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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Polk - 158 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 11 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 7 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 8 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 9 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 10 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 11 Common MerganserMergus merganser
New World Quails - 1 species 12 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 13 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 14 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 15 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 16 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 17 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 18 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 19 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 20 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 21 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 22 King RailRallus elegans
 23 Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
Cranes - 1 species 24 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 4 species 25 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 26 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 27 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 28 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 7 species 29 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 30 SanderlingCalidris alba
 31 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 32 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 33 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 34 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 35 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 36 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 37 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Storm-Petrels - 1 species 38 Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro
Cormorants - 1 species 39 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 8 species 40 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 41 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 42 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 43 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 44 Green HeronButorides virescens
 45 Great EgretArdea alba
 46 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 47 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 48 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 49 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 50 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 51 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 52 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 53 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 54 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 55 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 56 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 57 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 58 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 59 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 60 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 61 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 62 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 63 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 64 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 65 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 66 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 67 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 68 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 69 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 70 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 71 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 72 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 73 MerlinFalco columbarius
 74 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 75 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 76 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
 77 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 78 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 79 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 80 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 81 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 82 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 83 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 84 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 85 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 86 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 87 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 88 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 89 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 90 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 91 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 92 Purple MartinProgne subis
 93 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 94 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 95 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 96 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 1 species 97 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 98 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 1 species 99 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 100 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 101 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 102 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 103 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 104 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 105 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 106 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 107 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 108 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 109 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 110 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 111 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 112 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 113 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 114 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 115 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 116 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 117 Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
 118 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 119 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 120 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 121 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 122 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 123 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 5 species 124 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 125 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 126 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 127 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 128 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 24 species 129 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 130 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 131 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 132 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 133 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 134 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 135 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 136 Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
 137 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 138 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 139 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 140 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 141 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 142 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 143 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 144 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 145 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 146 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 147 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 148 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 149 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 150 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 151 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 152 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 153 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 154 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 155 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 156 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 157 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 158 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea