Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Rutherford - 155 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 - 1 species 38 Common LoonGavia immer
Cormorants - 1 species 39 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 3 species 40 Green HeronButorides virescens
 41 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 42 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
New World Vultures - 2 species 43 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 44 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 45 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 46 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 47 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 48 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 49 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 50 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 51 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 52 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 53 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 54 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 55 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 56 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 57 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 58 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 59 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 60 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 61 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 62 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 63 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 64 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 65 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 66 MerlinFalco columbarius
 67 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 7 species 68 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 69 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 70 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 71 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 72 Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
 73 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 74 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 5 species 75 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 76 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 77 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 78 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 79 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 80 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 81 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 82 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 83 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 84 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 85 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 86 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 6 species 87 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 88 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 89 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 90 Purple MartinProgne subis
 91 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 92 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 93 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 94 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 95 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 96 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 97 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 98 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 99 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 100 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 101 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 102 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 103 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 104 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 105 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 106 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 107 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 108 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 109 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 110 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 111 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 112 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 113 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 114 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 115 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 116 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 117 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 118 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 119 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 120 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 121 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 122 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 123 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 124 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 125 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 126 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 127 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 128 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 22 species 129 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 130 Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
 131 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 132 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 133 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 134 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 135 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 136 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 137 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 138 Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
 139 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 140 Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
 141 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 142 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 143 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 144 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 145 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 146 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 147 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 148 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 149 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
 150 Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 151 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 152 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 153 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 154 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 155 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea