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Mecklenburg Co. (NC) 2011-2014

Rare Species Lists

Rare Species
Common Name Bad Code(s)
 Non-breeder.
  Snow Goose
  Ross's Goose
  Cackling Goose
  Tundra Swan
  Blue-winged Teal
  Northern Shoveler
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  American Black Duck
  Northern Pintail
  Green-winged Teal
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Ring-necked Duck
  Greater Scaup
  Lesser Scaup
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Black Scoter
  Long-tailed Duck
  Bufflehead
  Common Goldeneye
  Common Merganser
  Red-breasted Merganser
  Ruddy Duck
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Eared Grebe
  Western Grebe
  Band-tailed Pigeon
  Common Ground Dove
  White-winged Dove
  Black-chinned Hummingbird
  Anna's Hummingbird
  Calliope Hummingbird
  Rufous Hummingbird
  Clapper Rail
  Virginia Rail
  Sora
  Common Gallinule
  American Coot
  Yellow Rail
  Black Rail
  Sandhill Crane
  Black-bellied Plover
  American Golden-Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Piping Plover
  Upland Sandpiper
  Whimbrel
  Marbled Godwit
  Ruddy Turnstone
  Red Knot
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Sanderling
  Dunlin
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  White-rumped Sandpiper
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Semipalmated Sandpiper
  Western Sandpiper
  Short-billed Dowitcher
  Wilson's Snipe
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Willet
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Wilson's Phalarope
  Parasitic Jaeger
  Long-tailed Jaeger
  Sabine's Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Laughing Gull
  Franklin's Gull
  Ring-billed Gull
  Herring Gull
  Lesser Black-backed Gull
  Brown Noddy
  Bridled Tern
  Caspian Tern
  Black Tern
  Common Tern
  Forster's Tern
  Royal Tern
  Black Skimmer
  Red-throated Loon
  Common Loon
  Wood Stork
  Anhinga
  Double-crested Cormorant
  American White Pelican
  Brown Pelican
  American Bittern
  Least Bittern
  Great Egret
  Snowy Egret
  Little Blue Heron
  Tricolored Heron
  Reddish Egret
  Cattle Egret
  Black-crowned Night-Heron
  White Ibis
  Glossy Ibis
  Swallow-tailed Kite
  Golden Eagle
  Northern Harrier
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Snowy Owl
  Short-eared Owl
  Northern Saw-whet Owl
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  Merlin
  Peregrine Falcon
  Olive-sided Flycatcher
  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  Alder Flycatcher
  Least Flycatcher
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Bank Swallow
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  Golden-crowned Kinglet
  Red-breasted Nuthatch
  Brown Creeper
  Bewick's Wren
  unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren
  Sedge Wren
  Marsh Wren
  Veery
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Hermit Thrush
  American Pipit
  Evening Grosbeak
  Purple Finch
  Common Redpoll
  Red Crossbill
  Pine Siskin
  Lapland Longspur
  Lark Sparrow
  Clay-colored Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow
  (Slate-colored Junco) Dark-eyed Junco
  White-crowned Sparrow
  White-throated Sparrow
  Vesper Sparrow
  LeConte's Sparrow
  Nelson's Sparrow
  Savannah Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Swamp Sparrow
  Bobolink
  Baltimore Oriole
  Rusty Blackbird
  Brewer's Blackbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  Golden-winged Warbler
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Tennessee Warbler
  Orange-crowned Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Connecticut Warbler
  Mourning Warbler
  Kirtland's Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Chestnut-sided Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Black-throated Blue Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  (Myrtle Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler
  Black-throated Green Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Wilson's Warbler
  Western Tanager
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  Painted Bunting
  Dickcissel
 Formerly nested - documentation required.
  Black-billed Cuckoo
(B)
  King Rail
(B)
  Blue-headed Vireo
(B)
  Horned Lark
(B)
  Bachman's Sparrow
(B)
  Henslow's Sparrow
(B)
  Yellow Warbler
(B)
 Status uncertain - documentation required.
  Eurasian Collared-Dove
(B)
  Bald Eagle
(B)
  Mississippi Kite
(B)
  Warbling Vireo
(B)
  Cedar Waxwing
(B)
  Black-and-white Warbler
(B)
  American Redstart
(B)
 Rare - species of local conservation concern.
  Northern Bobwhite
(B)
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
(B)
  Chuck-will's-widow
(B)
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
(B)
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
(B)
  Barn Owl
(B)
  Red-headed Woodpecker
  Pileated Woodpecker
  American Kestrel
(B)
  Willow Flycatcher
(B)
  Loggerhead Shrike
(B)
  Grasshopper Sparrow
(B)
  Field Sparrow
(B)
  Eastern Meadowlark
(B)
  Ovenbird
(B)
  Worm-eating Warbler
(B)
  Prothonotary Warbler
(B)
  Swainson's Warbler
(B)
  Kentucky Warbler
(B)
  Hooded Warbler
(B)
  Prairie Warbler
(B)
  unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will
(B)
 Local.
  Wood Duck
(B)
  Hooded Merganser
(B)
  Wild Turkey
(B)
  Common Nighthawk
(B)
  Great Blue Heron
(B)
  Green Heron
(B)
  Black Vulture
(B),(NB)
  Turkey Vulture
(B),(NB)
  Osprey
(B)
  Common Raven
(B)
  Tree Swallow
(B)
  Cliff Swallow
(B)
  Louisiana Waterthrush
(B)
  Scarlet Tanager
(B)
 Uncommon.
  Chimney Swift
(B)
  American Woodcock
(B)
  Cooper's Hawk
(B)
  Broad-winged Hawk
(B)
  Red-tailed Hawk
(B)
  Eastern Screech-Owl
(B)
  Great Horned Owl
(B)
  Belted Kingfisher
(B)
  (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker
  Eastern Wood-Pewee
(B)
  Acadian Flycatcher
(B)
  Yellow-throated Vireo
(B)
  Fish Crow
(B)
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
(B)
  Purple Martin
(B)
  Barn Swallow
(B)
  Wood Thrush
(B)
  Yellow-breasted Chat
(B)
  Orchard Oriole
(B)
  Red-winged Blackbird
(B)
  Northern Parula
(B)
  Yellow-throated Warbler
(B)
  Blue Grosbeak
(B)
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