Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Rowan - 175 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 21 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 American WigeonMareca americana
 9 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 10 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 11 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 12 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 13 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 14 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 15 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 16 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 17 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 18 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 19 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 20 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 21 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 22 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 23 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 24 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 25 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 26 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 27 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 28 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 29 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 1 species 30 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Swifts - 1 species 31 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 32 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 33 American CootFulica americana
Limpkin - 1 species 34 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 2 species 35 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
 36 Whooping CraneGrus americana
Plovers - 1 species 37 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 4 species 38 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 39 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 40 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 41 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 5 species 42 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 43 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 44 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 45 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 46 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Loons - 1 species 47 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 48 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 49 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 50 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 51 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 52 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 53 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 54 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 55 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 56 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 57 Green HeronButorides virescens
 58 Great EgretArdea alba
 59 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 60 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 61 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 62 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 63 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 64 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 65 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 66 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 67 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 68 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 69 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 70 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 71 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 72 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 73 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 74 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 75 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 76 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 77 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 78 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 79 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 80 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 81 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 82 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 83 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 84 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 85 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 86 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 87 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 88 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 89 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 90 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 91 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 92 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 93 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 94 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 95 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 96 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 97 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 98 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 99 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 100 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 101 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 102 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 103 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 104 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 105 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 106 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 107 Purple MartinProgne subis
 108 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 109 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 110 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 111 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 112 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 113 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 114 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 115 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 116 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 117 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 118 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 119 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 120 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 121 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 122 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 123 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 124 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 125 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 126 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 127 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 128 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 129 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 130 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 131 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 132 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 133 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 134 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 135 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 10 species 136 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 137 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 138 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 139 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 140 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 141 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 142 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 143 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 144 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 145 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 146 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 147 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 148 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 149 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 150 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 151 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 18 species 152 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 153 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 154 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 155 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 156 Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
 157 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 158 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 159 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 160 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 161 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 162 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 163 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 164 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 165 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 166 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 167 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 168 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 169 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 6 species 170 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 171 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 172 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 173 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 174 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 175 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea