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Checklist for the NC Bird Records Committee List 490 species recorded This is a list of all species accepted by the North for North Carolina Carolina Bird Records Committee as of its annual report for 2019. Taxonomy follows the AOS This checklist provides a compendium of all Check-list of North American Birds through the of the bird species accepted by the NC Bird 62th Supplement. Records Committee to either the Definitive List or the Provisional List in North Carolina. All species in regular type are on the Definitive Species not on the Definitive List or the List. All species with the common name in italics Provisional List are not included; thus, are on the Provisional List. species considered of Unaccepted Origin (such as several waterfowl and parrot species) are not a part of this checklist. As of the end Province Status: M P C of June 2021, there are 476 species on the Relative abundance within a province is indicated Definitive List, and 14 species on the for Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. Provisional List, for a total of 490 species on 1 = reported for less than 25% of that the Accepted List (Definitive List + province's counties Provisional List) for North Carolina. 2 = reported for at least 25% but less than 75% of that province's counties 3 = reported for at least 75% of that Additionally: province's counties Not Established List - Monk Parakeet, Whooping Crane Resources Compilers: Harry LeGrand, John Haire, and <http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/brc/ Tom Howard checklist_of_North_Carolina_birds.html> Official list of the birds of North Carolina <http://ncbirds.carolinabirdclub.org/accounts.php> Birds of North Carolina: their Distribution and Abundance The Chat. The quarterly bulletin of the Carolina Bird Club, Inc.<http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/chat/> M P C M P C M P C 490 BIRD species ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese, & Swans [cont.] PHASIANIDAE: Grouse and Allies [3] __ White-cheeked Pintail ................................... - - 1 __ Wild Turkey ................................................... 3 3 3 ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese, & Swans [46] Anas bahamensis Meleagris gallopavo __ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ......................... 2 2 2 __ Northern Pintail ............................................. 2 2 2 __ Ruffed Grouse ............................................... 3 1 - Dendrocygna autumnalis Anas acuta Bonasa umbellus __ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ................................. - 1 1 __ Green-winged Teal ........................................ 2 2 3 __ Ring-necked Pheasant .................................. 1 1 1 Dendrocygna bicolor Anas crecca Phasianus colchicus __ Snow Goose .................................................. 2 3 3 __ Canvasback .................................................. 2 2 2 PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes [6] Anser caerulescens Aythya valisineria __ Pied-billed Grebe .......................................... 3 3 3 __ Ross's Goose ................................................ 2 2 2 __ Redhead ........................................................ 2 2 2 Podilymbus podiceps Anser rossii Aythya americana __ Horned Grebe ............................................... 2 3 2 __ Greater White-fronted Goose ........................ 2 2 2 __ Ring-necked Duck ......................................... 3 3 3 Podiceps auritus Anser albifrons Aythya collaris __ Red-necked Grebe ........................................ 2 2 2 __ Brant .............................................................. - 1 1 __ Tufted Duck ................................................... - 1 - Podiceps grisegena Branta bernicla Aythya fuligula __ Eared Grebe .................................................. 1 2 2 __ Barnacle Goose ............................................ - - 1 __ Greater Scaup ............................................... 2 2 2 Podiceps nigricollis Branta leucopsis Aythya marila __ Western Grebe .............................................. 1 1 1 __ Cackling Goose ............................................. 1 2 1 __ Lesser Scaup ................................................ 3 3 3 Aechmophorus occidentalis Branta hutchinsii Aythya affinis __ Clark's Grebe ................................................ - - 1 __ Canada Goose .............................................. 3 3 3 __ King Eider ...................................................... - - 1 Aechmophorus clarkii Branta canadensis Somateria spectabilis COLUMBIDAE: Doves [7] __ Mute Swan .................................................... - 1 1 __ Common Eider .............................................. - - 1 __ Rock Pigeon .................................................. 3 3 3 Cygnus olor Somateria mollissima Columba livia __ Trumpeter Swan ............................................ 