButorides virescens
 71 Great EgretArdea alba
 72 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 73 White IbisEudocimus albus
 74 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 75 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 76 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 77 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 7 species 78 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 79 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 80 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 81 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 82 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 83 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 84 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 85 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 86 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 87 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 88 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 89 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 90 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 91 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 92 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 93 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 94 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 95 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 96 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 97 MerlinFalco columbarius
 98 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 99 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 100 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 101 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 102 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 103 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 104 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 105 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 106 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 107 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 108 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 109 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 110 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 111 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 112 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 113 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 114 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 115 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 116 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 117 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 118 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 119 Purple MartinProgne subis
 120 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 121 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 122 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 123 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 124 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 125 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 126 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 127 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 128 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 129 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 130 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 131 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 132 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 133 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 134 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 135 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 136 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 137 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 138 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 139 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 140 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 141 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 142 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 143 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 144 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 145 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 146 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 147 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 148 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 149 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 150 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 151 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 152 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 153 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 154 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 155 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 156 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 157 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 158 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 159 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 160 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 161 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 162 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 163 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 164 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 165 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 166 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 167 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 168 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 169 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 170 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 24 species 171 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 172 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 173 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 174 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 175 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 176 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 177 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 178 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 179 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 180 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 181 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 182 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 183 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 184 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 185 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 186 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 187 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 188 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 189 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 190 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 191 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 192 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 193 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 194 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 195 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 196 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 197 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 198 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 199 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 200 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea