Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Chatham - 312 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 31 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 4 BrantBranta bernicla
 5 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 6 Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
 7 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 8 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 9 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 10 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 11 GadwallMareca strepera
 12 American WigeonMareca americana
 13 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 14 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 15 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 16 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 17 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 18 RedheadAythya americana
 19 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 20 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 21 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 22 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 23 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 24 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 25 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 26 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 27 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 28 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 29 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 30 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 31 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 32 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 33 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 34 Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grebes - 4 species 35 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 36 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 37 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 38 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 4 species 39 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 40 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 41 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 42 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 43 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 44 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 45 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 46 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 47 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 48 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 49 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 50 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 7 species 51 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 52 King RailRallus elegans
 53 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 54 SoraPorzana carolina
 55 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 56 American CootFulica americana
 57 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Limpkin - 1 species 58 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 59 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 60 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oystercatchers - 1 species 61 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Plovers - 6 species 62 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 63 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 64 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 65 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 66 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
 67 Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Sandpipers - 28 species 68 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 69 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 70 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 71 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 72 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 73 RuffCalidris pugnax
 74 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 75 SanderlingCalidris alba
 76 DunlinCalidris alpina
 77 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 78 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 79 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 80 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 81 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 82 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 83 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 84 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 85 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 86 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 87 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 88 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 89 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 90 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 91 WilletTringa semipalmata
 92 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 93 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
 94 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 95 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Skuas & Jaegers - 2 species 96 Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
 97 Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Auks - 1 species 98 Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix
Gulls & Terns - 22 species 99 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 100 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 101 Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
 102 Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
 103 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 104 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 105 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 106 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 107 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 108 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 109 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 110 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 111 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 112 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 113 Least TernSternula antillarum
 114 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 115 Black TernChlidonias niger
 116 Common TernSterna hirundo
 117 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 118 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 119 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 120 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 121 White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Loons - 2 species 122 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 123 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 2 species 124 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
 125 Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Petrels & Shearwaters - 2 species 126 Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
 127 Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Storks - 1 species 128 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 129 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 130 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 3 species 131 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 132 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
 133 Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Pelicans - 1 species 134 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 11 species 135 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 136 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 137 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 138 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 139 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 140 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 141 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 142 Green HeronButorides virescens
 143 Great EgretArdea alba
 144 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 145 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 146 White IbisEudocimus albus
 147 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 148 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 149 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 150 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 151 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 12 species 152 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 153 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 154 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 155 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 156 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 157 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 158 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 159 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 160 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 161 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 162 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 163 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 164 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 165 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 166 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 167 Barred OwlStrix varia
 168 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 169 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 170 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 171 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 172 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 173 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 174 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 175 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 176 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 177 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 178 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 179 MerlinFalco columbarius
 180 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 181 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 182 Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
 183 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 184 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 185 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 186 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 187 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 188 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 189 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 190 Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
 191 Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
 192 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 193 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 194 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 195 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 196 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 197 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 198 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 199 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 200 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 201 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 202 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 203 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 204 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 205 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 206 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 207 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 208 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 209 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 210 Purple MartinProgne subis
 211 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 212 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 213 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 214 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 215 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 216 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 217 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 218 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 219 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 220 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 221 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 222 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 223 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 224 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 225 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 226 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 227 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 228 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 229 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 230 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 231 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 232 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 233 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 234 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 235 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 236 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 237 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 238 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 239 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 240 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 241 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 242 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 243 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 3 species 244 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 245 Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
 246 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 14 species 247 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 248 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 249 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 250 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 251 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 252 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 253 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 254 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 255 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 256 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 257 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 258 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 259 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 260 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 261 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 262 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 263 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 264 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 265 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 266 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 267 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 268 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 269 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 270 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 35 species 271 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 272 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 273 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 274 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 275 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 276 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 277 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 278 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 279 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 280 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 281 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 282 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 283 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 284 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 285 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 286 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 287 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 288 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 289 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 290 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 291 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 292 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 293 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 294 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 295 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 296 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 297 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 298 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 299 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 300 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 301 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 302 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 303 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 304 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 305 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 306 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 307 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 308 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 309 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 310 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 311 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 312 DickcisselSpiza americana