North Carolina Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours 

1992 thru 2007


(during land-birding tours 
 & offshore pelagic trips)

(during the months of May, June, 
 July, August, September)

List compiled by Armas Hill 

                                 
The numbers following the bird names indicate the number of years during which the bird was found with FONT North Carolina landbirding (with a maximum of 11 years of records). 
Birds only during FONT pelagic trips off North Carolina are without such numbers.

231 species of birds have cumulatively been found during FONT tours in North Carolina. A notable subspecies brings the following list to 232.    


late-spring:   in May–June 
summer:       in July-August–September 


Codes:

(p):    seen only during FONT offshore pelagic trips, 1992-2000
(+p):  seen during offshore pelagic trips & on (or from) land
(t):     globally-threatened species, as designated by Birdlife International
              (t1): critical     (t2): endangered       (t3): vulnerable
(nt):   a near-threatened species globally

(USe):  endemic to the United States 
(NAr):   rare in North America
(NCr):   rare in North Carolina
(VAo):  seen only during tour in nearby Virginia 
(*):       notable sightings  (with some notes following list)

(i):  an introduced species


These North Carolina Lists follow the Bird-List: 

Mammals (Land & Sea) 

Butterflies, Dragonflies, & Damselflies

Amphibians & Reptiles 

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Upcoming North Carolina Tour Itineraries

An Essay about Carolina Birds

A Bridled Tern off the North Carolina Coast
(photograph by Alan Brady)

Painted Buntings are seen during our land-birding tour
in the spring along the North Carolina coast.
(photograph by Clair de Beauvior) 

Bird-List:

1. Common Loon (+p) ______ 7 late-spring
   Gavia immer  (monotypic)
   
   
2. Red-throated Loon ______ 1 late-spring
   Gavia stellata  (monotypic)
   
   
3. Pied-billed Grebe ______ 2 summer
   Podilymbus p. podiceps
   
   
4. Cory's Shearwater (p) ______
   Calonectris (diomedea) borealis 
   (What has been Cory's Shearwater is now considered by some to be 3 species: those that breed in the Mediterranean as: Scopoli's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea; those that breed in the Azores, Madeira, & Canary Islands as: Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris borealis; and those that breed in the Cape Verde Is. as: Cape Verde Shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii)    
   
   
5. Greater Shearwater (p) ______  (in Eurasia called Great Shearwater)
   Puffinus gravis  (monotypic)
   
   
6. Sooty Shearwater (+p) (*) ______
   Puffinus griseus  (monotypic)
   
   
7. Audubon's Shearwater (p) ______
   Puffinus l. lherminieri
   
   
8. Manx Shearwater (p) ______ summer
   Puffinus puffinus  (now monotypic)
   (Formerly included what's now the Yelkouan & Balearic Shearwaters of the Mediterranean. Those birds do not occur in the western Atlantic.) 
   
   
9. Black-capped Petrel (t2) (p) ______
   Pterodroma h. hasitata  (the other subspecies, a dark form which bred (or possibly breeds) on Jamaica, may now be extinct)
   
   
10. Trindade Petrel (or Herald Petrel) (t3) (p) (NAr) (*) ______  (was called Herald Petrel)  
    Pterodroma arminjoniana  (this species in the Atlantic is now said to be distinct from the closely-related Pterodroma heraldica, the Herald Petrel, of the Pacific Ocean) (Note: the correct spelling for the island, off the Brazilian coast, where the bird breeds is "Trindade".)    
    
      
11. Fea's Petrel (nt) (p) (NAr) (*) ______ 
    Pterodroma feae
    (The subspecies that breeds on the Cape Verde Islands is Pterodroma f. feae. Subspecies that breeds on a small island off Madeira and possibly on the Azores is Pterodroma f. deserta. These may be determined to be 2 species. 
    A further assessment of the population could change the status from near-threatened (nt) to threatened (vulnerable) (t3). Was formerly considered part of Soft-plumaged Petrel, Pterodroma mollis.)     
    
    
12. Bulwer's Petrel (p) (NAr) (*) ______
    Bulweria bulwerii  (monotypic)
    
    
13. Leach's Storm-Petrel (p) ______
    Oceanodroma l. leucorhoa
    
    
14. Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (has also been called Harcourt's, or Madeiran, Storm-Petrel) (p) (*) ______
    Oceanodroma castro  (monotypic)
    
    
15. Wilson's Storm Petrel (+p) * ______
    Oceanites oceanicus
    (2 subspecies in the North Atlantic: O. o. oceanicus & O. o. exasperatus) 
    
    
16. White-faced Storm Petrel (p) (NAr) (*)  ______ summer 
    Pelagodroma marina  
    (2 subspecies in the North Atlantic: P. m. hypoleuca (breeds Madeira & Canary Is.) & P. m. eadesi (breeds Cape Verde Is.)  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
17. White-tailed Tropicbird (p) (*) ______
    Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
    
