Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
No distinction is made between transient and resident records for a county. The majority of the records are from eBird and the Chat.
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Martin - 158 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 16 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 American WigeonMareca americana
 9 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 10 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 11 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 14 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 15 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 16 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 17 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 18 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 19 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 3 species 20 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 21 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 22 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 23 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 1 species 24 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
Swifts - 1 species 25 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 26 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 27 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 28 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 1 species 29 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 30 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 31 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 32 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 33 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 34 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 35 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 36 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 37 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 38 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 39 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 40 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 41 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Storks - 1 species 42 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 43 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 44 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 45 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 46 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 47 Green HeronButorides virescens
 48 Great EgretArdea alba
 49 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 50 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 51 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 52 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
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 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 57 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 58 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 59 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 60 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 61 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 62 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 63 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 2 species 64 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 65 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 66 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 67 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 68 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 69 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 70 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 71 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 72 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 73 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 74 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 75 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 76 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 77 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 78 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 79 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 80 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 81 Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Vireos - 3 species 82 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 83 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 84 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 85 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 86 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 87 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 88 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 89 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 90 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 91 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 92 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 93 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 94 Purple MartinProgne subis
 95 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 96 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 97 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 98 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 99 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 100 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 101 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 102 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 103 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 104 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 105 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 106 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 107 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 108 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 109 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 110 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 111 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 112 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 113 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 114 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 115 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 116 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 117 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 118 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 119 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 120 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 121 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 122 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 123 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 124 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 125 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 126 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 127 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 128 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 129 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 130 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 131 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 132 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 133 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 134 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 135 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 136 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 137 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 138 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 139 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 140 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 141 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 142 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 143 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 144 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 145 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 146 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 147 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 148 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 149 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 150 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 151 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 152 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 153 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 154 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 155 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 156 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 157 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 158 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea