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Scientific Name:
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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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Cardinalis cardinalis
Passerina amoena
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Passerina caerulea
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Passerina ciris
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Passerina cyanea
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Pheucticus ludovicianus
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Pheucticus melanocephalus
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Piranga ludoviciana
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Piranga olivacea
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Piranga rubra
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Spiza americana
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Black-headed Grosbeak
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Blue Grosbeak
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Dickcissel
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Indigo Bunting
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Lazuli Bunting
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Northern Cardinal
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Painted Bunting
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Scarlet Tanager
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Summer Tanager
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Western Tanager
General Comments
The Lazuli Bunting breeds in the western half of North America and winters mainly from Mexico southward. It is accidental in the state: three confirmed records, with one or two others currently under review. An immature male was seen and photographed by numerous observers at Fort Macon SP (
Carteret
) from 22 Mar - 2 Apr 1996* (Chat 62:183-84), (Chat 61:262). A male of indeterminate age was photographed at a feeder in Jamestown (
Guilford
) on 2 Apr 2013* (Chat 77:98), (Chat 78:8-13). Lastly, an apparent male was photographed at a feeder in
Carteret
from 19-21 Aug 2019* (Chat 85:139). One was reported just west of Boone (
Watauga
) on 9 May 2021 (Chat 85:130); this report is currently being reviewed. Another report -- of one photographed in a suburban area of western
Wake
on 10 May 2022 (Chat 86:87) -- is being reviewed by the NC BRC as well. Photos of the 2013 and 2019 birds are on the Carolina Bird Club Photo Gallery; both are at feeders, and though the quality of the photos are rather poor, they were good enough (along with written details) for NC BRC acceptance. A male transitioning to breeding plumage was photographed at a feeder in Jacksonville (
Onslow
) from 13-28 Feb 2026 (Chat 90:68); photos are on the Photo Gallery, and the report is expected to be reviewed in 2026.
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
Three records, with two accepted (see above) and one expecting a review.
Piedmont
One accepted record (see above); another from 2022 is to be reviewed.
Mountains
No confirmed records, but one under review.
Finding Tips
1/2*