1 1 1 __ Harlequin Duck .............................................. - 1 1 __ Band-tailed Pigeon ........................................ 1 1 1 Cygnus buccinator Histrionicus histrionicus Patagioenas fasciata __ Tundra Swan ................................................. 2 2 3 __ Surf Scoter .................................................... 2 2 2 __ Eurasian Collared-Dove ................................ 2 2 2 Cygnus columbianus Melanitta perspicillata Streptopelia decaocto __ Wood Duck .................................................... 3 3 3 __ White-winged Scoter ..................................... 1 2 2 __ Passenger Pigeon ......................................... 1 1 - Aix sponsa Melanitta deglandi Ectopistes migratorius __ Garganey ...................................................... - - 1 __ Black Scoter .................................................. 1 2 2 __ Common Ground Dove ................................. 1 1 2 Spatula querquedula Melanitta americana Columbina passerina __ Blue-winged Teal .......................................... 3 3 2 __ Long-tailed Duck ........................................... 1 2 2 __ White-winged Dove ....................................... - 1 2 Spatula discors Clangula hyemalis Zenaida asiatica __ Cinnamon Teal .............................................. - - 1 __ Bufflehead ..................................................... 3 3 3 __ Mourning Dove .............................................. 3 3 3 Spatula cyanoptera Bucephala albeola Zenaida macroura __ Northern Shoveler ......................................... 2 2 2 __ Common Goldeneye ..................................... 2 2 2 CUCULIDAE: Cuckoos & Anis [4] Spatula clypeata Bucephala clangula __ Smooth-billed Ani .......................................... - - 1 __ Gadwall ......................................................... 2 3 2 __ Hooded Merganser ....................................... 3 3 3 Crotophaga ani Mareca strepera Lophodytes cucullatus __ Groove-billed Ani ........................................... - - 1 __ Eurasian Wigeon ........................................... 1 1 2 __ Common Merganser ..................................... 2 2 2 Crotophaga sulcirostris Mareca penelope Mergus merganser __ Yellow-billed Cuckoo ..................................... 3 3 3 __ American Wigeon .......................................... 3 3 3 __ Red-breasted Merganser .............................. 2 3 2 Coccyzus americanus Mareca americana Mergus serrator __ Black-billed Cuckoo ....................................... 3 2 2 __ Mallard .......................................................... 3 3 3 __ Masked Duck ................................................ - - 1 Coccyzus erythropthalmus Anas platyrhynchos Nomonyx dominicus CAPRIMULGIDAE: Goatsuckers [5] __ American Black Duck .................................... 2 3 2 __ Ruddy Duck ................................................... 2 3 3 __ Lesser Nighthawk .......................................... - - 1 Anas rubripes Oxyura jamaicensis Chordeiles acutipennis __ Mottled Duck ................................................. - 1 1 ODONTOPHORIDAE: New World Quails [1] __ Common Nighthawk ...................................... 2 2 2 Anas fulvigula __ Northern Bobwhite ........................................ 3 3 3 Chordeiles minor Colinus virginianus Page 1 M P C M P C M P C CAPRIMULGIDAE: Goatsuckers [cont.] RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, & Coots [cont.] SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers [cont.] __ Antillean Nighthawk ....................................... - - 1 __ American Coot .............................................. 2 3 3 __ Whimbrel ....................................................... 1 1 2 Chordeiles gundlachii Fulica americana Numenius phaeopus __ Chuck-will's-widow ........................................ 2 2 2 __ Purple Gallinule ............................................. 1 1 2 __ Long-billed Curlew ........................................ 1 - 1 Antrostomus carolinensis Porphyrio martinicus Numenius americanus __ Eastern Whip-poor-will .................................. 2 2 2 __ Yellow Rail .................................................... 1 1 2 __ Bar-tailed Godwit ........................................... - - 1 Antrostomus vociferus Coturnicops noveboracensis Limosa lapponica APODIDAE: Swifts [3] __ Black Rail ...................................................... 1 1 2 __ Black-tailed Godwit ....................................... - - 1 __ Cypseloides Swift sp. .................................... 1 - - Laterallus jamaicensis Limosa limosa Cypseloides sp. ARAMIDAE: Limpkin [1] __ Hudsonian Godwit ......................................... 1 1 2 __ Chimney Swift ............................................... 3 3 3 __ Limpkin .........................................................
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