Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Jackson - 212 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 19 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 10 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 14 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 15 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 16 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 17 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 18 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 19 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 20 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 2 species 21 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 22 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Grebes - 2 species 23 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 24 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 25 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 26 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 27 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 28 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 29 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 30 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 31 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 32 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 33 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 34 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 35 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 36 SoraPorzana carolina
 37 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 38 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 39 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 40 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 5 species 41 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 42 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 43 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 44 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 45 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 4 species 46 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 47 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 48 Black TernChlidonias niger
 49 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Loons - 1 species 50 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 51 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 52 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 53 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 54 Green HeronButorides virescens
 55 Great EgretArdea alba
 56 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 57 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 58 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 59 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 60 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 61 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 62 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 63 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 64 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 65 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 66 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 67 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 68 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 69 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 70 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 71 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 72 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 73 Barred OwlStrix varia
 74 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 75 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 76 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 77 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 78 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 79 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 80 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 81 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 82 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 83 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 84 MerlinFalco columbarius
 85 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 86 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 87 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 88 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 89 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 90 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 91 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 92 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 93 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 94 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 95 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 96 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 97 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 98 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 99 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 100 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 101 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 102 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 103 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 104 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 105 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 106 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 107 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 108 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 109 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 110 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 111 Purple MartinProgne subis
 112 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 113 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 114 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 115 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 116 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 117 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 118 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Treecreepers - 1 species 119 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 120 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 121 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 122 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 123 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 124 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 125 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 126 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 127 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 128 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 7 species 129 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 130 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 131 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 132 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 133 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 134 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 135 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 136 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 137 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 138 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 139 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 140 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 141 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 142 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 143 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 19 species 144 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 145 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 146 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 147 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 148 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 149 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 150 American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
 151 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 152 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 153 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 154 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 155 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 156 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 157 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 158 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 159 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 160 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 161 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 162 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 163 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 164 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 165 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 166 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 167 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 168 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 169 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 170 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 171 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 172 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 34 species 173 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 174 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 175 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 176 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 177 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 178 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 179 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 180 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 181 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 182 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 183 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 184 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 185 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 186 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 187 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 188 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 189 Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandii
 190 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 191 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 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 Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
 205 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 206 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 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