    
18. Red-billed Tropicbird (p) (*) ______
    Phaethon aethereus mesonauta
    
    
19. Brown Pelican ______ 11 late-spring
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
    
    
20. Brown Booby (+p) (*) ______ summer
    Sula l. leucogaster
    
    
21. Masked Booby (p) ______ late-spring
    Sula d. dactylatra 
    
    
22. Northern Gannet (+p) ______ 5 late-spring
    Morus (formerly Sula) bassanus  (monotypic)
    
    
23. Double-crested Cormorant ______ 11 late-spring
    Phalacrocorax a. auritus (another subspecies in the southeast US: P. a. floridanus) 
    
    
24. Magnificent Frigatebird (p) (NCr) (*) ______ late-spring
    Fregata magnificens (monotypic)
    
    
25. Great Blue Heron ______ 10 late-spring
    Ardea h. herodias 
    
    
26. "Great White Heron"  (NCr) ______ 1 summer
    Ardea herodias occidentalis  (a white morph of the Great Blue Heron) (This form is found mostly in salt water habitats. Never common, persecution and natural disasters reduced it to about 150 birds in 1935. North of Miami, Florida, only an isolated wanderer.)    
     
    
27. Great Egret ______ 11 late-spring
    Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta
    
    
28. Snowy Egret ______ 11 late-spring
    Egretta (formerly Leucophoyx) t. thula
    
    
29. Little Egret (NAr) (VAo) ______ 1 late-spring
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    
30. Little Blue Heron ______ 11 late-spring
    Egretta (formerly Florida) caerulea  (now monotypic)
    
    
31. Tricolored (has been called Louisiana) Heron ______ 9 late-spring
    Egretta (formerly Hydranassa) tricolor ruficollis
    
    
32. Reddish Egret (NCr) (*) ______ 1 summer
    Egretta (formerly Dichromanassa) r. rufescens
    
    
33. Cattle Egret ______ 10 late-spring
    Bubulcus i. ibis
    
    
34. Green Heron ______ 11 late-spring  (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
    Butorides v. virescens
    
    
35. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ 10
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
36. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ 4
    Nyctanassa v. violacea
    
    
37. American White Ibis ______ 11 late-spring
    Eudocimus albus (monotypic)
    
    
38. Glossy Ibis ______ 6
    Plegadis falcinellus (although many places world-wide, considered monotypic)
    
    
39. Mute Swan (i) ______ 1 late-spring 
    Cygnus olor
    
    
40. Tundra Swan (North American subspecies has been called Whistling Swan)  ______ 1 late-spring
    Cygnus c. columbianus
    
    
41. Canada Goose ______ 11 late-spring
    Branta c. canadensis 
    
    
42. Snow Goose ______ 1 late-spring
    Chen (has also been Anser) caerulescens atlanticus ("Greater Snow Goose")
    
    
43. Mallard ______ 8 late-spring
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    
44. American Black Duck ______ 9 late-spring
    Anas rubripes  (monotypic)
    
    
45. Gadwall (*) ______ 8 late-spring
    Anas s. strepera
    
     
46. Blue-winged Teal ______ 4
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
47. Northern Pintail ______ 1 summer
    Anas acuta (monotypic)
    
    
48. Northern Shoveler ______ 1 summer
    Anas clypeata  (monotypic)
    
    
49. American Wigeon ______ 1 summer
    Anas americana  (monotypic)
    
    
50. Wood Duck ______ 7 late-spring
    Aix sponsa  (monotypic)
    
    
51. American Scoter ______ 1 late-spring
    Melanitta americana  (was considered conspecific with the Black Scoter of Europe, Melanitta nigra) 
    
    
52. Common Eider (NCr, in the summer) (*) ______ 1 summer
    Somateria mollissima dresseri
    
    
53. Common Merganser ______ 1 late-spring
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
54. Turkey Vulture ______ 11 late-spring
    Cathartes aura septentrionalis
    
    
55. Black Vulture ______ 7 late-spring
    Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
    
    
56. Mississippi Kite ______ 7 late-spring
    Ictinia mississippiensis  (monotypic)
    
    
57. Osprey ______ 10
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    
    Osprey
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
    
58. Red-shouldered Hawk ______ 2
    Buteo l. lineatus
    
    
59. Red-tailed Hawk ______ 10
    Buteo jamaicensis borealis
    
    
60. Northern Harrier ______ 4 late-spring, summer  (conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia, Circus cyaneus)
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius
    
     
61. American Kestrel ______ 3
    Falco s. sparverius
    
    
62. Merlin ______ 2
    Falco c. columbarius
    
    
63. Peregrine Falcon ______ 2
    Falco peregrinus
    
    
64. Northern Bobwhite ______ 11
    Colinus v. virginianus
    
    
65. Common (or Ring-necked) Pheasant (i) ______ 1 late-spring
    Phasianus colchicus
    
    
66. Wild Turkey ______ 3 late-spring
    Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
    
    
67. Clapper Rail ______ 10
    Rallus longirostris
    (2 subspecies in North Carolina: R. l. crepitans in northeast North Caroliona  & R. l. waynei in southeast North Carolina) 
    
    
68. Virginia Rail ______ 7 late-spring
    Rallus l. limicola 
    
    
69. Black Rail (nt) ______ 5 late-spring
    Laterallus j. jamaicensis 
    
    
70. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule) ______ 2
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
    
    
71. American Coot ______ 2
    Fulica a. americana 
    
    
72. American Oystercatcher ______ 10 late-spring, summer
    Haematopus p. palliatus
    
    
73. Black-necked Stilt ______ 7  (was considered by some to be part of the cosmopolitan Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus) 
    Himantopus mexicanus  
    
    
74. American Avocet ______ 3
    Recurvirostra americana  (monotypic)
    
    
75. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______ 7 late-spring, summer
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
76. American Golden Plover (*) ______ 1 summer
    Pluvialis dominica  (monotypic)
    
    
77. Semipalmated Plover ______ 7 late-spring, summer
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
78. Piping Plover (t3) ______ 4  (in PG)
    Charadrius melodus  (monotypic)
    
    
79. Wilson's Plover ______ 7 late-spring
    Charadrius w. wilsonia 
    
    
80. Killdeer ______ 11 late-spring, summer
    Charadrius v. vociferus
    
    
81. Upland Sandpiper ______ 2 summer
    Bartramia longicauda  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  
    
    
82. "American" Whimbrel ______ 3
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
    
    
83. Long-billed Curlew (NCr) (*) ______ 1 summer
    Numenius americanus 
    (2 subspecies in western North America: N. a. parvus & n. a. americanus. Those that wander east ?) 
    
    
84. Marbled Godwit ______ 4 summer
    Limosa f. fedoa
    
    
85. Greater Yellowlegs ______ 6
    Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
    
    
86. Lesser Yellowlegs (+p) ______ 6
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
    
    
87. Solitary Sandpiper ______ 1 late-spring
    Tringa s. solitaria
    
    
88. Spotted Sandpiper ______ 4
    Actitis macularius  (monotypic)
    
    
89. Willet ______ 11 late-spring, summer
    Catoptrophorus s. semipalmatus
    
    
    
    
    Willet 
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
90. Ruddy Turnstone (+p) ______ 8 late-spring, summer
    Arenaria interpres morinella
    
    
91. Red Knot ______ 7 late-spring, summer
    Calidris canutus rufa 
    
    
92. Sanderling (+p) ______ 8
    Calidris alba rubida
    
    
93. Semipalmated Sandpiper (+p) ______ 9 late-spring, summer
    Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)
    
    
94. Western Sandpiper ______ 2
    Calidris mauri  (monotypic)
    
    
95. Least Sandpiper ______ 6 late-spring, summer
    Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
    
    
96. White-rumped Sandpiper ______ 4
    Calidris fuscicollis  (monotypic)
    
    
97. Pectoral Sandpiper ______ 2 summer
    Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
    
    
98. Dunlin ______ 1 late-spring
    Calidris alpina hudsonia
    
    
99. Curlew Sandpiper (NCr) ______ 3 summer
    Calidris ferruginea  (monotypic)
    
    
100. Stilt Sandpiper ______ 3 summer
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus
     
     
101. Ruff / Reeve (*) ______ 1 summer
     Philomachus pugnax  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
102. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (nt) ______ 1 summer
     Tryngites subruficollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
103. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ 7
     Limnodromus griseus hendersoni
     
     
104. Long-billed Dowitcher ______ 3 summer
     Limnodromus scolopaceus  (monotypic)
     
     
105. Wilson's Phalarope ______ 3 summer
     Phalaropus (formerly Steganopus) tricolor  (monotypic)
     
     
106. Red-necked Phalarope (+p) ______ 8
     Phalaropus lobatus  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Pomarine Skua (p) ______  (has been called Pomarine Jaeger) 
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
108. Parasitic Jaeger (+p) ______ 4  (in Eurasia has been called Arctic Skua)
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
109. Long-tailed Jaeger (p) ______  (in Eurasia has been called Long-tailed Skua)
     Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens
     
     
110. South Polar Skua (p) ______
     Stercorarius (formerly Catharacta) maccormicki  (monotypic)
     
     
111. Laughing Gull (+p) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Larus atricilla megalopterus
     
     
112. Bonaparte's Gull (*) ______ 1
     Larus philadelphia  (monotypic)
     
     
113. Ring-billed Gull ______ 9 late-spring, summer
     Larus delawarensis  (monotypic)
     
     
114. "American" Herring Gull (+p) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Larus argentatus smithsonianus  (considered conspecific with the Herring Gulls of Europe, L. a. argenteus & L. a. argentatus, but not conspecific with the Vega (formerly Herring) Gull of eastern Asia, L. vegae)    
     
     
115. Great Black-backed Gull ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Larus marinus  (monotypic)
     
     
116. Gull-billed Tern ______ 9 late-spring, summer
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
     
     
117. Caspian Tern ______ 8 late-spring, summer
     Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia
     
     
118. Royal Tern (+p) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
     
     
119. Sandwich Tern (+p) ______ 10 late-spring, summer
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
     
     
120. Common Tern (+p) ______ 10 late-spring, summer
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
121. Arctic Tern (+p) (*) ______ 4 late-spring
     Sterna paradisaea  (monotypic)
     
     
122. Forster's Tern ______ 9 late-spring, summer
     Sterna forsteri  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Forster's Tern
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
123. Least Tern ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) a. antillarum
     
     
124. Bridled Tern (p) ______
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) anaethetus melanoptera
     
     
125. Sooty Tern (+p) ______ 7
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) f. fuscata
     
     
126. Black Tern (+p) ______ 7
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis
     
     
127. Black Skimmer ______ 10
     Rynchops n. niger
     
     
128. Atlantic Puffin (p) (*) ______ 1 summer
     Fratercula a. arctica
     
     
129. Feral Pigeon (i) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Columba livia
     
     
130. Mourning Dove ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Zenaida macroura carolinensis
     
     
131. Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*) ______ 1 summer
     Streptopelia d. decaocto
     
     
132. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Coccyzus americanus  (monotypic)
     
     
133. Barn Owl ______ 1 summer
     Tyto alba pratincola
     
     
134. Eastern Screech Owl ______ 4
     Megascops (formerly Otus) a. asio  
     
     
135. Great Horned Owl ______ 7
     Bubo v. virginianus 
     
     
136. Barred Owl ______ 6 late-spring, summer  (in PG)
     Strix varia georgica
     
     
137. Chuck-Will's-Widow ______ 11 late-spring  
     Caprimulgus carolinensis  (monotypic)
     
     
138. Whip-poor-will ______ 3 late-spring
     Caprimulgus v. vociferus
     
     
139. Common Nighthawk ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Chordeiles m. minor 
     
     
140. Antillean Nighthawk (NCr) (*) ______ 1 summer
     Chordeiles gundlachii vicinus
     
     
141. Chimney Swift ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Chaetura pelagica  (monotypic)
     
     
142. Ruby-throated Hummingbird ______ 9 late-spring, summer
     Archilochus colubris  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
        
     
143. Belted Kingfisher ______ 6
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Belted Kingfisher
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
144. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Colaptes auratus luteus
     
     
145. Red-bellied Woodpecker ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Melanerpes carolinus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Red-bellied Woodpecker
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
146. Red-headed Woodpecker ______ 10 late-spring
     Melanerpes erythrocephalus  (monotypic)
     
     
147. Downy Woodpecker ______ 8 late-spring, summer
     Picoides p. pubescens 
     
     
148. Hairy Woodpecker ______ 7
     Picoides v. audubonii
     
     
149. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (t3)  (USe) ______ 11 late-spring
     Picoides borealis  (monotypic)
     
     
150. Pileated Woodpecker ______ 9 late-spring, summer  (in PG)
     Dryocopus p. pileatus
     
     
     
     
     Pileated Woodpecker
     
     
151. Eastern Kingbird ______ 10 late-spring, summer
     Tyrannus tyrannus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Eastern Kingbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
152. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)
     
     
153. Acadian Flycatcher ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Empidonax virescens  (monotypic)
     
     
154. Eastern Wood-Pewee ______ 10
     Contopus virens  (monotypic)
     
     
155. Eastern Phoebe ______ 4 late-spring
     Sayornis phoebe  (monotypic)
     
     
156. White-eyed Vireo ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Vireo g. griseus
     
     
157. Blue-headed (formerly Solitary) Vireo ______ 1 late-spring
     Vireo s. solitarius
     
     
158. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ 4 late-spring
     Vireo flavifrons  (monotypic)
     
     
159. Red-eyed Vireo ______ 10 late-spring, summer
     Vireo o. olivaceus
     
     
160. Blue Jay ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Cyanocitta c. cristata
     
     
161. American Crow ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Corvus b. brachyrhynchos
     
     
162. Fish Crow  (USe) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Corvus ossifragus  (monotypic)
     
     
163. Carolina Chickadee  (USe) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Poecile (formerly Parus) c. carolinensis
     
     
     
     
     Carolina Chickadee
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
164. Tufted Titmouse ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) bicolor 
     
     
165. White-breasted Nuthatch ______ 5 late-spring
     Sitta c. carolinensis
     
     
     
     
     White-breasted Nuthatch
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
166. Brown-headed Nuthatch ______ 11 late-spring, summer 
     Sitta p. pusilla  (this subspecies endemic to the southeast US; the other is in the Bahamas)
     
