Birds of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Birds of North Carolina - County Listing
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Washington - 267 species

Ducks, Geese, & Swans - 28 species 1 Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
 2 Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
 3 Ross's GooseAnser rossii
 4 Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
 5 Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
 6 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 7 Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
 8 Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
 9 Wood DuckAix sponsa
 10 Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
 11 Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
 12 GadwallMareca strepera
 13 American WigeonMareca americana
 14 MallardAnas platyrhynchos
 15 American Black DuckAnas rubripes
 16 Northern PintailAnas acuta
 17 Green-winged TealAnas crecca
 18 CanvasbackAythya valisineria
 19 RedheadAythya americana
 20 Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
 21 Greater ScaupAythya marila
 22 Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
 23 Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
 24 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 25 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 26 Common MerganserMergus merganser
 27 Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 28 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
New World Quails - 1 species 29 Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Grouse and Allies - 1 species 30 Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Grebes - 3 species 31 Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
 32 Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
 33 Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Doves - 4 species 34 Rock PigeonColumba livia
 35 Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
 36 Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
 37 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Cuckoos & Anis - 2 species 38 Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
 39 Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Goatsuckers - 3 species 40 Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
 41 Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
 42 Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
Swifts - 1 species 43 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Hummingbirds - 1 species 44 Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots - 6 species 45 King RailRallus elegans
 46 Virginia RailRallus limicola
 47 SoraPorzana carolina
 48 Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
 49 American CootFulica americana
 50 Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Cranes - 1 species 51 Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Stilts & Avocets - 1 species 52 American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Plovers - 4 species 53 Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
 54 American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
 55 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 56 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Sandpipers - 25 species 57 Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
 58 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
 59 Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
 60 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 61 Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 62 DunlinCalidris alpina
 63 Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 64 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
 65 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 66 Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
 67 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
 68 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
 69 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
 70 Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
 71 Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
 72 American WoodcockScolopax minor
 73 Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
 74 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
 75 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
 76 Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
 77 WilletTringa semipalmata
 78 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 79 Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
 80 Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
 81 Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & Terns - 16 species 82 Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
 83 Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
 84 Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
 85 Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
 86 Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
 87 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 88 Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
 89 Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
 90 Least TernSternula antillarum
 91 Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
 92 Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
 93 Black TernChlidonias niger
 94 Forster's TernSterna forsteri
 95 Royal TernThalasseus maximus
 96 Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
 97 Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Loons - 2 species 98 Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
 99 Common LoonGavia immer
Storks - 1 species 100 Wood StorkMycteria americana
Darters - 1 species 101 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Cormorants - 2 species 102 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 103 Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Pelicans - 2 species 104 American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
 105 Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies - 9 species 106 American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
 107 Least BitternBotaurus exilis
 108 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
 109 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
 110 Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 111 Green HeronButorides virescens
 112 Great EgretArdea alba
 113 Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
 114 Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ibises & Spoonbills - 3 species 115 White IbisEudocimus albus
 116 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 117 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
New World Vultures - 2 species 118 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
 119 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Osprey - 1 species 120 OspreyPandion haliaetus
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks - 13 species 121 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
 122 Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
 123 Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
 124 Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
 125 Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 126 American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillus
 127 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
 128 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
 129 Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 130 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
 131 Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
 132 Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 133 Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Barn-Owls - 1 species 134 American Barn OwlTyto alba
Owls - 5 species 135 Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
 136 Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
 137 Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
 138 Barred OwlStrix varia
 139 Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Kingfishers - 1 species 140 Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers - 8 species 141 Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 142 Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
 143 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
 144 Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
 145 Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealis
 146 Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
 147 Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
 148 Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Falcons - 3 species 149 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 150 MerlinFalco columbarius
 151 Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Tyrant Flycatchers - 9 species 152 Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
 153 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 154 Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
 155 Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 156 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
 157 Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
 158 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 159 Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 160 Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Vireos - 6 species 161 White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
 162 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 163 Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
 164 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
 165 Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
 166 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Shrikes - 1 species 167 Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jays, Crows, & Ravens - 4 species 168 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 169 American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 170 Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
 171 Common RavenCorvus corax
Chickadees & Titmice - 2 species 172 Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
 173 Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Larks - 1 species 174 Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Swallows - 6 species 175 Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
 176 Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 177 Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
 178 Purple MartinProgne subis
 179 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
 180 Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
Kinglets - 2 species 181 Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
 182 Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Waxwings - 1 species 183 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Nuthatches - 3 species 184 Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
 185 White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 186 Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
Treecreepers - 1 species 187 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Gnatcatchers - 1 species 188 Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Wrens - 5 species 189 Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
 190 Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
 191 Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
 192 Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
 193 Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mockingbirds & Thrashers - 3 species 194 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
 195 Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 196 Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Starlings - 1 species 197 European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Thrushes - 5 species 198 Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 199 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
 200 Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 201 Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
 202 American RobinTurdus migratorius
Old World Sparrows - 1 species 203 House SparrowPasser domesticus
Wagtails & Pipits - 1 species 204 American PipitAnthus rubescens
Cardueline Finches & Allies - 4 species 205 House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
 206 Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
 207 Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
 208 American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Longspurs & Allies - 1 species 209 Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
New World Sparrows & Allies - 16 species 210 Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
 211 Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 212 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 213 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
 214 Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
 215 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
 216 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 217 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
 218 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
 219 Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
 220 LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
 221 Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 222 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 223 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
 224 Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 225 Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 species 226 Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Blackbirds & Orioles - 11 species 227 Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
 228 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 229 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
 230 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
 231 Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
 232 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 233 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 234 Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
 235 Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
 236 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 237 Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Wood-Warblers - 23 species 238 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
 239 Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
 240 Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
 241 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
 242 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 243 Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
 244 Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
 245 Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
 246 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
 247 Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
 248 American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 249 Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
 250 Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
 251 Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
 252 Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
 253 Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
 254 Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
 255 Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
 256 Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
 257 Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
 258 Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
 259 Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
 260 Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies - 7 species 261 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
 262 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 263 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
 264 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
 265 Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
 266 Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 267 DickcisselSpiza americana