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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Davidson - 161 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 18 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 GadwallMareca strepera
 4 Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 8 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 9 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 10 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 14 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 15 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 16 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 17 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 18 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 19 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 20 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 21 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 22 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 23 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 24 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 25 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 26 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 27 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 28 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 29 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 30 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 1 species 31 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 32 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 33 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 34 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 35 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 36 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 37 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 38 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 39 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 40 Herring GullLarus argentatus
Loons - 1 species 41 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 42 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 43 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 44 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 45 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 46 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 47 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 48 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 49 Green HeronButorides virescens
 50 Great EgretArdea alba
 51 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 52 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 53 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 54 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 55 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 56 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 57 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 58 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 59 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 60 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 61 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 62 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 63 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 64 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 65 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 66 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 67 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 68 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 69 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 70 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 71 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 72 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 73 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 74 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 75 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 76 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 77 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 78 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 79 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 80 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 81 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 82 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 83 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 84 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 85 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 86 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 87 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 88 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 89 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 90 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 91 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 92 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 93 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 94 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 95 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 96 Purple MartinProgne subis
 97 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 98 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 99 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 100 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 101 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 102 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 103 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 104 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 105 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 106 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 107 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 108 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 109 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 110 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 111 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 112 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 113 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 114 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 115 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 116 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 117 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 118 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 119 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 120 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 121 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 122 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 123 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 124 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 125 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 126 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 127 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 128 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 129 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 130 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 131 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 132 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 133 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 134 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 135 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 136 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 137 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 138 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 139 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 140 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 16 species 141 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 142 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 143 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 144 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 145 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 146 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 147 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 148 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 149 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 150 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 151 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 152 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 153 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 154 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 155 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 156 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 157 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 158 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 159 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 160 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 161 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea