Mecklenburg Co. (NC) 2011-2013
Species Info
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currently sorted by: alpha code |
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| sort: taxonomic | alpha | sort by | sort by | sort by | |
| Species | Alpha Code* | Safe date start** | Safe date end | Habitat |
| American Black Duck | ABDU | / | / | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | ACFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Bottomland forest, forested floodplain and stream edges |
| Green-winged Teal | AGWT | / | / | |
| Alder Flycatcher | ALFL | / | / | |
| American Bittern | AMBI | / | / | |
| American Coot | AMCO | / | / | |
| American Crow | AMCR | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Conifers in forested areas, woodlots, yards, parks |
| American Goldfinch | AMGO | 6 / 1 | 8 / 30 | Forest edge, copses, brushy areas, residential areas |
| American Golden-Plover | AMGP | / | / | |
| American Kestrel | AMKE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open country, scattered trees, edge, nest boxes |
| American Pipit | AMPI | / | / | |
| American Redstart | AMRE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Secondary forest, copses |
| American Robin | AMRO | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Almost anywhere except the most open habitats |
| American Wigeon | AMWI | / | / | |
| American Woodcock | AMWO | 1 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Forest edges, wet fields |
| Anhinga | ANHI | / | / | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | ANHU | / | / | |
| American White Pelican | AWPE | / | / | |
| Bachman's Sparrow | BACS | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open, park-like pine stands with grassy ground cover maintained by fire |
| Barred Owl | BADO | 12 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Moist woods, wooded swamps, bottomlands |
| Bald Eagle | BAEA | 1 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Tall trees along large lake and river margins |
| Barn Owl | BANO | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Farm barns, silos, out buildings near large open habitats |
| Bank Swallow | BANS | / | / | |
| Baltimore Oriole | BAOR | / | / | |
| Barn Swallow | BARS | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Structures - eves of barns, garages, sheds, bridges |
| Baird's Sandpiper | BASA | / | / | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | BAWW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Primarily deciduous forest |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | BBCU | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forested habitats, edge |
| Black-bellied Plover | BBPL | / | / | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | BBSA | / | / | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | BBWA | / | / | |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | BCHU | / | / | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | BCNH | / | / | |
| Belted Kingfisher | BEKI | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Stream, river, or lake shore with banks |
| Bewick's Wren | BEWR | / | / | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | BGGN | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded edges along ponds, rivers, streams, swamps |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | BHCO | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Virtually all habitats |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | BHNU | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Natural or artificial nest cavities in open pine woods |
| Blue-headed Vireo | BHVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature coniferous or mixed pine-hardwood forests |
| Blackburnian Warbler | BLBW | / | / | |
| Blue Grosbeak | BLGR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy habitats, woodland edge, fields, pastures, overgrown fields, utility corridors |
| Blue Jay | BLJA | 5 / 15 | 7 / 15 | Varied; most forest types, thickets, yards, parks |
| Blackpoll Warbler | BLPW | / | / | |
| Black Rail | BLRA | / | / | |
| Black Scoter | BLSC | / | / | |
| Black Skimmer | BLSK | / | / | |
| Black Tern | BLTE | / | / | |
| Black Vulture | BLVU | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woods, rocky outcrops, abandoned buildings |
| Bobolink | BOBO | / | / | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | BOGU | / | / | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | BRBL | / | / | |
| Brown Creeper | BRCR | / | / | |
| Brown Noddy | BRNO | / | / | |
| Brown Pelican | BRPE | / | / | |
| Bridled Tern | BRTE | / | / | |
| Brown Thrasher | BRTH | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Dry second-growth; powerlines, overgrown pastures, thickets |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | BTBW | / | / | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | BTNW | / | / | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | BTPI | / | / | |
| Bufflehead | BUFF | / | / | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | BWHA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature mixed woodlands |
| Blue-winged Teal | BWTE | / | / | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | BWWA | / | / | |
| Cackling Goose | CACG | / | / | |
| Carolina Chickadee | CACH | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Woodlands, orchards, shade trees, yards, and city parks |
| Cattle Egret | CAEG | / | / | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | CAHU | / | / | |
| Canada Goose | CANG | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Parks, golf courses, lawns, ponds, lakes, rivers |
| Canvasback | CANV | / | / | |
| Carolina Wren | CARW | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wet woods, stream edges, thickets, brush piles suburban yards |
| Caspian Tern | CATE | / | / | |
| Canada Warbler | CAWA | / | / | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | CCSP | / | / | |
| Cedar Waxwing | CEDW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Second-growth forests, parks, margins of waterways |
| Cerulean Warbler | CERW | / | / | |
| Chipping Sparrow | CHSP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open mixed forest, suburbs, parks, cemeteries |
| Chimney Swift | CHSW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Urban chimneys |
| Clapper Rail | CLRA | / | / | |
| Cliff Swallow | CLSW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Eves and sides of bridges |
| Cape May Warbler | CMWA | / | / | |
| Common Ground-Dove | COGD | / | / | |
| Common Goldeneye | COGO | / | / | |
| Common Grackle | COGR | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wide variety of urban and rural habitats |
| Cooper's Hawk | COHA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mixed woodlands, groves, copses |
| Common Loon | COLO | / | / | |
| Common Merganser | COME | / | / | |
| Common Moorhen | COMO | / | / | |
| Common Nighthawk | CONI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Tops of buildings |
| Connecticut Warbler | CONW | / | / | |
| Common Raven | CORA | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Rock ledges in local rock quarry sites |
| Common Redpoll | CORE | / | / | |
| Common Tern | COTE | / | / | |
| Common Yellowthroat | COYE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy areas, thickets, powerline cuts, preferably wet |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | CSWA | / | / | |
| Chuck-will's-widow | CWWI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open oak woodlands |
| Double-crested Cormorant | DCCO | / | / | |
| Dickcissel | DICK | / | / | |
| Downy Woodpecker | DOWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Forests, copses, suburbs |
| Dunlin | DUNL | / | / | |
| Eastern Bluebird | EABL | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Natural or artificial nest cavities in fields with scattered trees |
| Eared Grebe | EAGR | / | / | |
| Eastern Kingbird | EAKI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open habitats, including edge, copses, often near water |
| Eastern Meadowlark | EAME | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Extensive grasslands, hayfields, possibly airport areas |
| Eastern Phoebe | EAPH | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Ledges, bridges, porch sills, etc. usually near water |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | EASO | 12 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Cavities in open deciduous forests, woodlots, residential areas |
| Eastern Towhee | EATO | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Dry, open forest, edge, brushy habitats including thickets and utility corridors |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | EAWP | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | EUCD | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Buildings, bridges, towers in urban areas, farms |
| European Starling | EUST | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Everywhere except remote rural areas |
| Evening Grosbeak | EVGR | / | / | |
| Fish Crow | FICR | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mixed woods, woodlots, yards, parks |
| Field Sparrow | FISP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy areas, weedy fields, utility corridors |
| Fox Sparrow | FOSP | / | / | |
| Forster's Tern | FOTE | / | / | |
| Franklin's Gull | FRGU | / | / | |
| Gadwall | GADW | / | / | |
| Great Blue Heron | GBHE | 1 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, beaver ponds, river islands |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | GCFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest edge, nest boxes |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | GCKI | / | / | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | GCTH | / | / | |
| Great Horned Owl | GHOW | 12 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wide variety of habitats from forest to farmland |
| Glossy Ibis | GLIB | / | / | |
| Golden Eagle | GOEA | / | / | |
| Gray Catbird | GRCA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Dense tangles and thickets |
| Great Egret | GREG | / | / | |
| Green Heron | GRHE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woody growth near marshes or open water |
| Greater Scaup | GRSC | / | / | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | GRSP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Grasslands, hayfields, possibly airport areas |
| Greater Yellowlegs | GRYE | / | / | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | GWWA | / | / | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | HAWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Forests |
| Herring Gull | HERG | / | / | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | HESP | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Weedy fields, wet meadows |
| Hermit Thrush | HETH | / | / | |
| House Finch | HOFI | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Scattered trees, especially conifers - usually in residential areas |
| Horned Grebe | HOGR | / | / | |
| Horned Lark | HOLA | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Abandoned agricultural fields, sparsely vegetated areas, airports |
| Hooded Merganser | HOME | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, marshes, streams, rivers |
| House Sparrow | HOSP | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Residential areas, farms |
| Hooded Warbler | HOWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Moist thickets in woodlands |
| House Wren | HOWR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open forests, wood edges, farms, suburbs, parks |
| Indigo Bunting | INBU | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy habitats including forest edge, overgrown fields, utility corridors |
| Kentucky Warbler | KEWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wet thickets, dense understory in moist or wet deciduous forest bottomlands |
