Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Craven - 289 species

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