Birds of Sunset Beach and Bird Island, North Carolina*

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	Common name	Scientific name			Common name	Scientific name
	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis			Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
	Ross's Goose	Chen rossii			Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura
	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis			Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus
	Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus			Eastern Screech-Owl	Megascops asio
	Wood Duck	Aix sponsa			Great Horned Owl	Bubo virginianus
	Gadwall	Anas strepera			Barred Owl	Strix varia
	Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope			Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
	American Wigeon	Anas americana			Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor
	American Black Duck	Anas rubripes			Chuck-will's-widow	Caprimulgus carolinensis
	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos			Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus vociferus
	Mottled Duck	Anas fulvigula			Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica
	Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors			Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris
	Cinnamon Teal	Anas cyanoptera			Black-chinned Hummingbird	Archilochus alexandri
	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata			Rufous Hummingbird	Selasphorus rufus
	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta			Belted Kingfisher	Megaceryle alcyon
	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca			Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus
	Canvasback	Aythya valisineria			Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus
	Redhead	Aythya americana			Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Sphyrapicus varius
	Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris			Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens
	Greater Scaup	Aythya marila			Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus
	Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis			Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus
	Surf Scoter	Melanitta perspicillata			Pileated Woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus
	White-winged Scoter	Melanitta fusca			Eastern Wood-Pewee	Contopus virens
	Black Scoter	Melanitta nigra			Acadian Flycatcher	Empidonax virescens
	Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis			Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis phoebe
	Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola			Great Crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus
	Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus			Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus
	Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator			Gray Kingbird	Tyrannus dominicensis
	Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis			Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus
	Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus			White-eyed Vireo	Vireo griseus
	Red-throated Loon	Gavia stellata			Yellow-throated Vireo	Vireo flavifrons
	Common Loon	Gavia immer			Blue-headed Vireo	Vireo solitarius
	Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps			Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus
	Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus			Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata
	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa			American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos
	Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus			Fish Crow	Corvus ossifragus
	American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos			Purple Martin	Progne subis
	Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis			Tree Swallow	Tachycineta bicolor
	Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus			Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis
	Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga			Cave Swallow	Petrochelidon fulva
	Magnificent Frigatebird	Fregata magnificens			Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
	American Bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus			Carolina Chickadee	Poecile carolinensis
	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis			Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor
	Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias			Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis
	Great Egret	Ardea alba			White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis
	Snowy Egret	Egretta thula			Brown-headed Nuthatch	Sitta pusilla
	Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea			Brown Creeper	Certhia americana
	Tricolored Heron	Egretta tricolor			Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus
	Reddish Egret	Egretta rufescens			House Wren	Troglodytes aedon
	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis			Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
	Green Heron	Butorides virescens			Sedge Wren	Cistothorus platensis
	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax			Marsh Wren	Cistothorus palustris
	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Nyctanassa violacea			Golden-crowned Kinglet	Regulus satrapa
	White Ibis	Eudocimus albus			Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Regulus calendula
	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus			Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea
	Roseate Spoonbill	Platalea ajaja			Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis
	Wood Stork	Mycteria americana			Swainson's Thrush	Catharus ustulatus
	Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus			Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus
	Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura			Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina
	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus			American Robin	Turdus migratorius
	Mississippi Kite	Ictinia mississippiensis			Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis
	Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus			Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos
	Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus			Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufum
	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter striatus			European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
	Cooper's Hawk	Accipiter cooperii			American Pipit	Anthus rubescens
	Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo lineatus			Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum
	Broad-winged Hawk	Buteo platypterus			Orange-crowned Warbler	Vermivora celata
	Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis			Nashville Warbler	Vermivora ruficapilla
	American Kestrel	Falco sparverius			Northern Parula	Parula americana
	Merlin	Falco columbarius			Yellow Warbler	Dendroica petechia
	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus			Chestnut-sided Warbler	Dendroica pensylvanica
	Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis			Magnolia Warbler	Dendroica magnolia
	Black Rail	Laterallus jamaicensis			Cape May Warbler	Dendroica tigrina
	Clapper Rail	Rallus longirostris			Black-throated Blue Warbler	Dendroica caerulescens
	King Rail	Rallus elegans			Yellow-rumped Warbler	Dendroica coronata
	Virginia Rail	Rallus limicola			Black-throated Green Warbler	Dendroica virens
	Sora	Porzana carolina			Blackburnian Warbler	Dendroica fusca
	Purple Gallinule	Porphyrio martinica			Yellow-throated Warbler	Dendroica dominica
	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus			Pine Warbler	Dendroica pinus
	American Coot	Fulica americana			Prairie Warbler	Dendroica discolor
	Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola			Palm Warbler	Dendroica palmarum
	Wilson's Plover	Charadrius wilsonia			Bay-breasted Warbler	Dendroica castanea
	Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus			Black-and-white Warbler	Mniotilta varia
	Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus			American Redstart	Setophaga ruticilla
	Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus			Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea
	American Oystercatcher	Haematopus palliatus			Worm-eating Warbler	Helmitheros vermivorum
	Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus			Swainson's Warbler	Limnothlypis swainsonii
	American Avocet	Recurvirostra americana			Ovenbird	Seiurus aurocapilla
	Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius			Northern Waterthrush	Seiurus noveboracensis
	Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria			Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla
	Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca			Kentucky Warbler	Oporornis formosus
	Willet	Tringa semipalmata			Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas
	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes			Hooded Warbler	Wilsonia citrina
	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus			Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria virens
	Long-billed Curlew	Numenius americanus			Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra
	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica			Scarlet Tanager	Piranga olivacea
	Marbled Godwit	Limosa fedoa			Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus
	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres			Chipping Sparrow	Spizella passerina
	Red Knot	Calidris canutus			Clay-colored Sparrow	Spizella pallida
	Sanderling	Calidris alba			Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla
	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris pusilla			Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus
	Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri			Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis
	Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla			Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum
	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis			Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Ammodramus nelsoni
	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos			Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Ammodramus caudacutus
	*Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima			Seaside Sparrow	Ammodramus maritimus
	Dunlin	Calidris alpina			Fox Sparrow	Passerella iliaca
	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea			Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia
	Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus			Swamp Sparrow	Melospiza georgiana
	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus			White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis
	Wilson's Snipe	Gallinago delicata			Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis
	American Woodcock	Scolopax minor			Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis
	Bonaparte's Gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia			Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus ludovicianus
	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla			Blue Grosbeak	Passerina caerulea
	Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis			Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea
	Herring Gull	Larus argentatus			Painted Bunting	Passerina ciris
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus			Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus
	Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus			Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus
	Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus			Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna
	Least Tern	Sternula antillarum			Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus
	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica			Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula
	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia			Boat-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus major
	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger			Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater
	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo			Orchard Oriole	Icterus spurius
	Forster's Tern	Sterna forsteri			Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula
	Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus			Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus
	Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis			House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus
	Black Skimmer	Rynchops niger			Pine Siskin	Carduelis pinus
	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus			American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis
	Rock Pigeon	Columba livia			House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
This list of species was provided by Taylor Piephoff of Ocean Isle Beach and Charlotte, NC.