| Killdeer | KILL | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open, sparsely vegetated areas; flat rooftops |
| King Rail | KIRA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Reedy ponds, or marshes |
| Kirtland's Warbler | KIWA | / | / | |
| Laughing Gull | LAGU | / | / | |
| Lapland Longspur | LALO | / | / | |
| Lark Sparrow | LASP | / | / | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | LBBG | / | / | |
| Little Blue Heron | LBHE | / | / | |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | LCSP | / | / | |
| Least Bittern | LEBI | / | / | |
| Least Flycatcher | LEFL | / | / | |
| Least Sandpiper | LESA | / | / | |
| Lesser Scaup | LESC | / | / | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | LEYE | / | / | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | LISP | / | / | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | LOSH | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Farmland and other open habitats |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | LOWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Rocky streams in forest areas |
| Long-tailed Duck | LTDU | / | / | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | LTJA | / | / | |
| Marbled Godwit | MAGO | / | / | |
| Mallard | MALL | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | All wetlands and adjacent yards, etc. |
| Magnolia Warbler | MAWA | / | / | |
| Marsh Wren | MAWR | / | / | |
| Merlin | MERL | / | / | |
| Mississippi Kite | MIKI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Tall trees along stream bottomland |
| Mourning Dove | MODO | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Suburbs, woodlots, farmlands |
| Mourning Warbler | MOWA | / | / | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Warbler) | MYWA | / | / | |
| Nashville Warbler | NAWA | / | / | |
| Northern Bobwhite | NOBO | 3 / 15 | 9 / 30 | Open fields, pastures, scrub |
| Northern Cardinal | NOCA | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Suburban or semi-rural areas; forest edge, woodlots, thickets, parks, gardens |
| Northern Harrier | NOHA | / | / | |
| Northern Mockingbird | NOMO | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Suburban or semi-rural habitats with thickets, brushy edges |
| Northern Parula | NOPA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woodlands with Usnea lichen |
| Northern Pintail | NOPI | / | / | |
| Northern Waterthrush | NOWA | / | / | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | NRWS | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Often near water, in cavity, pipe, or excavated burrow |
| Northern Shoveler | NSHO | / | / | |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | NSTS | / | / | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | NSWO | / | / | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | OCWA | / | / | |
| Orchard Oriole | OROR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open patchy forest, copses, often near river, stream, or pond |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | OSFL | / | / | |
| Osprey | OSPR | 4 / 15 | 7 / 31 | Tall trees or towers along river edges |
| Ovenbird | OVEN | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open forests with little or no understory vegetation and ample lleaf litter |
| Painted Bunting | PABU | / | / | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | PAJA | / | / | |
| Palm Warbler | PAWA | / | / | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | PBGR | / | / | |
| Peregrine Falcon | PEFA | / | / | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | PESA | / | / | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | PHVI | / | / | |
| Piping Plover | PIPL | / | / | |
| Pine Siskin | PISI | / | / | |
| Pine Warbler | PIWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Variety of pine forests |
| Pileated Woodpecker | PIWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest, especially bottomlands |
| Prairie Warbler | PRAW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy fields, powerline cuts, edges |
| Prothonotary Warbler | PROW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, nest cavities over water |
| Purple Finch | PUFI | / | / | |
| Purple Martin | PUMA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Farms, large yards, and golf courses in artificial nest boxes |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | RBGR | / | / | |
| Ring-billed Gull | RBGU | / | / | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | RBME | / | / | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | RBNU | / | / | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | RBWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Older-growth forests and wood lots |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | RCKI | / | / | |
| Red Crossbill | RECR | / | / | |
| Redhead | REDH | / | / | |
| Reddish Egret | REEG | / | / | |
| Red Knot | REKN | / | / | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | REVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mixed and deciduous forests |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | RHWO | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open country with scattered trees |
| Rough-legged Hawk | RLHA | / | / | |
| Ring-necked Duck | RNDU | / | / | |
| Red-necked Grebe | RNGR | / | / | |
| Ross's Goose | ROGO | / | / | |
| Rock Pigeon | ROPI | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Buildings, bridges, towers in urban areas, farms |
| Royal Tern | ROYT | / | / | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | RSHA | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wet mixed pine-hardwood forests, swamps |
| Red-tailed Hawk | RTHA | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature woodlands often near edges |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | RTHU | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Open woodland, rural and suburban gardens, edge |
| Red-throated Loon | RTLO | / | / | |
| Rusty Blackbird | RUBL | / | / | |
| Ruddy Duck | RUDU | / | / | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | RUHU | / | / | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | RUTU | / | / | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | RWBL | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wide variety of densely vegetated wet habitats |
| Sandhill Crane | SACR | / | / | |
| Sabine's Gull | SAGU | / | / | |
| Sanderling | SAND | / | / | |
| Savannah Sparrow | SAVS | / | / | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | SBDO | / | / | |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored Junco) | SCJU | / | / | |
| Scarlet Tanager | SCTA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature deciduous forests |
| Short-eared Owl | SEOW | / | / | |
| Semipalmated Plover | SEPL | / | / | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | SESA | / | / | |
| Sedge Wren | SEWR | / | / | |
| Snowy Egret | SNEG | / | / | |
| Snow Goose | SNGO | / | / | |
| Snowy Owl | SNOW | / | / | |
| Sora | SORA | / | / | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | SOSA | / | / | |
| Song Sparrow | SOSP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forest edge, brushy areas, marsh edges, suburbs |
| Spotted Sandpiper | SPSA | / | / | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | SSHA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Conifers in mature woodlands |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | STKI | / | / | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | STSA | / | / | |
| Surf Scoter | SUSC | / | / | |
| Summer Tanager | SUTA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Variety of forests - most often in open pines |
| Swamp Sparrow | SWSP | / | / | |
| Swainson's Thrush | SWTH | / | / | |
| Swainson's Warbler | SWWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Dense shrub thickets, vine tangles, privet hedges in forest wetlands |
| Tennessee Warbler | TEWA | / | / | |
| Tree Swallow | TRES | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open areas near wetlands, in nest boxes |
| Tricolored Heron | TRHE | / | / | |
| Tundra Swan | TUSW | / | / | |
| Tufted Titmouse | TUTI | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Deciduous oak forests, riparian woodlands, and residential areas |
| Turkey Vulture | TUVU | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woods, rocky outcrops, abandoned buildings |
| Upland Sandpiper | UPSA | / | / | |
| Veery | VEER | / | / | |
| Vesper Sparrow | VESP | / | / | |
| Virginia Rail | VIRA | / | / | |
| Warbling Vireo | WAVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open groves of deciduous trees often adjacent to rivers |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | WBNU | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Deciduous forest |
| White-crowned Sparrow | WCSP | / | / | |
| Western Grebe | WEGR | / | / | |
| Western Sandpiper | WESA | / | / | |
| Western Tanager | WETA | / | / | |
| White-eyed Vireo | WEVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Moist area thickets, tangles of vines, or briers |
| Worm-eating Warbler | WEWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy undergrowth of rocky wooded hillsides and ravines |
| White Ibis | WHIB | / | / | |
| Whimbrel | WHIM | / | / | |
| Willow Flycatcher | WIFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Willow shrub swamps |
| Willet | WILL | / | / | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | WIPH | / | / | |
| Wilson's Snipe | WISN | / | / | |
| Wild Turkey | WITU | 3 / 15 | 9 / 30 | Mature deciduous woods, edge |
| Wilson's Warbler | WIWA | / | / | |
| Winter Wren | WIWR | / | / | |
| Wood Duck | WODU | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, marshes, streams, rivers |
| Wood Stork | WOST | / | / | |
| Wood Thrush | WOTH | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest |
| Whip-poor-will | WPWI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Secondary forest, copses, scrub pine-oak, edge |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | WRSA | / | / | |
| White-throated Sparrow | WTSP | / | / | |
| White-winged Dove | WWDO | / | / | |
| White-winged Scoter | WWSC | / | / | |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | YBCH | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Thickets in fields, pastures, utility corridors |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | YBCU | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forested habitats, edge |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | YBFL | / | / | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | YBSA | / | / | |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | YCNH | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Pine trees in older neighborhoods with adjacent streams |
| Yellow Rail | YERA | / | / | |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted Flicker) | YSFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forest, park lands |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | YTVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open deciduous and mixed forest and riparian woodlands |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | YTWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Pine woods, or swamps and bottomlands -esp. in conifers |
| Yellow Warbler | YWAR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Marsh margins, wet brushy areas, farmlands |
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* Alpha Codes are also known as 'banding codes' (not AOU codes, which are numeric) ** Safe dates represent a window when a singing male is assumed not to be in migration, and therefore on territory. Some atlases do not use safe dates, because they prefer (given present knowledge) not to assume migration or territorial status of all individuals. Safe dates generally apply to the Possible breeding category only when used. |
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