Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Cleveland - 156 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 20 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 3 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 4 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 5 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 6 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 7 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 8 GadwallMareca strepera
 9 American WigeonMareca americana
 10 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 11 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 12 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 13 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 14 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 15 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 16 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 17 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 18 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 19 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 20 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 21 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 22 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 23 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 24 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 25 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 4 species 26 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 27 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 28 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 29 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 30 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 31 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 32 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 33 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 34 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 35 King RailRallus elegans
 36 SoraPorzana carolina
 37 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 38 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 2 species 39 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 40 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 12 species 41 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 42 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 43 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 44 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 45 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 46 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 47 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 48 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 49 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 50 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 51 WilletTringa semipalmata
 52 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Skuas & Jaegers - 1 species 53 Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Gulls & Terns - 13 species 54 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 55 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 56 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 57 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 58 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 59 Least TernSternula antillarum
 60 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 61 Black TernChlidonias niger
 62 Common TernSterna hirundo
 63 Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
 64 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 65 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 66 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Tropicbirds - 1 species 67 White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Loons - 1 species 68 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 69 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 70 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 71 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 72 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 73 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 74 Green HeronButorides virescens
 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 - 8 species 80 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 81 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 82 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 83 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 84 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 85 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 86 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 87 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 88 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 89 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 90 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 91 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 92 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 93 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 94 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 95 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 96 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 97 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 98 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 99 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 100 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 101 MerlinFalco columbarius
 102 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 2 species 103 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 104 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 1 species 105 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
Shrikes - 1 species 106 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 107 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 108 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 109 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 110 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 111 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 112 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 1 species 113 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Kinglets - 2 species 114 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 115 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 116 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 117 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 118 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 119 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 120 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 121 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 122 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 123 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 124 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 125 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 126 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 127 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 3 species 128 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 129 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 130 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 131 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 132 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 133 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 134 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 135 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 136 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 137 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 138 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 139 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 140 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 141 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 142 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 143 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 144 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 145 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 146 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 147 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 148 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 149 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 150 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 2 species 151 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 152 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 4 species 153 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 154 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 155 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 156 DickcisselSpiza americana