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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Rutherford - 157 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 16 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 10 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 14 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 15 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 16 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 17 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 18 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 19 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 20 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 21 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 22 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 23 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Swifts - 1 species 24 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 2 species 25 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 26 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 27 American CootFulica americana
 28 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Plovers - 1 species 29 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 5 species 30 SanderlingCalidris alba
 31 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 32 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 33 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 34 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 35 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 36 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 37 Black TernChlidonias niger
Loons - 2 species 38 Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
 39 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 40 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 41 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 42 Green HeronButorides virescens
 43 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 44 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 45 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 46 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 47 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 48 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 49 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 50 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 51 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 52 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 53 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 54 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 55 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 56 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 57 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 58 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 59 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 60 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 61 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 62 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 63 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 64 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 65 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 66 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 67 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 68 MerlinFalco columbarius
 69 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 70 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 71 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 72 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 73 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 74 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 75 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 76 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 77 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 78 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 79 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 80 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 81 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 82 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 83 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 84 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 85 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 86 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 87 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 88 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 89 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 90 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 91 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 92 Purple MartinProgne subis
 93 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 94 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 95 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 96 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 97 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 98 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 99 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 100 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 101 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 102 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 103 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 104 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 105 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 106 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 107 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 108 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 109 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 110 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 111 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 112 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 113 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 114 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 115 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 116 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 117 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 118 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 119 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 120 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 121 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 122 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 123 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 124 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 125 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 126 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 127 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 128 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 129 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 130 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 22 species 131 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 132 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 133 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 134 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 135 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 136 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 137 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 138 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 139 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 140 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 141 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 142 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 143 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 144 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 145 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 146 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 147 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 148 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 149 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 150 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 151 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 152 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 153 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 154 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 155 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 156 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 157 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea