Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Catawba - 257 species

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