Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Moore - 261 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 27 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 4 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 5 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 6 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 7 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 8 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 9 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 10 GadwallMareca strepera
 11 American WigeonMareca americana
 12 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 13 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 14 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 15 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 16 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 17 RedheadAythya americana
 18 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 19 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 20 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 21 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 22 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 23 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 24 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 25 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 26 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 27 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 28 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 29 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 4 species 30 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 31 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 32 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 33 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 3 species 34 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 35 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 36 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 37 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 38 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 39 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 40 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 41 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 4 species 42 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 43 Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
 44 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 45 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 4 species 46 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 47 King RailRallus elegans
 48 SoraPorzana carolina
 49 American CootFulica americana
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 50 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 51 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 4 species 52 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 53 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 54 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 55 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
Sandpipers - 13 species 56 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 57 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 58 SanderlingCalidris alba
 59 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 60 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 61 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 62 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 63 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 64 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 65 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 66 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 67 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 68 WilletTringa semipalmata
Gulls & Terns - 13 species 69 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 70 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 71 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 72 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 73 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 74 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 75 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 76 Least TernSternula antillarum
 77 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 78 Black TernChlidonias niger
 79 Common TernSterna hirundo
 80 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 81 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Loons - 1 species 82 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 2 species 83 Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
 84 Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Storks - 1 species 85 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 86 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 87 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 88 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 10 species 89 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 90 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 91 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 92 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 93 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 94 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 95 Green HeronButorides virescens
 96 Great EgretArdea alba
 97 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 98 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 99 White IbisEudocimus albus
 100 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 101 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 102 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 103 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 104 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 105 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 106 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 107 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 108 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 109 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 110 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 111 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 112 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 113 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 114 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 115 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 116 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 117 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 118 Barred OwlStrix varia
 119 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
 120 Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Kingfishers - 1 species 121 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 122 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 123 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 124 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 125 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 126 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 127 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 128 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 129 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 130 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 131 MerlinFalco columbarius
 132 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 11 species 133 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 134 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 135 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 136 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 137 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 138 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 139 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 140 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 141 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 142 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 143 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 144 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 145 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 146 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 147 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 148 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 149 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 150 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 151 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 152 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 153 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 154 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 155 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 156 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 157 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 158 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 159 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 160 Purple MartinProgne subis
 161 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 162 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 163 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 164 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 165 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 166 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 167 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 168 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 169 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 170 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 171 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 172 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 173 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 174 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 4 species 175 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 176 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 177 Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
 178 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 179 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 8 species 180 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 181 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 182 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 183 Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
 184 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 185 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 186 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 187 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 188 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 189 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 7 species 190 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 191 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 192 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 193 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 194 Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
 195 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 196 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 197 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 15 species 198 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 199 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 200 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 201 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 202 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 203 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 204 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 205 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 206 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 207 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 208 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 209 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 210 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 211 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 212 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 213 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 9 species 214 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 215 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 216 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 217 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 218 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 219 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 220 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 221 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 222 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 29 species 223 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 224 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 225 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 226 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 227 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 228 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 229 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 230 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 231 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 232 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 233 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 234 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 235 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 236 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 237 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 238 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 239 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 240 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 241 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 242 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 243 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 244 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 245 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 246 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 247 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 248 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 249 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 250 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 251 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 10 species 252 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 253 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 254 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 255 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 256 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 257 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 258 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 259 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 260 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
 261 DickcisselSpiza americana