Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Randolph - 204 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 25 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 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 American WigeonMareca americana
 11 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 12 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 13 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 14 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 15 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 16 RedheadAythya americana
 17 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 18 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 19 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 20 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 21 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 22 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 23 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 24 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 25 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 26 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 27 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 28 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 29 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 30 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 4 species 31 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 32 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 33 White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
 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 - 1 species 43 American CootFulica americana
Plovers - 2 species 44 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 45 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 10 species 46 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 47 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 48 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 49 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 50 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 51 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 52 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 53 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 54 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 55 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 6 species 56 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 57 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 58 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 59 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 60 Common TernSterna hirundo
 61 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 62 Common LoonGavia immer
Darters - 1 species 63 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 64 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 65 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 66 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 67 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 68 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 69 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 70 Green HeronButorides virescens
 71 Great EgretArdea alba
 72 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 73 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 74 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 75 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 76 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 77 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 78 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 79 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 80 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 81 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 82 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 83 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 84 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 85 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 86 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 87 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 88 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 89 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 90 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 91 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 92 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 93 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 94 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 95 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 96 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 97 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 2 species 98 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 99 MerlinFalco columbarius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 100 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 101 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 102 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 103 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 104 Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
 105 Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
 106 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 107 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 108 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 109 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 110 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 111 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 112 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 113 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 114 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 115 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 116 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 117 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 4 species 118 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 119 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 120 Purple MartinProgne subis
 121 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 122 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 123 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 124 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 125 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 126 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 127 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 128 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 129 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 130 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 131 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 132 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 133 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 134 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 135 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 136 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 6 species 137 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 138 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 139 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 140 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 141 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 142 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 143 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 144 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 145 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 146 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 147 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 148 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 149 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 150 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 151 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 152 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 153 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 154 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 155 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 156 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 157 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 158 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 159 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 160 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 161 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 162 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 163 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 164 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 165 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 166 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 32 species 167 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 168 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 169 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 170 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 171 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 172 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 173 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 174 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 175 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 176 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 177 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 178 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 179 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 180 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 181 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 182 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 183 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 184 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 185 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 186 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 187 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 188 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 189 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 190 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 191 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 192 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 193 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 194 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 195 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 196 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 197 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 198 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 199 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 200 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 201 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 202 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 203 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 204 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea