Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Haywood - 244 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 - 12 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
 65 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 11 species 66 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 67 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 68 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 69 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 70 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 71 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 72 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 73 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 74 Black TernChlidonias niger
 75 Common TernSterna hirundo
 76 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 77 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 78 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 79 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 80 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 81 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 82 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 83 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 84 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 85 Green HeronButorides virescens
 86 Great EgretArdea alba
 87 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 88 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 89 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 90 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 91 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 92 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 12 species 93 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
 94 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 95 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 96 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 97 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 98 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 99 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 100 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 101 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 102 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 103 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 104 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Owls - 5 species 105 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 106 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 107 Barred OwlStrix varia
 108 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 109 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 110 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 111 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 112 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 113 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 114 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 115 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 116 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 117 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 118 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 119 MerlinFalco columbarius
 120 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 121 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 122 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 123 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 124 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 125 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 126 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 127 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 128 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 129 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 130 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 131 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 132 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 133 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 134 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 135 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 136 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 137 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 138 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 139 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 140 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 141 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 142 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 143 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 144 Purple MartinProgne subis
 145 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 146 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 147 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 148 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 149 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 150 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 151 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 152 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 153 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 154 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 155 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 156 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 157 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 158 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 159 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 160 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 161 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 162 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 163 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 164 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 165 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 166 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 167 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 168 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 169 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 170 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 171 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 172 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 173 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 174 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 175 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 176 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 177 Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 14 species 178 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 179 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 180 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 181 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 182 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 183 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 184 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 185 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 186 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 187 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 188 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 189 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 190 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 191 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 192 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 193 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 194 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 195 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 196 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 197 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 198 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 199 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 200 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 201 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 37 species 202 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 203 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 204 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 205 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 206 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 207 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 208 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 209 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 210 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 211 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 212 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 213 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 214 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 215 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 216 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 217 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 218 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 219 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 220 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 221 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 222 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 223 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 224 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 225 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 226 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 227 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 228 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 229 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 230 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 231 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 232 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 233 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 234 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 235 Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
 236 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 237 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 238 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 239 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 240 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 241 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 242 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 243 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 244 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea