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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Cherokee - 137 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 10 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 4 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 5 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 6 RedheadAythya americana
 7 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 8 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 9 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 10 Common MerganserMergus merganser
New World Quails - 1 species 11 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 12 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 13 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 1 species 14 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 3 species 15 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 16 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 17 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 18 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 19 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 20 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 21 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 22 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 23 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 24 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Plovers - 1 species 25 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 2 species 26 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 27 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Loons - 1 species 28 Common LoonGavia immer
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 29 Green HeronButorides virescens
 30 Great EgretArdea alba
 31 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 32 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 33 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 34 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 7 species 35 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 36 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 37 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 38 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 39 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 40 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 41 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 42 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 43 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 44 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 45 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 46 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 47 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 48 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 49 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 50 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 51 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 52 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 53 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 54 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 55 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 56 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 57 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 58 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 59 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 60 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 61 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 62 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 63 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 64 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 65 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 2 species 66 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 67 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 68 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 69 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 70 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 71 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 72 Purple MartinProgne subis
 73 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 74 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 75 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 76 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 77 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 78 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 79 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 80 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 81 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 82 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 83 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 84 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 85 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 86 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 3 species 87 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 88 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 89 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 90 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 91 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 92 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 93 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 94 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 95 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 96 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 97 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 98 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 99 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 100 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 101 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 102 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 103 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 104 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 105 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 106 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 107 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 24 species 108 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 109 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 110 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 111 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 112 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 113 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 114 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 115 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 116 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 117 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 118 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 119 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 120 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 121 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 122 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 123 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 124 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 125 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 126 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 127 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 128 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 129 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 130 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 131 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 132 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 133 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 134 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 135 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 136 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 137 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea