Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Pitt - 266 species

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