Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Henderson - 287 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 29 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 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 8 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 9 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 10 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 11 GadwallMareca strepera
 12 American WigeonMareca americana
 13 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 14 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 15 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 16 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 17 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 18 RedheadAythya americana
 19 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 20 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 21 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 22 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 23 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 24 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 25 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 26 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 27 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 28 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 29 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 30 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 31 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 32 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 4 species 33 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 34 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 35 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 36 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 4 species 37 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 38 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 39 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 40 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 41 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 42 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 43 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 44 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 45 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 46 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 47 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 6 species 48 King RailRallus elegans
 49 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 50 SoraPorzana carolina
 51 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 52 American CootFulica americana
 53 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
Limpkin - 1 species 54 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 55 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 56 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Plovers - 5 species 57 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 58 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 59 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 60 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 61 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
Sandpipers - 27 species 62 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 63 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 64 Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
 65 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
 66 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 67 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 68 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 69 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 70 SanderlingCalidris alba
 71 DunlinCalidris alpina
 72 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 73 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 74 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 75 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 76 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 77 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 78 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 79 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 80 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 81 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 82 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 83 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 84 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 85 WilletTringa semipalmata
 86 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 87 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
 88 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 12 species 89 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 90 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 91 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 92 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 93 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 94 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 95 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 96 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 97 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 98 Black TernChlidonias niger
 99 Common TernSterna hirundo
 100 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 101 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 102 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 103 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 104 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 105 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 11 species 106 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 107 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 108 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 109 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 110 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 111 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 112 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 113 Green HeronButorides virescens
 114 Great EgretArdea alba
 115 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 116 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 117 White IbisEudocimus albus
 118 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 119 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 120 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 121 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 122 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 11 species 123 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 124 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 125 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 126 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 127 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 128 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 129 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 130 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 131 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 132 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 133 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 134 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 135 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 136 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 137 Barred OwlStrix varia
 138 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 139 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 140 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 141 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 142 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 143 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 144 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 145 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 146 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 147 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 148 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 149 MerlinFalco columbarius
 150 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 11 species 151 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 152 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 153 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 154 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 155 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 156 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 157 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 158 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 159 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 160 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 161 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 162 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 163 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 164 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 165 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 166 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 167 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 168 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 169 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 170 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 171 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 172 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 173 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 174 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 175 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 176 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 177 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 178 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 179 Purple MartinProgne subis
 180 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 181 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 182 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 183 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 184 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 185 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 186 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 187 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 188 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 189 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 190 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 191 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 192 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 193 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 194 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 195 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 196 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 197 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 198 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 8 species 199 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 200 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 201 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 202 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 203 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 204 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 205 American RobinTurdus migratorius
 206 Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 207 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 208 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 209 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 210 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 211 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 212 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 3 species 213 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
 214 Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
 215 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 18 species 216 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 217 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 218 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 219 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 220 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 221 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 222 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 223 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 224 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 225 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 226 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 227 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 228 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 229 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 230 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 231 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 232 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 233 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 234 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 10 species 235 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 236 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 237 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 238 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 239 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 240 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 241 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 242 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 243 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 244 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 35 species 245 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 246 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 247 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 248 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 249 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 250 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 251 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 252 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 253 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 254 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 255 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 256 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 257 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 258 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 259 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 260 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 261 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 262 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 263 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 264 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 265 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 266 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 267 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 268 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 269 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 270 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 271 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 272 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 273 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 274 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 275 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 276 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 277 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 278 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 279 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 8 species 280 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 281 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 282 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 283 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 284 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 285 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 286 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 287 DickcisselSpiza americana