Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Lee - 148 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 11 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 3 GadwallMareca strepera
 4 American WigeonMareca americana
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 7 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 8 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 9 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 11 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 12 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 13 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 14 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 15 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 2 species 16 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 17 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 18 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 19 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 20 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 21 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 22 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 23 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 24 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 1 species 25 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 3 species 26 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 27 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 28 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 29 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 30 Herring GullLarus argentatus
Cormorants - 1 species 31 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 2 species 32 Green HeronButorides virescens
 33 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 34 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 35 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 36 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 37 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 38 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 39 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 40 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 41 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 42 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 43 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 44 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 45 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 46 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 47 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 48 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 49 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 50 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 51 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 52 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 53 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 54 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 55 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 56 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 57 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 58 MerlinFalco columbarius
 59 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 60 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 61 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 62 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 63 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 64 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 65 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 66 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 67 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 68 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 69 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 70 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 71 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 72 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 73 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 74 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 75 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 76 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 77 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 78 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 79 Purple MartinProgne subis
 80 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 81 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 82 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 83 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 84 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 85 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 86 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 87 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 88 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 89 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 90 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 91 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 92 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 93 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 94 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 95 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 96 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 97 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 98 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 99 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 100 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 101 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 102 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 103 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 104 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 105 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 106 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 107 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 10 species 108 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 109 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 110 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 111 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 112 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 113 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 114 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 115 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 116 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 117 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 118 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 119 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 120 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 121 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 122 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 123 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 124 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 125 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 126 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 127 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 128 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 129 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 130 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 131 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 132 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 133 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 134 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 135 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 136 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 137 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 138 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 139 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 140 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 141 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 142 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 143 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 144 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 145 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 146 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 147 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 148 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea