Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Haywood - 242 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 27 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 4 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 5 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 6 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 7 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 8 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 9 GadwallMareca strepera
 10 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 14 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 15 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 16 RedheadAythya americana
 17 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 18 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 19 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 20 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 21 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 22 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 23 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 24 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 25 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 26 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 27 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 28 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 29 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 30 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 3 species 31 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 32 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 33 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 4 species 34 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 35 Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
 36 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 37 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 38 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 39 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Swifts - 2 species 40 Cypseloides Swift sp.Cypseloides sp.
 41 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 42 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 43 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 44 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 3 species 45 SoraPorzana carolina
 46 American CootFulica americana
 47 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
Limpkin - 1 species 48 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 49 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 50 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 3 species 51 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 52 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 53 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 11 species 54 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 55 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 56 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 57 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 58 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 59 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 60 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 61 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 62 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 63 WilletTringa semipalmata
 64 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 11 species 65 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 66 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 67 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 68 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 69 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 70 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 71 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 72 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 73 Black TernChlidonias niger
 74 Common TernSterna hirundo
 75 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 76 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 77 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 78 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 79 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 80 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 81 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 82 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 83 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 84 Green HeronButorides virescens
 85 Great EgretArdea alba
 86 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 87 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 88 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 89 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 90 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 91 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 12 species 92 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
 93 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 94 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 95 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 96 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 97 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 98 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 99 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 100 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 101 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 102 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 103 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Owls - 4 species 104 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 105 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 106 Barred OwlStrix varia
 107 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 108 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 109 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 110 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 111 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 112 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 113 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 114 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 115 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 116 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 117 MerlinFalco columbarius
 118 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 119 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 120 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 121 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 122 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 123 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 124 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 125 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 126 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 127 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 128 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 129 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 130 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 131 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 132 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 133 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 134 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 135 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 136 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 137 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 138 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 139 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 140 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 141 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 142 Purple MartinProgne subis
 143 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 144 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 145 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 146 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 147 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 148 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 149 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 150 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 151 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 152 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 153 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 154 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 155 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 156 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 157 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 158 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 159 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 160 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 161 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 162 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 163 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 164 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 165 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 166 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 167 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 168 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 169 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 170 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 171 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 172 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 173 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 174 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 175 Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 14 species 176 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 177 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 178 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 179 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 180 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 181 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 182 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 183 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 184 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 185 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 186 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 187 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 188 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 189 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 190 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 191 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 192 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 193 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 194 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 195 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 196 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 197 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 198 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 199 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 37 species 200 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 201 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 202 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 203 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 204 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 205 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 206 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 207 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 208 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 209 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 210 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 211 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 212 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 213 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 214 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 215 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 216 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 217 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 218 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 219 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 220 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 221 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 222 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 223 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 224 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 225 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 226 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 227 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 228 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 229 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 230 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 231 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 232 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 233 Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
 234 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 235 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 236 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 237 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 238 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 239 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 240 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 241 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 242 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea