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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Perquimans - 150 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 18 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 BrantBranta bernicla
 4 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 5 Mute SwanCygnus olor
 6 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 7 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 8 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 9 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 10 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 14 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 15 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 16 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 17 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 18 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 19 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 20 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 21 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 22 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 23 Rock PigeonColumba livia
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 24 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 25 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 26 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 27 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 2 species 28 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 29 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 7 species 30 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 31 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 32 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 33 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 34 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 35 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 36 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & Terns - 9 species 37 Least TernSternula antillarum
 38 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 39 Common TernSterna hirundo
 40 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 41 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 42 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 43 American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
 44 Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
 45 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Loons - 1 species 46 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 47 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 48 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 49 White IbisEudocimus albus
Pelicans - 2 species 50 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 51 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 4 species 52 Green HeronButorides virescens
 53 Great EgretArdea alba
 54 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 55 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 56 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 57 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 58 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 7 species 59 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 60 Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
 61 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 62 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 63 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 64 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 65 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 2 species 66 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 67 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
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 - 2 species 76 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 77 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 78 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 79 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 80 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 81 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 82 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 2 species 83 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 84 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 85 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 86 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 87 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 88 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 89 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 90 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 5 species 91 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 92 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 93 Purple MartinProgne subis
 94 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 95 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 96 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 97 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 98 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 99 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 100 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 101 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 102 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 103 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 104 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 105 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 106 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 107 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 108 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 109 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 3 species 110 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 111 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 112 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 113 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 114 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 5 species 115 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
 116 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 117 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 118 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 119 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 120 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 121 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 122 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 123 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 124 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 125 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 126 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 127 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 128 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 129 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 130 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 131 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 132 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 133 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 11 species 134 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 135 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 136 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 137 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 138 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 139 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 140 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 141 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 142 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 143 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 144 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 145 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 146 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 147 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 148 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 149 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 150 DickcisselSpiza americana