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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Sampson - 133 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 6 species 1 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 2 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 5 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 6 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 7 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 8 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Doves - 3 species 9 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 10 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 11 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 12 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Swifts - 1 species 13 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 14 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Cranes - 1 species 15 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 3 species 16 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 17 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 18 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 8 species 19 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 20 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 21 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 22 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 23 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 24 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 25 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 26 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 27 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Storks - 1 species 28 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 29 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 30 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 31 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 32 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 33 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 34 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 35 Green HeronButorides virescens
 36 Great EgretArdea alba
 37 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 38 White IbisEudocimus albus
 39 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
New World Vultures - 2 species 40 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 41 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 42 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 43 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 44 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 45 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 46 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 47 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 48 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 49 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 50 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 3 species 51 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 52 Barred OwlStrix varia
 53 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 54 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 55 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 56 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 57 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 58 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 59 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 60 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 61 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 62 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 63 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 64 MerlinFalco columbarius
 65 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 66 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 67 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 68 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 69 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 70 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 71 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 3 species 72 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 73 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 74 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 75 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 76 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 77 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 78 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 79 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 80 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 81 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 2 species 82 Purple MartinProgne subis
 83 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Kinglets - 2 species 84 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 85 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 86 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 87 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 88 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 89 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 90 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 2 species 91 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 92 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 93 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 94 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 95 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 96 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 97 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 98 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 99 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 100 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 101 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 2 species 102 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 103 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 8 species 104 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 105 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 106 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 107 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 108 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 109 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 110 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 111 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 112 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 6 species 113 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 114 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 115 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 116 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 117 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 118 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 10 species 119 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 120 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 121 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 122 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 123 Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
 124 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 125 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 126 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 127 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 128 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 129 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 130 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 131 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 132 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 133 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea