2020 North Carolina Ornithology List Kingdom – ANIMALIA Phylum – CHORDATA Key: Sub Phylum – VERTEBRATA Regional level (62 in total) Class – AVES Addition for State level (110 in total) Family Grou p (Family Name) Addition for National level (160 in total) Common Name [Scientific name is in italics] ORDER: Anseriformes Ibises and Spoonbills ORDER: Charadriiformes Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae) (Threskiornithidae) Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae) Northern Shoveler Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja American Golden-Plover Green-winged Teal Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Canvasback ORDER: Suliformes Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae) Hooded Merganser Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) American Oystercatcher Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Double-crested Cormorant Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae) Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Phalacrocorax auritus Black-necked Stilt Canada Goose Branta canadensis Darters (Anhingidae) American Avocet Recurvirostra Trumpeter Swan Anhinga Anhinga anhinga americana Wood Duck Aix sponsa Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magnificent Frigatebird (Scolopacidae) Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera American Woodcock Scolopax minor ORDER: Ciconiiformes Spotted Sandpiper ORDER: Galliformes Deep-water Waders (Ciconiidae) Ruddy Turnstone Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old Wood stork Dunlin Calidris alpina World Quail Wilson’s Snipe (Phasianidae ) ORDER: Falconiformes Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Ring-necked Pheasant Caracaras and Falcons (Falconidae) (Laridae) Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus American Kestrel Laughing Gull Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Herring Gull Larus argentatus New World Quail (Odontophoridae) Crested Caracara Black Tern Northern Bobwhite Ring-billed Gull ORDER: Accipitriformes Least Tern Sternula antillarum ORDER: Gaviiformes Osprey (Pandionidae) Caspian Tern Loons (Gaviidae) Osprey Pandion haliaetus Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Red-throated Loon Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae) Common Loon Gavia immer (Accipitridae) Common Murre Uria aalge Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata ORDER: Podicipediformes Golden Eagle Grebes (Podicipedidae ) Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus ORDER: Columbiformes Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Northern Harrier Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae) Red-necked Grebe Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Common Ground-Dove ORDER: Procellariiformes ORDER: Cathartiformes Columbina passerina Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) New World Vultures (Cathartidae) *Rock Pigeon Columba Livia Laysan Albatross Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae) California Condor ORDER: Cuculiformes Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis ORDER: Gruiformes (Cuculidae) ORDER: Pelecaniformes Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae) Black-billed Cuckoo Pelicans (Pelecanidae) Sora Greater Roadrunner American White Pelican Purple Gallinule Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American Coot ORDER: Strigiformes Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae) Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Barn Owls (Tytonidae) American Bittern Cranes (Gruidae) Barn Owl Tyto alba Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Whooping Crane Grus americana Typical Owls (Strigidae) Snowy Egret Egretta thula Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Green Heron Snowy Owl Black-crowned Night-Heron Barred Owl Strix varia Screech Owl 1) Special Characters: Indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species 2) The taxonomic scheme is based on the 7th edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org 2019 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology 2020 North Carolina Ornithology List ORDER: Caprimulgiformes 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 Cactus Wren Common Grackle ORDER: Apodiformes 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 Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) Kinglets (Regulidae) Fringilline and Allies (Fringillidae) Ruby-throated Hummingbird Golden-crowned Kinglet Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis ORDER: Coraciiformes Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae) Evening Grosbeak Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Finch Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Thrushes (Turdidae) Pine Siskin Eastern Bluebird Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) ORDER: Piciformes Wood Thrush *House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae) American Robin Old World Starlings (Sturnidae) Downy Woodpecker Mockingbirds and Thrashers *European Starling Sternus vulgaris Northern Flicker 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 Vermilion Flycatcher American Redstart Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Ovenbird Shrikes (Laniidae) Yellow Warbler Loggerhead Shrike Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Vireos (Vireonidae) Yellow-rumped Warbler Warbling Vireo Kentucky Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Common Yellowthroat Jays and Crows (Corvidae) New World Sparrows (Passerllidae) American Crow Lark Sparrow Common Raven Corvus 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 Chipping Sparrow Swallows (Hirundinidae) Longspurs and Buntings (Calcariidae) Purple Martin Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Cliff Swallow Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Cardinals Allies (Cardinalidae) Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae) Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Indigo Bunting Black-capped Chickadee Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Nuthatches (Sittidae) Scarlet Tanager Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch 1) Special Characters: Indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species 2) The taxonomic scheme is based on the 7th edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org 2019 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology .