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2020 North Carolina List – ANIMALIA Phylum – CHORDATA Key: Sub Phylum – VERTEBRATA Regional level (62 in total) – AVES Addition for State level (110 in total) Grou p (Family Name) Addition for National level (160 in total) Common Name [Scientific name is in italics]

ORDER: Ibises and Spoonbills :

Ducks, Geese, and Swans () () Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae)

Northern Platalea ajaja American Golden-Plover Green-winged Teal Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Canvasback ORDER: Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae) Hooded Merganser (Phalacrocoracidae) American Oystercatcher Black-bellied Whistling- Double-crested and (Recurvirostridae) Snow Goose Chen caerulescens auritus Black-necked Goose Branta canadensis (Anhingidae) American Recurvirostra Trumpeter Swan Anhinga anhinga americana Wood Duck Aix sponsa (Fregatidae) Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies platyrhynchos Magnificent (Scolopacidae) Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera American Woodcock Scolopax minor ORDER: Ciconiiformes Spotted Sandpiper ORDER: Deep-water (Ciconiidae) Ruddy Turnstone , , Turkeys, and Old Wood Dunlin Calidris alpina World Wilson’s Snipe ( ) ORDER: , , and Skimmers Ring-necked Caracaras and Falcons (Falconidae) (Laridae) Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus American Kestrel Laughing Wild Meleagris gallopavo Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Quail (Odontophoridae) Black Ring-billed Gull ORDER: Least Tern Sternula antillarum ORDER: (Pandionidae) Caspian Tern (Gaviidae ) Osprey Pandion haliaetus Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Red-throated , Kites, Eagles, and Allies Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae) Gavia immer () Uria aalge Red-tailed Buteo jamaicensis Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata ORDER: Podicipediformes (Podicipedidae ) Haliaeetus leucocephalus ORDER: Columbiformes Pied-billed Podilymbus Northern Harrier Pigeons and Doves () Red-necked Grebe Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Common Ground-Dove ORDER: ORDER: Columbina (Diomedeidae) New World Vultures (Cathartidae) *Rock Pigeon Columba Livia aura Shearwaters and Petrels () California ORDER: Cuculiformes Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis , Roadrunners, and Anis ORDER: (Cuculidae) ORDER: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae) Black-billed (Pelecanidae) Sora American White Purple Gallinule Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American Coot ORDER: Strigiformes Bitterns, , and Allies (Ardeidae) Clapper longirostris Barn (Tytonidae) American Bittern Cranes (Gruidae) Barn Tyto alba Great Blue herodias Whooping americana Typical Owls (Strigidae) Snowy thula Bubo virginianus Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Strix varia

1) Special Characters: Indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread

2) The taxonomic scheme is based on the 7th edition Checklist of North American , American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org 2019 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology

2020 North Carolina Ornithology List

ORDER: Creepers (Certhiidae) Blackbirds (Icteridae) Nightjars and Allies (Caprimulgidae) Brown Creeper Certhia americana Bobolink Chuck-will’s-widow Wrens (Troglodytidae) Red-winged Blackbird Common Nighthawk Carolina Wren Yellow-headed Blackbird ORDER: Marsh Wren Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Swifts (Apodidae) Dippers (Cinclidae) Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus Western Meadowlark (Trochilidae) Kinglets (Regulidae) Fringilline and Allies (Fringillidae) Ruby-throated Golden-crowned Kinglet Loxia curvirostra Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis ORDER: Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae) Evening Grosbeak (Alcedinidae) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Belted Megaceryle alcyon Thrushes (Turdidae) Pine Siskin Eastern Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) ORDER: Wood Thrush *House Sparrow Passer domesticus and Allies (Picidae) Old World Starlings (Sturnidae) Downy Mockingbirds and Thrashers *European Starling Sternus vulgaris Colaptes auratus (Mimidae)

Red-headed Woodpecker Gray Catbird

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Mockingbird Mimus Pileated Woodpecker polyglottos Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum ORDER: Passeriformes Waxwings (Bombycillidae) Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Olive-sided Flycatcher Wood-Warblers (Parulidae) Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Black-throated Green Warbler Great Crested Flycatcher Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta Eastern Kingbird varia American Redstart Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Ovenbird Shrikes (Laniidae) Yellow Warbler Loggerhead Shrike Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia (Vireonidae) Yellow-rumped Warbler Warbling Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Common Yellowthroat Jays and Crows (Corvidae) New World Sparrows (Passerllidae) American Crow Lark Sparrow corax White-crowned Sparrow Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Steller’s Jay Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Black-billed Magpie Black-chinned Sparrow Larks (Alaudidae) Harris’s Sparrow Horned Lark (Hirundinidae) and Buntings () Purple Martin Lapland Calcarius lapponicus Cliff Snow nivalis Hirundo rustica Cardinals Allies (Cardinalidae) Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae) Northern Cardinalis cardinalis Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Indigo Bunting Black-capped Chickadee Passerina ciris Nuthatches (Sittidae) Scarlet Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch

1) Special Characters: Indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species th 2) The taxonomic scheme is based on the 7 edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org 2019 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology