Birds of The Carolinas

100 species, in the same order as the printed field guide.

Warblers, Sparrows, Finches & Blackbirds

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Pine Warbler

Setophaga pinus

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Yellow-throated Warbler

Setophaga dominica

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Backyard & Woodland Songbirds

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Purple Martin

Progne subis

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Sitta pusilla

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Corthylio calendula

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

Waterfowl & Diving Birds

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Tundra Swan

Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Blue-winged Teal

Spatula discors

American Black Duck

Anas rubripes

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Wading Birds & Marsh Birds

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Woodpeckers, Doves & Other Land Birds

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Dryobates borealis

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Chuck-will's-widow

Antrostomus carolinensis

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Shorebirds & Seabirds

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Double-crested Cormorant

Nannopterum auritum

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Wilson's Plover

Anarhynchus wilsonia

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Birds of Prey

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Northern Harrier

Circus hudsonius

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus