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This list of North Carolina birds is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of North Carolina. This list is based on a checklist used by the North Carolina Bird Records Committee, the list used by most birders to objectively evaluate species recorded in the state. This list is based on the Committee's revision from 2006. 465 species of birds have been recorded in North Carolina.
The taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, genera and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adhere to the conventions of the AOU's (1998) Check-list of North American birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North American birds. The AOU's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, the body responsible for maintaining and updating the Check-list, "strongly and unanimously continues to endorse the biological species concept (BSC), in which species are considered to be genetically cohesive groups of populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (AOU 1998). See Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for an alternative phylogenetic arrangement based on DNA-DNA hybridization.
Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in North Carolina as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to denote certain categories of species:
- n - Nesting: Confirmed nesting records within the state of North Carolina.
- (I) - Introduced: Birds that have been introduced to North America by the actions of man, either directly or indirectly.
- (E) - Extinct
- (Ex) - Extirpated: A bird that, while it is not extinct, is no longer found in North Carolina.
- (P) - Provisional list: Birds that if seen require more comprehensive documentation than regularly seen species due to the fact that they have been supported by only one or two sight records. By their very nature, these birds are considered irregular or of rare occurrence in North Carolina.
Note: Birds marked with asterisk (*) not identified to species, but distinct enough to be considered as a separate entry