Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Pender - 255 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 26 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 3 BrantBranta bernicla
 4 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 5 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 6 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 7 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 8 GadwallMareca strepera
 9 American WigeonMareca americana
 10 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 11 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 12 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 13 RedheadAythya americana
 14 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 15 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 16 Common EiderSomateria mollissima
 17 Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
 18 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 19 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 20 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 21 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 22 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 23 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 24 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 25 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 26 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 27 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 28 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 29 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 30 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 31 Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Doves - 4 species 32 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 33 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 34 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 35 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 36 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 37 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 38 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
Swifts - 1 species 39 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 40 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 41 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 42 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 6 species 43 Clapper RailRallus crepitans
 44 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 45 SoraPorzana carolina
 46 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 47 American CootFulica americana
 48 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Limpkin - 1 species 49 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Stilts & Avocets - 2 species 50 Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
 51 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oystercatchers - 1 species 52 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Plovers - 6 species 53 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 54 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 55 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 56 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 57 Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
 58 Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Sandpipers - 24 species 59 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 60 WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
 61 Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
 62 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 63 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 64 Red KnotCalidris canutus
 65 SanderlingCalidris alba
 66 DunlinCalidris alpina
 67 Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
 68 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 69 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 70 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 71 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 72 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 73 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 74 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 75 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 76 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 77 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 78 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 79 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 80 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 81 WilletTringa semipalmata
 82 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Skuas & Jaegers - 1 species 83 Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Auks - 2 species 84 RazorbillAlca torda
 85 Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Gulls & Terns - 20 species 86 Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
 87 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 88 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 89 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 90 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 91 Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
 92 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 93 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 94 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 95 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 96 Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
 97 Least TernSternula antillarum
 98 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 99 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 100 Black TernChlidonias niger
 101 Common TernSterna hirundo
 102 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 103 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 104 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 105 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Loons - 3 species 106 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 107 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 108 Common LoonGavia immer
Storm-Petrels - 1 species 109 Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Petrels & Shearwaters - 3 species 110 Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
 111 Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
 112 Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Storks - 1 species 113 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Frigatebirds - 1 species 114 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 115 Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Darters - 1 species 116 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 117 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 118 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 119 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 12 species 120 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 121 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 122 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 123 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 124 Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
 125 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 126 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 127 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 128 Green HeronButorides virescens
 129 Great EgretArdea alba
 130 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 131 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 132 White IbisEudocimus albus
 133 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 134 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 135 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 136 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 10 species 137 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 138 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 139 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 140 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 141 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 142 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 143 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 144 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 145 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 146 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 4 species 147 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 148 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 149 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 150 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 151 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 152 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 153 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 154 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 155 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 156 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 157 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 158 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 159 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 160 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 161 MerlinFalco columbarius
 162 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 163 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 164 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 165 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 166 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
 167 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 168 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 169 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 170 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 171 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 172 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 173 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 174 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 175 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 176 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 177 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 178 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 179 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 180 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 181 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 182 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 183 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 184 Purple MartinProgne subis
 185 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 186 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 187 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 188 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 189 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 190 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 191 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 192 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 193 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 4 species 194 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 195 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 196 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 197 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 198 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 199 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 200 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 201 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 202 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 203 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 204 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 205 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 206 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 207 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 208 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 209 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 210 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 211 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 13 species 212 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 213 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 214 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 215 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 216 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 217 Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritima
 218 Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
 219 Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta
 220 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 221 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 222 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 223 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 224 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 225 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 226 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 227 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 228 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 229 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 230 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 231 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 232 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 17 species 233 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 234 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 235 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 236 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 237 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 238 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 239 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 240 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 241 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 242 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 243 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 244 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 245 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 246 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 247 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 248 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 249 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 250 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 251 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 252 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 253 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 254 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 255 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris