Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Macon - 193 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 13 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 American WigeonMareca americana
 6 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 7 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 8 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 9 RedheadAythya americana
 10 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 11 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 12 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 13 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
New World Quails - 1 species 14 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 3 species 15 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 16 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
 17 Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grebes - 1 species 18 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 3 species 19 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 20 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 21 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 22 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 23 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 24 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 25 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 26 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 27 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 28 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 29 Virginia RailRallus limicola
Cranes - 2 species 30 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
 31 Whooping CraneGrus americana
Plovers - 1 species 32 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 8 species 33 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 34 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 35 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 36 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 37 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 38 WilletTringa semipalmata
 39 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 40 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 41 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 42 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 43 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Frigatebirds - 1 species 44 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Cormorants - 1 species 45 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 5 species 46 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 47 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 48 Green HeronButorides virescens
 49 Great EgretArdea alba
 50 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 51 White IbisEudocimus albus
 52 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 53 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 54 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 55 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 56 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 57 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 58 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 59 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 60 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 61 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 62 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 63 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Owls - 4 species 64 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 65 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 66 Barred OwlStrix varia
 67 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 68 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 69 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 70 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 71 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 72 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 73 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 74 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 75 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 76 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 77 MerlinFalco columbarius
 78 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 8 species 79 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 80 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 81 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 82 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 83 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
 84 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 85 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 86 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 6 species 87 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 88 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 89 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 90 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 91 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 92 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 93 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 94 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 95 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 96 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 3 species 97 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 98 Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
 99 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 100 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 101 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 102 Purple MartinProgne subis
 103 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 104 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 105 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 106 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 107 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 108 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 109 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 110 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 111 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 112 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 113 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 114 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 115 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 116 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 117 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 118 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 119 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 120 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 121 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 122 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 123 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 124 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 125 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Flycatchers - 1 species 126 Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 127 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 7 species 128 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 129 Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
 130 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 131 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 132 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 133 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 134 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 13 species 135 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 136 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 137 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 138 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 139 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 140 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 141 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 142 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 143 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 144 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 145 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 146 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 147 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 148 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 149 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 150 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 151 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 152 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 153 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 154 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 155 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 31 species 156 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 157 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 158 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 159 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 160 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 161 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 162 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 163 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 164 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 165 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 166 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 167 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 168 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 169 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 170 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 171 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 172 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 173 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 174 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 175 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 176 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 177 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 178 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 179 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 180 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 181 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 182 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 183 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 184 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 185 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
 186 Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 187 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 188 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 189 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 190 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 191 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 192 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 193 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea