Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Lincoln - 143 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 14 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 8 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 9 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 10 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 13 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 14 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 15 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 16 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 17 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 18 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 19 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 2 species 20 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 21 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 22 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 23 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 24 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 25 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 26 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 1 species 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 28 SanderlingCalidris alba
 29 DunlinCalidris alpina
 30 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 31 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 32 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 33 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 34 Sabine's GullXema sabini
 35 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 36 Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
 37 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 38 Herring GullLarus argentatus
Loons - 1 species 39 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 40 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 41 Green HeronButorides virescens
 42 Great EgretArdea alba
 43 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 44 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 45 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 46 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 47 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 48 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 49 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 50 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 51 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 52 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 53 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 54 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 55 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 56 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 57 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 58 Barred OwlStrix varia
 59 Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Kingfishers - 1 species 60 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 6 species 61 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 62 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 63 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 64 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 65 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 66 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 67 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 68 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 69 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 70 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 71 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 72 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 73 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 74 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 75 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 76 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 77 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 78 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 79 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 80 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 81 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 82 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 83 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 84 Purple MartinProgne subis
 85 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 86 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 1 species 87 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Waxwings - 1 species 88 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 89 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 90 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 91 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 92 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 93 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 94 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 95 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 96 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 97 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 98 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 3 species 99 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 100 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 101 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 102 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 103 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 104 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 105 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 106 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 107 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 108 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 109 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 110 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 111 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 112 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 113 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 114 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 115 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 116 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 117 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 118 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 119 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 120 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 121 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 122 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 15 species 123 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 124 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 125 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 126 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 127 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 128 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 129 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 130 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 131 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 132 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 133 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 134 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 135 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 136 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 137 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 138 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 139 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 140 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 141 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 142 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 143 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea