List of the birds of the Carolinas
This list includes all species with a status of Definitive, Provisional, or Not Established. Taxonomy follows the AOS Check-list of North American Birds through the 64th Supplement (2023). See the taxonomic change history for the history of changes in the AOS Check-list.
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Common name | Scientific name | SC status | NC status | SC Review Status | NC Review Status | Comment |
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Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl | ||||||
Family Anatidae — Waterfowl | ||||||
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Brant | Branta bernicla | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Provisional | Full | |||
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Definitive | Full | |||
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Redhead | Aythya americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Definitive | Full | |||
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey | ||||||
Family Odontophoridae — Quail | ||||||
Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey | ||||||
Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | Definitive | Definitive | Downstate only | ||
Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Not established | Definitive | Full | ||
Order Phoenicopteriformes — Flamingo | ||||||
Family Phoenicopteridae — Flamingo | ||||||
American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Order Podicipediformes — Grebes | ||||||
Family Podicipedidae — Grebes | ||||||
Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | Provisional | Full | |||
Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons | ||||||
Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons | ||||||
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | Definitive | Definitive | Extinct | ||
White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Definitive | Full | |||
Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Cuculiformes — Cuckoos | ||||||
Family Cuculidae — Cuckoos | ||||||
Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Definitive | Provisional | Full | Full | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Caprimulgiformes — Nightjars | ||||||
Family Caprimulgidae — Nightjars | ||||||
Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | Definitive | Full | |||
Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | ||||||
Family Apodidae — Swifts | ||||||
Cypseloides Swift sp. | Cypseloides sp. | Provisional | Full | |||
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Swift | Apus apus | Definitive | Full | |||
Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | ||||||
Mexican Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | Definitive | Full | |||
Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | Definitive | Full | |||
Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | Provisional | Full | |||
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Allen's Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes | ||||||
Family Rallidae — Rails | ||||||
Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
King Rail | Rallus elegans | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Sora | Porzana carolina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Coot | Fulica americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Family Aramidae — Limpkin | ||||||
Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Family Gruidae — Cranes | ||||||
Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Definitive | Not Established | Full | Full | |
Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | ||||||
Family Recurvirostridae — Stilts, Avocets | ||||||
Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Haematopodidae — Oystercatcher | ||||||
American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Charadriidae — Plovers | ||||||
Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Definitive | Full | |||
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Definitive | Full | |||
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Mountain Plover | Anarhynchus montanus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | ||||||
Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Provisional | Full | |||
Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical | |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Provisional | Full | |||
Sanderling | Calidris alba | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Definitive | Definitive | Spring only | ||
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Family Stercorariidae — Skuas, Jaegers | ||||||
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Definitive | Full | Inland only | ||
South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Family Alcidae — Alcids | ||||||
Dovekie | Alle alle | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Common Murre | Uria aalge | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Razorbill | Alca torda | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Definitive | Inland only | |||
Family Laridae — Gulls, Terns | ||||||
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Provisional | Full | |||
Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Common Gull | Larus canus | Definitive | Full | |||
Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Provisional | Full | |||
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
California Gull | Larus californicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
American Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Definitive | Provisional | Full | Full | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Definitive | Full | |||
Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Order Phaethontiformes — Tropicbirds | ||||||
Family Phaethontidae — Tropicbirds | ||||||
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Order Gaviiformes — Loons | ||||||
Family Gaviidae — Loons | ||||||
Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Common Loon | Gavia immer | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Procellariiformes — Tubenoses | ||||||
Family Diomedeidae — Albatrosses | ||||||
Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Definitive | Full | |||
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Definitive | Full | |||
Family Oceanitidae — Southern Storm-Petrels | ||||||
Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Definitive | Inland only | |||
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Definitive | Full | |||
Family Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm-Petrels | ||||||
European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Definitive | Inland only | |||
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Definitive | Full | |||
Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Family Procellariidae — Shearwaters, Petrels | ||||||
Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | Definitive | Inland only | |||
Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Fea's Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | Definitive | Full | |||
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Definitive | Full | |||
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Definitive | Full | |||
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Definitive | Full | |||
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Definitive | Full | |||
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Order Ciconiiformes — Storks | ||||||
Family Ciconiidae — Storks | ||||||
Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Suliformes — Frigatebirds, Boobies, Cormorant | ||||||
Family Fregatidae — Frigatebirds | ||||||
Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Family Sulidae — Boobies, Gannet | ||||||
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Family Anhingidae — Anhinga | ||||||
Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants | ||||||
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Definitive | Full | |||
Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises | ||||||
Family Pelecanidae — Pelicans | ||||||
American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Family Ardeidae — Herons | ||||||
American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Definitive | Full | |||
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Great Egret | Ardea alba | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbill | ||||||
White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Cathartiformes — New World Vultures | ||||||
Family Cathartidae — New World Vultures | ||||||
Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Accipitriformes — Vultures, Osprey, Hawks | ||||||
Family Pandionidae — Osprey | ||||||
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Accipitridae — Hawks | ||||||
White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Goshawk | Accipiter atricapillus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Definitive | Full | |||
Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Order Strigiformes — Owls | ||||||
Family Tytonidae — Barn Owls | ||||||
American Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Strigidae — Owls | ||||||
Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Barred Owl | Strix varia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Order Coraciiformes — Kingfisher | ||||||
Family Alcedinidae — Kingfisher | ||||||
Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Piciformes — Woodpeckers | ||||||
Family Picidae — Woodpeckers | ||||||
Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Dryobates borealis | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus principalis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Extinct | |
Order Falconiformes — Falcons | ||||||
Family Falconidae — Falcons | ||||||
Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Merlin | Falco columbarius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Provisional | Full | |||
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Order Psittaciformes — Parrots | ||||||
Family Psittacidae — Parrots | ||||||
Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | Not Established | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
Carolina Parakeet | Conuropsis carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | Extinct | ||
Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | ||||||
Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | ||||||
Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Definitive | Full | |||
Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | Definitive | Full | |||
Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | Definitive | Full | |||
Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | Definitive | Full | |||
Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Family Vireonidae — Vireos | ||||||
White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | Definitive | Full | |||
Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Family Laniidae — Shrikes | ||||||
Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | Definitive | Full | |||
Family Corvidae — Crows, Jays | ||||||
Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Raven | Corvus corax | Definitive | Definitive | Coastal only | ||
Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice | ||||||
Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Definitive | Full | Downstate only | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Alaudidae — Larks | ||||||
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Hirundinidae — Swallows | ||||||
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Provisional | Full | |||
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Purple Martin | Progne subis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Family Regulidae — Kinglets | ||||||
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Bombycillidae — Waxwings | ||||||
Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Sittidae — Nuthatches | ||||||
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Certhiidae — Creepers | ||||||
Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers | ||||||
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Troglodytidae — Wrens | ||||||
Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Sedge Wren | Cistothorus stellaris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Mimidae — Mimic Thrushes | ||||||
Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Sturnidae — Starlings | ||||||
European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Turdidae — Thrushes | ||||||
Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Definitive | Full | |||
Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Family Muscicapidae — Old World Flycatchers | ||||||
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
Family Passeridae — Old World Sparrows | ||||||
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Motacillidae — Pipits, Wagtails | ||||||
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Family Fringillidae — Finches | ||||||
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Definitive | Full | |||
Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | Provisional | Provisional | Full | Full | |
House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | Definitive | Full | |||
American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Calcariidae — Longspurs, Snow Bunting | ||||||
Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Definitive | Full | |||
Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | Definitive | Full | |||
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Passerellidae — New World Sparrows | ||||||
Cassin's Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | Definitive | Full | |||
Bachman's Sparrow | Peucaea aestivalis | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
LeConte's Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Seaside Sparrow | Ammospiza maritima | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Nelson's Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
Henslow's Sparrow | Centronyx henslowii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Icteriidae — Yellow-breasted Chat | ||||||
Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Family Icteridae — Blackbirds | ||||||
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Definitive | Provisional | Full | Full | |
Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Definitive | Full | |||
Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | ||||||
Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Bachman's Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | Definitive | Definitive | Extinct | ||
Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Kirtland's Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Downstate only | |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | Definitive | Full | |||
Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | Definitive | Full | |||
Family Cardinalidae — Cardinals, Buntings, Grosbeaks, | ||||||
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
Total species | 507 (495 Definitive) | 453 | 501 |
Species recorded in South Carolina but not North Carolina
Common name | Scientific name | SC status | Comment |
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Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | |||
Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | |||
Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | Provisional | |
Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes | |||
Family Gruidae — Cranes | |||
Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Definitive | NC Not Established |
Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | |||
Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | |||
Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Provisional | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Provisional | |
Order Accipitriformes — Vultures, Osprey, Hawks | |||
Family Accipitridae — Hawks | |||
Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Definitive | |
Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | |||
Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | |||
Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Definitive | |
Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | |||
Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | Definitive | |
Total species | 7 (4 Definitive) |
Species recorded in North Carolina but not South Carolina
Common name | Scientific name | NC status | Comment |
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Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl | |||
Family Anatidae — Waterfowl | |||
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Provisional | |
White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Definitive | |
Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Definitive | |
Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey | |||
Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey | |||
Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Not established |
Order Podicipediformes — Grebes | |||
Family Podicipedidae — Grebes | |||
Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | Provisional | |
Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons | |||
Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons | |||
White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Definitive | |
Order Caprimulgiformes — Nightjars | |||
Family Caprimulgidae — Nightjars | |||
Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | Definitive | |
Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | |||
Family Apodidae — Swifts | |||
Cypseloides Swift sp. | Cypseloides sp. | Provisional | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | Definitive | |
Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | |||
Mexican Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | Definitive | |
Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | Definitive | |
Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | |||
Family Charadriidae — Plovers | |||
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Definitive | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Definitive | |
Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | |||
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical |
Family Stercorariidae — Skuas, Jaegers | |||
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Definitive | |
Family Alcidae — Alcids | |||
Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Definitive | |
Family Laridae — Gulls, Terns | |||
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Provisional | |
Common Gull | Larus canus | Definitive | |
Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Provisional | |
Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Definitive | |
Order Procellariiformes — Tubenoses | |||
Family Diomedeidae — Albatrosses | |||
Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Definitive | |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Definitive | |
Family Oceanitidae — Southern Storm-Petrels | |||
White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Definitive | |
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Definitive | |
Family Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm-Petrels | |||
European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Definitive | |
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Definitive | |
Family Procellariidae — Shearwaters, Petrels | |||
Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | Definitive | |
Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | Definitive | |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Definitive | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Definitive | |
Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Definitive | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Definitive | |
Order Suliformes — Frigatebirds, Boobies, Cormorant | |||
Family Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants | |||
Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Definitive | |
Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises | |||
Family Ardeidae — Herons | |||
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Definitive | |
Order Falconiformes — Falcons | |||
Family Falconidae — Falcons | |||
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Provisional | |
Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | |||
Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | |||
Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | Definitive | |
Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | Definitive | |
Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | Definitive | |
Family Vireonidae — Vireos | |||
Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | Definitive | |
Family Laniidae — Shrikes | |||
Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | Definitive | |
Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice | |||
Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin |
Family Hirundinidae — Swallows | |||
Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Provisional | |
Family Turdidae — Thrushes | |||
Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Definitive | |
Family Muscicapidae — Old World Flycatchers | |||
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin |
Family Fringillidae — Finches | |||
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Definitive | |
Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | Definitive | |
Family Calcariidae — Longspurs, Snow Bunting | |||
Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Definitive | |
Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | Definitive | |
Family Passerellidae — New World Sparrows | |||
Cassin's Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | Definitive | |
Family Icteridae — Blackbirds | |||
Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Definitive | |
Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | |||
Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | Definitive | |
Total species | 53 (46 Definitive) |