Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Gaston - 213 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 25 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 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 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 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 21 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 22 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 23 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 24 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 25 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 26 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 27 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 28 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 29 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 30 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 31 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 32 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 33 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 34 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 35 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 36 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 37 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 4 species 38 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 39 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
 40 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 41 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 42 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 2 species 43 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 44 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 13 species 45 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 46 DunlinCalidris alpina
 47 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 48 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 49 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 50 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 51 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 52 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 53 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 54 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 55 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 56 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 57 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 6 species 58 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 59 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 60 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 61 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 62 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 63 Black TernChlidonias niger
Loons - 1 species 64 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 65 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 66 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 67 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 68 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 69 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 70 Green HeronButorides virescens
 71 Great EgretArdea alba
 72 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 73 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 74 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 75 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 76 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 77 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 78 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 79 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 80 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 81 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 82 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 83 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 84 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 4 species 85 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 86 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 87 Barred OwlStrix varia
 88 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 89 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 90 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 91 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 92 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 93 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 94 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 95 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 96 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 97 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 98 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 99 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 100 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 101 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 102 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 103 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 104 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 105 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 106 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 107 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 108 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 109 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 110 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 111 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 112 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 113 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 114 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 115 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 116 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 117 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 118 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 119 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 120 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 121 Purple MartinProgne subis
 122 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 123 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 124 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 125 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 126 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 127 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 128 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 129 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 130 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 131 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 132 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 133 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 134 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 135 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 136 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 137 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 138 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 139 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 140 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 141 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 142 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 143 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 144 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 145 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 146 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 147 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 148 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 149 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 150 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 151 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 152 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 15 species 153 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 154 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 155 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 156 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 157 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 158 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 159 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 160 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 161 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 162 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 163 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 164 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 165 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 166 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 167 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 168 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 169 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 170 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 171 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 172 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 173 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 174 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 175 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 176 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 177 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 29 species 178 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 179 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 180 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 181 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 182 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 183 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 184 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 185 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 186 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 187 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 188 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 189 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 190 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 191 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 192 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 193 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 194 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 195 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 196 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 197 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 198 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 199 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 200 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 201 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 202 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 203 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 204 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 205 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 206 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 207 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 208 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 209 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 210 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 211 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 212 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 213 DickcisselSpiza americana