Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Union - 188 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 23 species 1 Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 4 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 5 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 6 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 7 GadwallMareca strepera
 8 American WigeonMareca americana
 9 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 10 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 11 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 12 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 13 RedheadAythya americana
 14 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 15 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 16 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 17 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 18 White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
 19 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 20 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
 21 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 22 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 23 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 24 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 25 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 2 species 26 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 27 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Doves - 3 species 28 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 29 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 30 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 1 species 31 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Goatsuckers - 2 species 32 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 33 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 34 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 3 species 35 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 36 Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
 37 Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 2 species 38 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 39 American CootFulica americana
Cranes - 1 species 40 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Plovers - 1 species 41 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sandpipers - 14 species 42 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 43 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 44 DunlinCalidris alpina
 45 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 46 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 47 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 48 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 49 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 50 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 51 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 52 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 53 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 54 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 55 WilletTringa semipalmata
Gulls & Terns - 2 species 56 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 57 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Loons - 1 species 58 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 59 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 60 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 1 species 61 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 7 species 62 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 63 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
 64 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 65 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 66 Green HeronButorides virescens
 67 Great EgretArdea alba
 68 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 2 species 69 White IbisEudocimus albus
 70 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 71 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 72 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 73 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 9 species 74 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 75 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 76 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 77 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 78 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 79 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 80 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 81 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 82 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Barn-Owls - 1 species 83 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 4 species 84 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 85 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 86 Barred OwlStrix varia
 87 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 88 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 7 species 89 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 90 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 91 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 92 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 93 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 94 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 95 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 96 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 97 MerlinFalco columbarius
 98 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 6 species 99 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 100 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 101 Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
 102 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 103 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 104 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Vireos - 4 species 105 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 106 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 107 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 108 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 109 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 3 species 110 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 111 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 112 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 113 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 114 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swallows - 5 species 115 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 116 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 117 Purple MartinProgne subis
 118 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 119 Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Kinglets - 2 species 120 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 121 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 122 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 123 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 124 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 125 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 126 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 3 species 127 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 128 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 129 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 130 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 131 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 132 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 133 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 134 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 135 VeeryCatharus fuscescens
 136 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 137 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 138 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 139 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 140 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 6 species 141 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 142 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 143 RedpollAcanthis flammea
 144 White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
 145 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 146 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
New World Sparrows & Allies - 11 species 147 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 148 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 149 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 150 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 151 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 152 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 153 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 154 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 155 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 156 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 157 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 158 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 8 species 159 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 160 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 161 Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
 162 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 163 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 164 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 165 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 166 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Wood-Warblers - 15 species 167 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 168 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 169 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 170 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 171 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 172 Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
 173 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 174 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 175 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 176 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 177 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 178 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 179 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 180 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 181 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 182 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 183 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 184 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 185 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 186 Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
 187 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 188 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea