A Checklist of the Birds of
the North Carolina Outer Banks

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
x = observed       h = heard only       A-S = end of Aug into early Sep
  Sep Sep Sep Sep A-S
  1994 1995 1998 2000 2007
Fulvous Whistling-Duck   x      
Snow Goose x        
Canada Goose x x x x x
Mute Swan x x x   x
Wood Duck x x x   x
Gadwall x x x x x
American Wigeon x x      
American Black Duck x x x x x
Mallard x x x x x
Blue-winged Teal x x x x x
Northern Shoveler x x x    
Northern Pintail x x x    
Green-winged Teal x x x    
Harlequin Duck     x    
White-winged Scoter x        
Black Scoter x        
Red-breasted Merganser     x    
Ring-necked Pheasant   x      
Northern Bobwhite x x x h h
Pied-billed Grebe x x x x x
Horned Grebe x        
Trinidade (Herald) Petrel   x      
Black-capped Petrel   x x x x
Cory's Shearwater   x x x x
Greater Shearwater x x x x x
Audubon's Shearwater   x x x x
Wilson's Storm-Petrel   x x x x
White-tailed Tropicbird         x
Red-billed Tropicbird   x      
Northern Gannet x        
Brown Pelican x x x x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x x x x
American Bittern   x      
Least Bittern x        
Great Blue Heron x x x x x
Great 'White' Heron   x      
Great Egret x x x x x
Snowy Egret x x x x x
Little Blue Heron x x x x x
Tricolored Heron x x x x x
Cattle Egret x x x x x
Green Heron x x x x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x x x x  
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron x x x x x
White Ibis x x x x x
Glossy Ibis x x x x  
Roseate Spoonbill       x  
Black Vulture x x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x x
Osprey x x x x x
Bald Eagle x        
Northern Harrier x x x x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x       x
Cooper's Hawk x x     x
Red-shouldered Hawk   x      
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x
American Kestrel x x x x x
Peregine Falcon   x x    
Clapper Rail x x x   x
King Rail   x x    
Virginia Rail x x x h  
Sora   x      
Common Moorhen   x      
American Coot x        
Black-bellied Plover x x x x x
American Golden-Plover x x x    
Semipalmated Plover x x x x x
Piping Plover x x x x x
Killdeer x x x x x
American Oystercatcher x x x x x
Black-necked Stilt x x   x x
American Avocet x x x x x
Greater Yellowlegs x x x x x
Lesser Yellowlegs x x x x x
Solitary Sandpiper x   x x  
Willet x x x x x
Spotted Sandpiper x x x x x
Upland Sandpiper x x      
Whimbrel x x x    
Hudsonian Godwit x x x x  
Marbled Godwit x x x x x
Ruddy Turnstone x x x x x
Red Knot x   x    
Sanderling x x x x x
Semipalmated Sandpiper x x x x x
Western Sandpiper x x x   x
Least Sandpiper x x x x x
White-rumped Sandpiper x x x x x
Baird's Sandpiper         x
Pectoral Sandpiper x x x x  
Stilt Sandpiper x x x x x
Buff-breasted Sandpiper x x   x  
Ruff   x      
Short-billed Dowitcher x x x x x
Long-billed Dowitcher     x    
Wilson's Phalarope x        
Red-necked Phalarope   x x x x
Red Phalarope     x   x
South Polar Skua       x  
Pomarine Jaeger   x x x x
Long-tailed Jaeger   x   x  
Laughing Gull x x x x x
Ring-billed Gull x x x x x
Herring Gull x x x x x
Lesser Black-backed Gull     x    
Great Black-backed Gull x x x x x
Gull-billed Tern x x x x  
Caspian Tern x x x x x
Royal Tern x x x x x
Sandwich Tern x x x x x
Common Tern x x x x x
Arctic Tern x   x    
Forster's Tern x x x x x
Least Tern x x x x x
Bridled Tern x   x x x
Sooty Tern   x x x x
Black Tern x x x x x
Black Skimmer x x x x x
Rock Pigeon x x x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x x
Monk Parakeet   x      
Black-billed Cuckoo   x      
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x    
Eastern Screech-Owl x x x    
Great Horned Owl x   x x x
Common Nighthawk x        
Chuck-will's-widow x        
Chimney Swift x x x   x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x x  
Belted Kingfisher x x x x x
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x      
Downy Woodpecker x x x x x
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker x x x x  
Pileated Woodpecker   x     h
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x   h
Willow Flycatcher   x x    
Eastern Phoebe   x      
Great Crested Flycatcher x x x x x
Eastern Kingbird x x x x x
White-eyed Vireo x x x x x
Philadelphia Vireo   x      
Red-eyed Vireo x x      
Blue Jay x x x x x
American Crow x x x x x
Fish Crow x x x x x
Horned Lark x x      
Purple Martin x x      
Tree Swallow x x x x x
Bank Swallow x x      
Barn Swallow x x x x x
Carolina Chickadee x x x x x
Tufted Titmouse x x x x  
Red-breasted Nuthatch   x     x
Brown-headed Nuthatch   x x   x
Carolina Wren x x x x x
House Wren x x      
Marsh Wren x x   x  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x        
Eastern Bluebird x x   x x
Veery x x      
Swainson's Thrush     x    
American Robin x x x x x
Gray Catbird x x x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x x x x
Brown Thrasher x x x x x
European Starling x x x x x
Cedar Waxwing x x     x
Blue-winged Warbler x   x    
Nashville Warbler x   x    
Northern Parula x x x    
Yellow Warbler x x x x  
Magnolia Warbler       x x
Cape May Warbler x        
Black-throated Blue Warbler x x x    
Black-throated Green Warbler x        
Blackurnian Warbler x x      
Yellow-throated Warbler   x      
Pine Warbler x x x x x
Prairie Warbler x x     x
Palm Warbler     x    
Bay-breasted Warbler x   x    
Blackpoll Warbler x        
Black-and-white Warbler     x x x
American Redstart x x x x x
Prothonotary Warbler       x  
Worm-eating Warbler x        
Ovenbird   x x    
Northern Waterthrush x   x    
Mourning Warbler x        
Common Yellowthroat x x x x x
Canada Warbler x        
Summer Tanager x x     x
Scarlet Tanager   x      
Eastern Towhee x x x x x
Chipping Sparrow x   x    
Clay-colored Sparrow     x    
Field Sparrow x       x
Savannah Sparrow   x   x  
Seaside Sparrow x   x   x
Song Sparrow x x x x x
Swamp Sparrow x x      
Northern Cardinal x x x x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x      
Blue Grosbeak x x      
Indigo Bunting x x      
Bobolink x x x   x
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x x
Eastern Meadowlark x x x x x
Common Grackle x x x x x
Boat-tailed Grackle x x x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x x x
Orchard Oriole x x      
Baltimore Oriole x x x x  
House Finch x x x x x
American Goldfinch x x   x  
House Sparrow x x x x x
           
Total Species 170 171 148 120 120*
* (3 of which were heard only)

x = observed       d = dead
  Sep Sep Sep Sep A-S
  1994 1995 1998 2000 2007
MAMMALS          
Sperm Whale     x    
Pilot Whale     x x  
Goose-beaked Whale   x   x  
Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin   x x   x
Risso's Dolphin       x  
Wild Pony (introduced) x x x x x
White-tailed Deer x x x x x
River Otter x   d    
Nutria (introduced)   x x x x
Muskrat x        
Virginia Opossum         d
Red Fox x   d    
Eastern Cottontail x x x x  
Marsh Rabbit x   x x x
Delmarva Fox Squirrel   x   x  
Eastern Gray Squirrel x x x x x
Red-backed Vole   x      
Little Brown Bat x        
Red Bat         x
           
BUTTERFLIES         x
Cloudless Sulphur         x
Tiger Swallowtail         x
Monarch         x
Giant Swallowtail         x
           
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS          
Black Rat Snake   x     x
Eastern Water Snake   x      
Snapping Turtle x x x x x
Yellow-bellied Slider   x x x x
Loggerhead Turtle     x    
Green Sea Turtle     x    
Eastern Glass Lizard     d    
Five-lined Skink       x  
Squirrel Frog     x    
Green Anole         x
           
FISHES          
Wahoo     x   x
Dolphin (Mahi mahi)   x x x x
Yellow-fin Tuna     x x  
Spot x x x x x
Flying Fish   x x x x
Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)       x  
White Mullet       x  
American Eel       x  
Mummichug         x
           
CRABS          
Fiddler Crab         x
Hermit Crab         x
Blue Crab         x
           

A Checklist of the Birds of the North Carolina Outer Banks
Compiled by Robert M. Schutsky & Mike Haldeman
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky

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