eBird Field Checklist
North Carolina, US
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514 species (+214 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Plumed Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Barnacle x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Barnacle x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Branta sp.
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Shoveler x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Wigeon x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
American Wigeon x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Golden Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-crowned Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Antillean Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Common Swift
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Mexican Violetear
Green-breasted Mango
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Anna's x Allen's Hummingbird (hybrid)
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
King/Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Limpkin
Limpkin
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Common Ringed/Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Northern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Common/Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Redshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
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Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Alcids
Atlantic Puffin
Long-billed Murrelet
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus sp.
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Common Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
American Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
American Herring x Iceland Gull (hybrid)
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Brown/Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Thalasseus sp.
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Flamingos
American Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
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grebe sp.
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
tropicbird sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Common/Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp. (Band-rumped complex)
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Trindade Petrel
Trindade/Herald Petrel
Zino's Petrel
Fea's Petrel
Zino's/Fea's Petrel
Bermuda Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
Bulwer's Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Scopoli's Shearwater
Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater
Cape Verde Shearwater
Cory's/Scopoli's/Cape Verde Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Scopoli's/Great Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Sargasso Shearwater
small shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
booby sp.
sulid sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
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Western/Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
pelican sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Golden/Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Snail Kite
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
American Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Monk Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
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Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
American/Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
corvid sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid)
Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee
chickadee sp.
Tufted Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn x Cliff Swallow (hybrid)
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
Petrochelidon sp.
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Northern House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge/Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
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Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
myna/starling sp.
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Weavers and Allies
Northern Red Bishop
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Brambling
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Bachman's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Chipping x Field Sparrow (hybrid)
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella sp./American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
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Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella meadowlark sp.
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Bachman's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Parula x Yellow-throated Warbler (hybrid)
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
sparrow/warbler sp. (trilling song)
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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