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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Scotland - 158 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 8 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 GadwallMareca strepera
 5 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 6 RedheadAythya americana
 7 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 8 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
New World Quails - 1 species 9 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 10 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 1 species 11 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Doves - 2 species 12 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 13 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 14 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 15 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 16 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 17 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 18 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 19 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 20 SoraPorzana carolina
Plovers - 1 species 21 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 7 species 22 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 23 DunlinCalidris alpina
 24 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 25 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 26 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 27 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 28 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Gulls & Terns - 1 species 29 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 30 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 31 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 32 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 33 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 34 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 35 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 36 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 37 Green HeronButorides virescens
 38 Great EgretArdea alba
 39 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 40 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 41 White IbisEudocimus albus
New World Vultures - 2 species 42 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 43 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 44 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 45 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 46 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 47 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 48 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 49 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 50 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 51 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 52 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 53 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 2 species 54 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 55 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 56 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 57 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 58 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 59 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 60 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 61 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 62 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 63 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 64 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 1 species 65 American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tyrant Flycatchers - 8 species 66 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 67 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 68 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 69 Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
 70 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 71 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 72 Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 73 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 74 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 75 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 76 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 77 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 78 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 79 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 80 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 81 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 82 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 83 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 84 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 85 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 86 Purple MartinProgne subis
 87 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 88 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 89 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 90 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 91 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 2 species 92 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 93 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 94 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 95 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 96 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 97 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 98 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 99 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 100 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 101 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 102 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 103 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 104 Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 105 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 106 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 107 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 108 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 3 species 109 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 110 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 111 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 15 species 112 Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii
 113 Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalis
 114 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 115 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 116 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 117 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 118 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 119 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 120 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 121 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 122 Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
 123 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 124 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 125 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 126 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 127 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 7 species 128 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 129 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 130 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 131 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 132 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 133 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 134 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 19 species 135 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 136 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 137 Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
 138 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
 139 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 140 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 141 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 142 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 143 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 144 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 145 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 146 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 147 Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
 148 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 149 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 150 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 151 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 152 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 153 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 5 species 154 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 155 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 156 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 157 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 158 Painted BuntingPasserina ciris