eBird Field Checklist
Wake County, North Carolina, US
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342 species (+85 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowl
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
King/Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Black Rail
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus sp.
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Iceland Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
grebe sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Sooty Shearwater
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
White Ibis
Glossy 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
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred 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
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
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
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead 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
chickadee sp.
Tufted Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
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
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Weavers and Allies
Northern Red Bishop
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Chipping x Field Sparrow (hybrid)
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Bachman's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.