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 - 148 species

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