Birds in North Carolina
Explore 153 species found in this region.
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Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibisLC
May–Aug

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Year-round

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Apr–Oct

Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Year-round

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Year-round

Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Nov–Jun

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Jan–Feb

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Year-round
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Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Nov–Mar

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Year-round

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Apr–Oct

Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Year-round

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Year-round

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Oct–May

Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Year-round

Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asioLC
Jul–Dec

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Jun–Aug

Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragusLC
Year-round

Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Year-round

Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Nov–Mar

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Oct–Apr

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
May–Aug

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Jan–Feb