Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Avery - 199 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 12 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 8 RedheadAythya americana
 9 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 10 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
New World Quails - 1 species 13 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 14 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 15 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 2 species 16 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 17 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 18 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 19 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 20 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 21 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 22 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 23 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 24 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 25 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 26 Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
 27 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 28 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 29 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 30 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 31 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 2 species 32 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 33 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 9 species 34 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 35 SanderlingCalidris alba
 36 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 37 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 38 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 39 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 40 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 41 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 42 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 43 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 44 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 45 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Cormorants - 1 species 46 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 4 species 47 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 48 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 49 Green HeronButorides virescens
 50 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 51 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 52 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 53 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 54 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 55 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 56 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 57 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 58 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 59 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 60 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 61 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 62 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 63 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 64 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 65 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Owls - 5 species 66 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 67 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 68 Barred OwlStrix varia
 69 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
 70 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 71 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 72 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 73 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 74 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 75 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 76 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 77 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 78 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 79 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 80 MerlinFalco columbarius
 81 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Parrots - 1 species 82 Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 10 species 83 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 84 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 85 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 86 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 87 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 88 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 89 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 90 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 91 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 92 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 93 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 94 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 95 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 96 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 97 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 98 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 99 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 100 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 101 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 102 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 103 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 104 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 105 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 106 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 107 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 108 Purple MartinProgne subis
 109 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 110 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 111 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 112 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 113 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 114 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 115 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 116 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 117 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 118 Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
 119 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 120 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 121 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 122 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 123 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 124 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 125 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 126 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 8 species 127 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 128 Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
 129 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 130 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 131 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 132 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 133 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 134 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 135 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 8 species 136 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 137 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 138 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 139 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 140 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 141 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 142 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 143 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 144 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 12 species 145 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 146 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 147 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 148 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 149 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 150 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 151 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 152 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 153 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 154 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 155 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 156 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 157 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 158 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 159 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 160 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 161 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 162 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 163 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 164 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 165 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 29 species 166 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 167 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 168 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 169 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 170 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 171 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 172 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 173 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 174 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 175 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 176 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 177 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 178 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 179 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 180 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 181 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 182 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 183 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 184 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 185 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 186 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 187 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 188 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 189 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 190 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 191 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 192 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 193 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 194 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 195 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 196 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 197 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 198 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 199 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea