Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Forsyth - 297 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 33 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 4 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 5 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 6 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 7 Mute SwanCygnus olor
 8 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 9 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 10 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 11 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 12 GadwallMareca strepera
 13 American WigeonMareca americana
 14 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 15 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 16 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 17 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 18 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 19 RedheadAythya americana
 20 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 21 Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
 22 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 23 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 24 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 25 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 26 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 27 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 28 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 29 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 30 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 31 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 32 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 33 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 34 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 35 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 36 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 4 species 37 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 38 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 39 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 40 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 3 species 41 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 42 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 43 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 44 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 45 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 46 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 47 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 48 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 49 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 5 species 50 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 51 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
 52 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 53 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
 54 Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 6 species 55 King RailRallus elegans
 56 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 57 SoraPorzana carolina
 58 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 59 American CootFulica americana
 60 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
Limpkin - 1 species 61 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 62 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 63 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 64 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 5 species 65 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 66 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 67 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 68 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 69 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Sandpipers - 25 species 70 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 71 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 72 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 73 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 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
Gulls & Terns - 13 species 95 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 96 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 97 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 98 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 99 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 100 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 101 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 102 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 103 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 104 Black TernChlidonias niger
 105 Common TernSterna hirundo
 106 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 107 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Loons - 2 species 108 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 109 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 110 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 111 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 11 species 112 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 113 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 114 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 115 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 116 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 117 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 118 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 119 Green HeronButorides virescens
 120 Great EgretArdea alba
 121 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 122 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 123 White IbisEudocimus albus
 124 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 125 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 126 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 127 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 128 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 129 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 130 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 131 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 132 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 133 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 134 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 135 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 136 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 137 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 138 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 139 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 140 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 141 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 142 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 143 Barred OwlStrix varia
 144 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 145 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 146 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 147 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 148 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 149 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 150 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 151 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 152 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 153 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 154 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 155 MerlinFalco columbarius
 156 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 12 species 157 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 158 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 159 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 160 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 161 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 162 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 163 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 164 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 165 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 166 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 167 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 168 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 169 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 170 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 171 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 172 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 173 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 174 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 175 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 176 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 177 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 178 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 179 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 180 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 181 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 182 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 183 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 184 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 185 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 186 Purple MartinProgne subis
 187 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 188 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 189 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 190 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 191 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 192 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 193 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 194 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 195 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 196 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 6 species 197 Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
 198 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 199 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 200 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 201 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 202 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 203 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 204 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 205 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 206 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 207 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 208 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 209 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 210 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 211 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 212 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 213 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 214 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 215 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 9 species 216 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 217 Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
 218 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 219 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 220 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 221 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 222 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 223 Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
 224 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 16 species 225 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 226 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 227 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 228 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 229 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 230 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 231 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 232 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 233 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 234 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 235 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 236 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 237 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 238 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 239 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 240 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 241 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 11 species 242 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 243 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 244 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 245 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 246 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 247 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 248 Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
 249 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 250 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 251 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 252 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 36 species 253 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 254 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 255 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 256 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 257 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 258 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 259 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 260 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 261 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 262 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 263 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 264 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 265 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 266 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 267 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 268 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 269 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 270 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 271 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 272 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 273 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 274 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 275 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 276 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 277 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 278 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 279 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 280 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 281 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 282 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 283 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 284 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 285 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 286 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 287 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 288 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 9 species 289 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 290 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 291 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 292 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 293 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 294 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 295 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 296 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 297 DickcisselSpiza americana