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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACCIPITRIDAE - Kites, Eagles, & Hawks
ALAUDIDAE - Larks
ALCEDINIDAE - Kingfishers
ALCIDAE - Auks
ANATIDAE - Ducks, Geese, & Swans
ANHINGIDAE - Darters
APODIDAE - Swifts
ARAMIDAE - Limpkin
ARDEIDAE - Bitterns, Herons, & Allies
BOMBYCILLIDAE - Waxwings
CALCARIIDAE - Longspurs & Allies
CAPRIMULGIDAE - Goatsuckers
CARDINALIDAE - Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies
CATHARTIDAE - New World Vultures
CERTHIIDAE - Treecreepers
CHARADRIIDAE - Plovers
CICONIIDAE - Storks
COLUMBIDAE - Doves
CORVIDAE - Jays, Crows, & Ravens
CUCULIDAE - Cuckoos & Anis
DIOMEDEIDAE - Albatrosses
FALCONIDAE - Falcons
FREGATIDAE - Frigatebirds
FRINGILLIDAE - Cardueline Finches & Allies
GAVIIDAE - Loons
GRUIDAE - Cranes
HAEMATOPODIDAE - Oystercatchers
HIRUNDINIDAE - Swallows
HYDROBATIDAE - Storm-Petrels
ICTERIDAE - Blackbirds & Orioles
LANIIDAE - Shrikes
LARIDAE - Gulls & Terns
MIMIDAE - Mockingbirds & Thrashers
MOTACILLIDAE - Wagtails & Pipits
MUSCICAPIDAE - Old World Flycatchers
ODONTOPHORIDAE - New World Quails
PANDIONIDAE - Osprey
PARIDAE - Chickadees & Titmice
PARULIDAE - Wood-Warblers
PASSERELLIDAE - New World Sparrows & Allies
PASSERIDAE - Old World Sparrows
PELECANIDAE - Pelicans
PHAETHONTIDAE - Tropicbirds
PHALACROCORACIDAE - Cormorants
PHASIANIDAE - Grouse and Allies
PHOENICOPTERIDAE - Flamingo
PICIDAE - Woodpeckers
PODICIPEDIDAE - Grebes
POLIOPTILIDAE - Gnatcatchers
PROCELLARIIDAE - Petrels & Shearwaters
PSITTACIDAE - Parrots
RALLIDAE - Rails, Gallinules, & Coots
RECURVIROSTRIDAE - Stilts & Avocets
REGULIDAE - Kinglets
SCOLOPACIDAE - Sandpipers
SITTIDAE - Nuthatches
STERCORARIIDAE - Skuas & Jaegers
STRIGIDAE - Owls
STURNIDAE - Starlings
SULIDAE - Boobies & Gannets
THRESKIORNITHIDAE - Ibises & Spoonbills
TROCHILIDAE - Hummingbirds
TROGLODYTIDAE - Wrens
TURDIDAE - Thrushes
TYRANNIDAE - Tyrant Flycatchers
TYTONIDAE - Barn-Owls
VIREONIDAE - Vireos
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Cardellina canadensis
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Cardellina pusilla
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Geothlypis formosa
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Geothlypis philadelphia
Geothlypis tolmiei
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Geothlypis trichas
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Helmitheros vermivorum
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Leiothlypis celata
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Leiothlypis peregrina
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Leiothlypis ruficapilla
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Limnothlypis swainsonii
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Mniotilta varia
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Myioborus pictus
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Oporornis agilis
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Parkesia motacilla
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Parkesia noveboracensis
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Protonotaria citrea
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Seiurus aurocapilla
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Setophaga americana
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Setophaga caerulescens
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Setophaga castanea
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Setophaga cerulea
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Setophaga citrina
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Setophaga coronata
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Setophaga discolor
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Setophaga dominica
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Setophaga fusca
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Setophaga kirtlandii
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Setophaga magnolia
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Setophaga nigrescens
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Setophaga palmarum
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Setophaga pensylvanica
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Setophaga petechia
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Setophaga pinus
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Setophaga ruticilla
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Setophaga striata
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Setophaga tigrina
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Setophaga townsendi
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Setophaga virens
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Vermivora bachmanii
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Vermivora chrysoptera
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Vermivora cyanoptera
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American Redstart
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Bachman's Warbler
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Bay-breasted Warbler
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Black-throated Blue Warbler
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Blackpoll Warbler
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Blue-winged Warbler
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Canada Warbler
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Cape May Warbler
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Cerulean Warbler
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Connecticut Warbler
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Golden-winged Warbler
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Hooded Warbler
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Kentucky Warbler
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Kirtland's Warbler
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Louisiana Waterthrush
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MacGillivray's Warbler
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Magnolia Warbler
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Mourning Warbler
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Nashville Warbler
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Northern Parula
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Northern Waterthrush
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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Ovenbird
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Painted Redstart
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Palm Warbler
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Pine Warbler
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Prairie Warbler
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Prothonotary Warbler
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Swainson's Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler
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Townsend's Warbler
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Wilson's Warbler
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Worm-eating Warbler
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Yellow Warbler
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Yellow-throated Warbler
General Comments
Casual visitor, so far only in the Coastal Plain in fall and winter, except for a Piedmont record in winter 2025-26. There are four accepted records of this Western species, with two of them found near Lake Mattamuskeet (
Hyde
), separated by about 9 years and 10 miles. One freshly road-killed individual was found on 6 Nov 1998*; the specimen is preserved at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Chat
65:108-112
), (Chat
65:85
). The second bird was found on the Lake Mattamuskeet CBC on 29 Dec 2007, and was relocated by several observers and photographed on 1 Jan 2008* (Chat
73:2
). The third was a sight record in Manteo, (
Dare
), on 11-12 Oct 2012* (Chat
77:6-10
), (Chat
77:33
). The fourth was one photographed and seen by many people at Duck (
Dare
) from 3 Dec 2020 - 30 Jan 2021* (Chat
85:75
). Photographs of the Mattamuskeet 2007-08 bird and the Duck 2020-21 bird are posted on the Carolina Bird Club Photo Gallery. One photographed at Lake Norman (
Mecklenburg
) on 1-2 Dec 2025 and again on 18 Jan 2026 (Chat
90:66
) has yet to be reviewed by the NC BRC; this is the first record away from the coast. Another was well photographed in the inner Coastal Plain at Old Waynesborough Park (
Wayne
) from 27 Dec 2025 - 22 Jan 2026 (Chat
90:66
); it also has yet to be reviewed by the NC BRC. Photos of each of these 2025-26 records are also on the Photo Gallery.
Breeding Status
Nonbreeder
NC BRC List
The species' status on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina: either Definitive, Provisional, or Extinct, as administered by the NC Bird Records Committee. The Provisional List contains species for which there are less than three accepted sight (i.e., non-documented) records. Species of unaccepted origin are not included on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina.
Definitive
State Status
none
U.S. Status
Definitive
State Rank
SA
Global Rank
G5
Coastal Plain
Five records (see above).
Piedmont
One record (see above).
Mountains
No records.
Finding Tips
1/2*
