Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
No distinction is made between transient and resident records for a county. The majority of the records are from eBird and the Chat.
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Burke - 204 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 25 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 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 GadwallMareca strepera
 10 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 14 RedheadAythya americana
 15 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 16 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 17 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 18 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 19 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 20 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 21 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 22 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 23 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 24 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 25 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 26 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 27 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 28 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 3 species 29 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 30 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 31 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 2 species 32 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 33 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 34 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 35 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 36 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 37 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 38 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 39 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 40 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 41 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 42 SoraPorzana carolina
 43 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 44 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 3 species 45 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 46 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 47 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 13 species 48 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 49 SanderlingCalidris alba
 50 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 51 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 52 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 53 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 54 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 55 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 56 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 57 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 58 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 59 WilletTringa semipalmata
 60 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 61 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 62 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 63 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 64 Black TernChlidonias niger
 65 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 2 species 66 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 67 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 68 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 69 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 70 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 71 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 72 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 73 Green HeronButorides virescens
 74 Great EgretArdea alba
 75 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 76 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 77 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 78 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 79 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 80 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 81 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 82 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 83 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 84 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 85 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 86 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 87 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 88 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 89 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 90 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 91 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 92 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 93 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 94 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 95 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 96 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 97 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 98 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 99 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 100 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 101 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 102 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 103 MerlinFalco columbarius
 104 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 105 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 106 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 107 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 108 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 109 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 110 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 111 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 112 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 113 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 114 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 115 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 116 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 117 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 118 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 119 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 120 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 121 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 122 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 123 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 124 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 125 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 126 Purple MartinProgne subis
 127 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 128 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 129 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 130 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 131 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 132 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 133 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 134 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 135 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 136 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 137 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 138 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 139 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 140 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 141 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 142 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 143 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 144 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 145 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 146 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 147 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 148 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 149 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 150 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 151 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 152 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 153 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 154 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 155 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 156 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 157 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 158 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 159 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 160 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 161 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 162 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 163 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 164 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 165 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 166 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 167 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 168 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 169 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 170 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 171 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 172 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 25 species 173 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 174 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 175 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 176 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 177 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 178 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 179 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 180 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 181 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 182 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 183 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 184 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 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 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 194 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 195 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 196 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 197 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 198 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 199 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 200 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 201 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 202 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 203 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 204 DickcisselSpiza americana