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