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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Stanly - 163 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 21 species 1 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 2 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 3 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 4 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 5 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 6 GadwallMareca strepera
 7 American WigeonMareca americana
 8 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 9 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 10 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 11 RedheadAythya americana
 12 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 13 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 14 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 15 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 16 Black ScoterMelanitta americana
 17 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 18 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 19 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 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 - 4 species 24 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 25 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 26 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
 27 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Doves - 4 species 28 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 29 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 30 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 31 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 32 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 33 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 34 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 35 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 36 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 1 species 37 American CootFulica americana
Limpkin - 1 species 38 LimpkinAramus guarauna
Cranes - 1 species 39 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 1 species 40 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 6 species 41 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 42 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 43 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 44 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 45 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 46 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & Terns - 3 species 47 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 48 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 49 Herring GullLarus argentatus
Loons - 1 species 50 Common LoonGavia immer
Boobies & Gannets - 1 species 51 Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Cormorants - 2 species 52 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 53 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 1 species 54 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 6 species 55 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 56 Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
 57 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 58 Green HeronButorides virescens
 59 Great EgretArdea alba
 60 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 1 species 61 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 62 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 63 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 64 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 8 species 65 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 66 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 67 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 68 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 69 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 70 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 71 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 72 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Owls - 3 species 73 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 74 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 75 Barred OwlStrix varia
Kingfishers - 1 species 76 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 77 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 78 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 79 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 80 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 81 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 82 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 83 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 5 species 84 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 85 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 86 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 87 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 88 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 89 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 90 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 91 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 92 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 93 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 94 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 95 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 96 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 97 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 98 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 4 species 99 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 100 Purple MartinProgne subis
 101 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 102 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 103 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 104 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 105 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 106 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 107 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 108 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 109 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 110 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 111 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 112 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 113 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 114 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 115 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 116 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 117 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 4 species 118 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 119 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 120 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 121 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 122 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 123 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 124 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 125 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 126 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 127 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 9 species 128 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 129 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 130 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 131 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 132 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 133 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 134 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 135 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 136 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Blackbirds & Orioles - 4 species 137 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 138 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 139 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 140 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 15 species 141 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 142 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 143 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 144 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 145 Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
 146 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 147 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 148 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 149 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 150 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 151 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 152 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 153 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 154 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 155 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 8 species 156 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 157 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 158 Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
 159 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 160 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 161 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 162 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 163 DickcisselSpiza americana