Breeding Birds of Orange, Chatham, and Durham Counties NC
2005
This list includes all species observed at least once on MBBS routes in
Orange, Chatham, and Durham Counties, North Carolina --
a total of 105 species!
Some of these species occur only in a few localities in these counties,
and some have been found during the breeding season on only one or a few
occasions.
The official English name for each species (approved by the American
Ornithologists' Union) is followed by a four-letter code for the species
(adopted by the USGS Bird-Banding Office)
* Note exceptional codes for a few species -- especially
Prairie and Prothonotary Warblers!
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| Species |
Code |
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| Double-cr Cormorant | DCCO |
| Great Blue Heron | GBHE |
| Green Heron | GRHE |
| Black Vulture | BLVU |
| Turkey Vulture | TUVU |
| Canada Goose | CAGO |
| Wood Duck | WODU |
| Mallard | MALL |
| Osprey | OSPR |
| Bald Eagle | BAEA |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | SSHA |
| Cooper's Hawk | COHA |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | RSHA |
| Broad-winged Hawk | BWHA |
| Red-tailed Hawk | RTHA |
| Wild Turkey | WITU |
| Northern Bob-white | NOBW |
| Killdeer | KILL |
| Rock Dove | RODO |
| Mourning Dove | MODO |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | YBCU |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | EASO |
| Great Horned Owl | GHOW |
| Barred Owl | BAOW |
| Common Nighthawk | CONI |
| Chuck-will's-widow | CWWI |
| Whip-poor-will | WPWI |
| Chimney Swift | CHSW |
| Ruby-thr Hummingbird | RTHU |
| Belted Kingfisher | BEKI |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | RHWO |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | RBWO |
| Downy Woodpecker | DOWO |
| Hairy Woodpecker | HAWO |
| Northern Flicker | NOFL |
| Pileated Woodpecker | PIWO |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | EAWP |
| Acadian Flycatcher | ACFL |
| Willow Flycatcher | WIFL |
| Eastern Phoebe | EAPH |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | GCFL |
| Eastern Kingbird | EAKI |
| Loggerhead Shrike | LOSH |
| White-eyed Vireo | WEVI |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | YTVI |
| Blue-headed Vireo | BHVI |
| Warbling Vireo | WAVI |
| Red-eyed Vireo | REVI |
| Blue Jay | BLJA |
| American Crow | AMCR |
| Fish Crow | FICR |
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| Species |
Code |
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| Purple Martin | PUMA |
| Tree Swallow | TRSW |
| N Rough-winged Sw | NRWS |
| Cliff Swallow | CLSW |
| Barn Swallow | BARS | * |
| Carolina Chickadee | CACH |
| Tufted Titmouse | TUTI |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | WBNU |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | BHNU |
| Carolina Wren | CARW | * |
| House Wren | HOWR |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | BGGN |
| Eastern Bluebird | EABL |
| Wood Thrush | WOTH |
| American Robin | AMRO |
| Gray Catbird | GRCA |
| Northern Mockingbird | NOMO |
| Brown Thrasher | BRTH |
| European Starling | EUST |
| Cedar Waxwing | CEDW | * |
| Northern Parula | NOPA |
| Yellow Warbler | YEWA |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | YTWA |
| Pine Warbler | PIWA |
| Prairie Warbler | PRAW | * |
| American Redstart | AMRE |
| Black-and-white Warbler | BAWW |
| Prothonotary Warbler | PROW | * |
| Ovenbird | OVEN |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | LOWA |
| Kentucky Warbler | KEWA |
| Common Yellowthroat | COYE |
| Hooded Warbler | HOWA |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | YBCH |
| Summer Tanager | SUTA |
| Scarlet Tanager | SCTA |
| Eastern Towhee | EATO |
| Chipping Sparrow | CHSP |
| Field Sparrow | FISP |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | GRSP |
| Song Sparrow | SOSP |
| Northern Cardinal | NOCA |
| Blue Grosbeak | BLGR |
| Indigo Bunting | INBU |
| Dickcissel | DICK |
| Red-winged Blackbird | RWBL |
| Eastern Meadowlark | EAME |
| Common Grackle | COGR |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | BHCO |
| Orchard Oriole | OROR |
| Baltimore Oriole | BAOR |
| House FInch | HOFI |
| American Goldfinch | AMGO |
| House Sparrow | HOSP |
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