     
167. Purple Martin ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Progne s. subis
     
     
168. Barn Swallow (+p) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
169. Tree Swallow (+p) ______ 5
     Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
170. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ 5
     Stelgidopterys s. serripennis
     
     
171. Carolina Wren ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Thryothorus l. ludovicianus
     
     
     
     
     Carolina Wren
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
172. House Wren ______ 4
     Troglodytes a. aedon
     
     
173. Marsh Wren ______ 6
     Cistothorus palustris waynei
     
     
174. Gray Catbird ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Dumetella carolinensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Gray Catbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
175. Northern Mockingbird ______ 11 late-spring, summer 
     Mimus p. polyglottos
     
     
176. Brown Thrasher ______ 10 late-spring, summer
     Toxostoma r. rufum
     
     
177. American Robin ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Turdus m. migratorius
     
     
178. Wood Thrush ______ 7 late-spring
     Hylocichla mustelina  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
179. Eastern Bluebird ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Sialia s. sialis
     
     
     
     
     Eastern Bluebird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
180. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ______ 10 late-spring
     Polioptila c. caerulea 
     
     
181. Cedar Waxwing ______ 7
     Bombycilla cedrorum  (monotypic)
     
     
182. European Starling (i) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Sturnus v. vulgaris 
     
     
183. Black-and-white Warbler ______ 3
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
     
     
184. Blue-winged Warbler ______ 1 late-spring
     Vermivora pinus  (monotypic)
     
     
185. Northern Parula ______ 8
     Parula americana  (monotypic)
     
     
186. Yellow Warbler ______ 6
     Dendroica aestiva (has been Dendroica petechia, with that name now given to the Mangrove Warbler of Central America, a part of the Caribbean, and the Galapagos)
     
     
187. Magnolia Warbler (+p) ______ 3
     Dendroica magnolia  (monotypic)
     
     
188. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ 1 summer
     Dendroica caerulescens 
     (2 subspecies in North Carolina: D. c. caerulescens & D. c. cairnsi)
     
     
189. Black-throated Green Warbler (+p) ______ 5 late-spring  (in PG)  (including "Wayne's Warbler", a breeder in cypress habitat in eastern North Carolina; the "northern" Black-throated Green Warbler, which migrates thru NC, breeds further north in spruce-hemlock habitat.)
     Dendroica virens  (now considered monotypic, although "Wayne's Warbler" has been D. v. waynei)  
     
     
190. Bay-breasted Warbler (+p) ______ 1 late-spring
     Dendroica castanea  (monotypic)
     
     
191. Blackburnian Warbler ______ 1 late-spring  (in PG)
     Dendroica fusca  (monotypic)
     
     
192. Yellow-throated Warbler ______ 9  (in PG)
     Dendroica dominica   (3 subspecies in the eastern US)
     
     
193. Blackpoll Warbler ______ 1 late-spring  (in PG)
     Dendroica striata  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Blackpoll Warbler
     
     
194. Pine Warbler ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Dendroica p. pinus
     
     
     
     
     Pine Warbler
     (photo by Andy Smith)
     
     
195. Prairie Warbler ______ 10  ("Scrub Warbler" might be a better name! But Alexander Wilson did not name the bird after the western prairies or grassy plains, but rather after "the barrens of southwestern Kentucky" where he found the bird, an area known to local residents as "prairie country")
     Dendroica discolor  (2 subspecies in the southeast US: D. d. discolor & D. d. paludicola)  
     
     
196. Prothonotary Warbler ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
     
     
197. Swainson's Warbler ______ 7 late-spring
     Limnothlypis swainsonii  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
     
     
198. Worm-eating Warbler ______ 8 late-spring, summer
     Helmitheros vermivorum  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
     
     
199. Ovenbird ______ 8 late-spring, summer
     Seiurus a. aurocapilla
     
     
200. Northern Waterthrush (+p) ______ 3
     Seiurus noveboracensis  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
201. Louisiana Waterthrush ______ 4 late-spring
     Seiurus motacilla  (monotypic)
     
     
202. Kentucky Warbler ______ 5 late-spring
     Oporornis formosus  (monotypic)
     
     
203. Mourning Warbler ______ 1 late-spring  (in PG)
     Oporornis philadelphia  (monotypic)
     
     
204. Common Yellowthroat ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Geothlypis t. trichas   (another subspecies occurs in the southeast US, G. trichas ignota)
     
     
205. Hooded Warbler ______ 8 late-spring
     Wilsonia citrina  (monotypic)
     
     
206. Canada Warbler ______ 1 late-spring
     Wilsonia canadensis  (monotypic)
     
     
207. American Redstart ______ 6  (in PG)
     Setophaga ruticilla  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus) 
     
     
208. Yellow-breasted Chat ______ 6 late-spring  (in PG)
     Icteria v. virens  (the single member of its genus)
      
     
209. House Sparrow (i) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Passer d. domesticus
     
      
210. Eastern Meadowlark ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Sturnella magna argutula
     
     
211. Red-winged Blackbird ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Agelaius p. phoeniceus
     
     
     
     
     Red-winged Blackbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
     
212. Orchard Oriole ______ 9 late-spring
     Icterus s. spurius
     
     
     
     
     Orchard Oriole
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
213. Baltimore Oriole ______ 1 late-spring  (was for a while considered conspecific with the Bullock's Oriole of western North America and when so called the Northern Oriole)  
     Icterus galbula  (monotypic)
     
     
214. Boat-tailed Grackle  (USe) ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Quiscalus major torreyi
     
     
215. Common Grackle ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Quiscalus quiscula
     
     
216. Brown-headed Cowbird ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Molothrus a. ater
     
     
217. Summer Tanager ______ 9 late-spring
     Piranga r. rubra
     
     
218. Northern Cardinal ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Cardinalis c. cardinalis
     
     
219. Blue Grosbeak ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Passerina c. caerulea
     
     
220. Indigo Bunting ______ 11 late-spring, summer
     Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
     
     
221. Painted Bunting ______ 10 late-spring  (in PG)
     Passerina c. ciris
     
     
222. House Finch (i) ______ 9 late-spring, summer
     Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis
     
     
223. American Goldfinch ______ 7 late-spring, summer
     Carduelis t. tristis
     
     
224. Eastern (formerly Rufous-sided) Towhee ______ 10 late-spring, summer
     Pipilo erythrophthalmus rileyi
     
     
225. Bachman's Sparrow  (USe) ______ 11 late-spring  (the "Pine-Woods Sparrow")
     Aimophila aestivalis bachmani
     
     
226. Henslow's Sparrow (nt) ______ 5 late-spring
     Ammodramus h. henslowii
     
     
227. Grasshopper Sparrow ______ 5 late-spring
     Ammodramus savannarum pratensis
     
     
228. Seaside Sparrow ______ 5
     Ammodramus maritimus macgillivrayi
     
     
229. Salt Marsh Sparrow (nt) ______ 1 late-spring  (was conspecific with what's now the Nelson's Sparrow; when so, was called the Sharp-tailed Sparrow) 
     Ammodramus caudacutus diversus
     
     
230. Chipping Sparrow ______ 9 late-spring
     Spizella p. passerina
     
     
231. Field Sparrow ______ 9
     Spizella p. pusilla
     
     
232. Song Sparrow ______ 8
     Melospiza melodia atlantica
     
     
     

Notes regarding some special bird sightings during FONT North Carolina Tours,

indicated in the previous lists with an  (*)

Trinidade (or Herald) Petrels have been seen during FONT NC pelagic trips 1992-99, seven years out of eight. 2 years in June, 6 years in August.

The first "soft-plumaged-type", or Fea's Petrel, during a FONT pelagic trip, in June '95, was photographed well by Mike Danzenbaker & Alan Brady. There were subsequent sightings during FONT trips in 1996, 1998, and 1999.

A Bulwer's Petrel on August 8, 1998 was the first seen and photographed off eastern North America.

Sooty Shearwaters are uncommon off North Carolina during mid and late summer. The species was seen from shore in August 1994.

As many as 160 Band-rumped Storm-Petrels were seen during one pelagic trip in August '97. There was another good day for Band-rumped Storm-Petrels in August '98 when about 120 were seen.

White-faced Storm-Petrels were seen during FONT NC pelagic trips in 1996 & 1999. In '96 in August, in '99 (twice) in July and August.

During June '96, a couple birds of the sea were seen on a beach: a Wilson's Storm-Petrel seen closely, resting, before it flew back out to sea. An Arctic Tern was seen on the same beach at the same time.

White-tailed Tropicbirds were seen during 4 of 5 pelagic trips in August '97. During one trip 3 were seen.

An immature Red-billed Tropicbird was close to the boat, on the water, in May '98.

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle in August '94 was seen at the same time and place offshore as a Brown Booby (off Nags Head). Another Brown Booby was seen that month from Ocracoke Island.

Magnificent Frigatebirds, seen at sea in '93 & '95, are unusual over North Carolina waters.

A "Great White Heron" was present in August 1994 at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.

A Reddish Egret was at a pond by Bodie Island lighthouse in August 1994.

Gadwalls were seen with young in August 1994.

A Common Eider was in the surf at Cape Point (Cape Hatteras) in August 1993.

Most of the unusual shorebirds were seen at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge along the Outer Banks, including:

in Aug '93: American Golden-Plover & Long-billed Curlew

in Aug '94: Ruff

in Aug '93, '94, '95: Curlew Sandpiper.

A single Bonaparte's Gull was seen on Ocracoke Island in August 1994.

An Atlantic Puffin, seen on and in flight over 82-degree F. water on August 14, 1993, represented the southernmost record ever for the species (and possibly a first record for North Carolina).

An Antillean Nighthawk was with Common Nighthawks at the dunes of Cape Point (Cape Hatteras) in August 1994.

A Eurasian Collared-Dove was seen near Cape Hatteras, in August '94, in Buxton. That species (native to the Old World) has been spreading north from Florida, having arrived there from the nearby Bahamas (where apparently introduced from Europe).

A Sooty Tern was seen in August 1994 flying over Buxton. A pair nested that year in the nearby Cape Point tern colony. All-dark juvenile Sooty Terns were seen during an August '93 FONT pelagic trip.

Some landbirds seen offshore during FONT pelagic trips in August have included:

Lesser Yellowlegs ('94), Barn Swallow ('93 & '95), Tree Swallow ('94), Northern Waterthrush ('93).

Landbirds seen offshore in May '98 included: Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, and 3 species of warblers: Magnolia, Bay-breasted, and Black-throated Green.

6 False Killer Whales were seen at sea during a June 1996 pelagic trip.

Sperm Whales were seen in May & August 1998 with calves. At times close to the boat.

During 3 August '98 FONT NC pelagic trips, 9 Cuvier's Beaked Whales were seen.

In May of '99, 3 species of beaked whales were seen: Cuvier's, Blainville's, and True's.

Clymene (or Short-snouted Spinner) Dolphins, during the August 10, '98 pelagic trip, were the first for North Carolina waters.

Black Bears were seen during nearly all land-birding excursions west of Manteo in August '97, '98, & '99. With usually more than one bear per outing. They were seen on dirt roads and "surfing" in nearby fields of soy beans.

Also in that area, 7 Red Wolves were seen by one FONT group, early one morning, in August '98.

Mammals and some Other Nature
during FONT Birding & Nature Tours
in North Carolina  

1992 thru 2005

(during the months of May, June, July, August, September)

List compiled by Armas Hill 


The numbers with the list reflect the number of years found (out of 8 - the number of years that mammal & other wildlife records have been kept).

(*): notable sights (in the notes that precede this list)
 

Lists below of Marine Mammals & Land Mammals

Followed by a list of other Oceanic Life, and a note pertaining to nature in the Sky.
  

Marine Mammals:

1. Sperm Whale (p) (*) ______ 4 
   Physeter catodon
   
   
2. Northern Minke Whale (p) ______ 1  
   Balaenoptera acutorostrata
   
   
3. Cuvier's Beaked Whale (p) (*) ______ 8
   Ziphius cavirostris
   
   
4. Blainville's Beaked Whale (p) ______ 1 
   Mesoplodon densirostris
   
   
5. True's Beaked Whale (p) ______ 2  
   Mesoplodon mirus mesoplodon sp.(p)
   
   
6. False Killer Whale (p) (*) ______ 1
   Pseudorca crassidens
   
   
7. Gray Grampus (or Risso's Dolphin) (p) ______ 3  
   Grampus griseus
   
   
8. Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (+p) ______ 8 
   Tursiops truncatus
   
   
9. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (p) ______ 4  
   Stenella frontalis
   
   
10. Short-finned Pilot Whale (p) ______ 8 
    Globicephala macrorhynchus
    
    
11. Clymene (or Short-snouted Spinner) Dolphin (p) (*) ______ 1
    Stenella clymene
    
    

 Land Mammals:

1. Nutria (i) ______ 5
   Myocastor coypus
   
   
2. Hispid Cotton Rat ______ 1
   Sigmodon hispidus
   
   
3. Northern River Otter ______ 3
   Lontra canadensis
   
   
4. American Mink ______ 1
   Mustela vison
   
   
5. Northern Raccoon ______ 1
   Procyon lotor
   
   
6. Eastern Cottontail ______ 7
   Sylvilagus floridannus
   
   
7. Marsh Rabbit ______ 8
   Sylvilagus palistris
   
   
8. Eastern Gray Squirrel ______ 3
   Sciurus carolinensis
   
   
9. Eastern Fox Squirrel ______ 1
   Sciurus niger
   
   
10. White-tailed Deer ______ 5
    Odocoileus virginianus
    
    
11. Black Bear (*) ______ 4
    Urus americannus
    
    
12. Bobcat ______ 2
    Lynx rufus
    
    
13. Red Wolf (i) (*) ______ 3
    Canis rufus (some contend this to be a "historical hybrid" between the Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, and the Coyote, Canis latrans) (The "Red Wolf" was introduced into eastern North Carolina from the Southwest US.)
    
       
14. Little Brown Bat/Myotis ______ 1
    Myotis lucifugus
    
    
15. Seminole Bat ______ 2
    Lasiurus seminolus
    
    
16. Eastern Pipistrelle ______ 2
    Pipistrellus subflavus
    

Other Land Mammals that can be seen in eastern North Carolina:

1. Least Shrew ______
   Cryptotis parva
   
   
2. Star-nosed Mole ______ 
   Condylura cristata
   
   
3. Virginia Opossum ______ 
   Didelphis virginiana
   
   
4. Southern Flying Squirrel ______ 
   Glaucomys volans
   
   
5. American Beaver ______ 
   Castor canadensis
   
   
6. Muskrat ______ 
   Ondatra zibethicus
   
   
7. White-footed Deermouse ______ 
   Peromyscus leucopus
   
   
8. Golden Mouse ______ 
   Ochrotomys nuttalli
   
   
9. Red Fox ______ 
   Vulpes vulpes
   
   
10. Gray Fox ______ 
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    
    
11. Coyote ______ 
    Canis latrans
    
    
12. Red Bat ______ 
    Lasiurus borealis 
    
    

Reference for this mammal list is the new book: "Mammals of North America" by Roland W. Kays & Don E. Wilson, published by Princeton Univ Press, 2002. 
   

Other Nature:

 • in the sea:

1. Longbill Spearfish (p) ______
   
   
2. Portuguese Man-o'-war (p) ______
   
   
3. Oceanic Sunfish (p) ______
   
   
4. Blue Marlin (p) ______
   
   
5. sea turtle sp. (p) ______
   
   
6. Leatherback Sea Turtle ______
   
   
7. Loggerhead Sea Turtle ______
   
   
8. creatures in sargassum (p) ______
   
   

 
• in the sky:

the Perseid Meteor Shower ______
(In the clear sky above an inland area with no "city lights". The display of meteors about midnight in August can be superb.)

A Selected List of Butterflies,
Dragonflies & Damselflies
in North Carolina

(including those during our May-June tours)

A list compiled by Armas Hill
(with input by the staff from the
Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center
in Four Oaks, North Carolina)

Numbers noted as (P:xx) refer to plates in the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies, by Paul Opler & Vichai Malikul

Numbers noted as (K:xx) refer to pages in the Kaufman Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America, by Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufman

Codes:

(i/E): introduced from Europe
(r): rare

Butterflies:

1. (Eastern) Tiger Swallowtail ______ (P:16) (K:21)
   Papilo glaucus
   
   
2. Zebra Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:25) 
   Eurytides marcellus
   
   
3. Spicetail Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:27)
   Papilo troilus
   
   
4. Pipevine Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:27) 
   Battus philenor
   
   
5. Black Swallowtail ______ (P:14) (K:29)  
   Papilo polyxenes
   
   
6. Palamedes Swallowtail ______ (P:16) (K:37)  
   Papilo palamedes
   
   
7. Cabbage White (or Cabbage Butterfly) (i/E) ______ (P:16) (K:47)
   Pieris rapae
   
   
8. Falcate Orangetip ______ (P:70) (K:57)
   Anthocharis midea
   
   
9. Orange Sulphur ______ (K:61)
   Colias eurytheme
   
   
10. Sleepy Orange (Sulphur) ______ (K:69)
    Eurema nicippe
    
    
11. Cloudless Sulphur ______ (P:19) (K:75)  
    Phoebis sennae
    
    
12. Gray Hairstreak ______ (P:3,8,24) (K:93)
    Strymon melinus
    
    
13. Red-banded Hairstreak ______ (P:22) (K:103)
    Calycopis cecrops
    
    
14. Henry's Elfin ______ (K:105)
    Callophrys henrici
    
    
15. Eastern Pine Elfin ______ (K:107)
    Callophrys niphon
    
    
16. Eastern Tailed-Blue ______ (P:8,25) (K:125)
    Everes comyntas
    
    
17. Spring Azure ______ (K:131)
    Celastrina ladon
    
    
18. "Summer" (has been part of Spring) Azure ______ (K:131)
    Celastrina (ladon) neglecta
    
    
19. Variegated Fritillary ______ (P:3,29) (K:157)
    Euptoieta claudia
    
    
20. Pearl Crescent ______ (P:9,31) (K:177)
    Phyciodes tharos
    
    
21. Question Mark ______ (P:4,10,31) (K:197)
    Polygonia interrogationis
    
    
22. Eastern Comma ______  (K:197)
    Polygonia comma
    
    
23. Red Admiral ______ (P:32) (K:203) 
    Vanessa atalania
    
    
24. Mourning Cloak ______ (K:203)
    Nymphalis antiopa
    
    
25. American Lady ______ (P:10,32) (K:205) 
    Vanessa virginiensis
    
    
26. Painted Lady ______ (K:205)
    Vanessa cardui
    
    
27. Common Buckeye ______ (K:207) 
    Junonia coenia
    
    
28. Red-spotted Purple ______ (P:10,33) (K:211)
    Limenitis arthemis (conspecific with more-northerly White Admiral)
    
    
29. Viceroy ______ (P:33) (K:211)
    Limenitis archippus
    
    
30. American Snout ______ (P:8,27) (K:223)
    Libytheana carinenta
    
    
31. Hackberry Emperor ______ (K:223)
    Asterocampa celtis
    
    
32. Monarch ______ (P:36) (K:227) 
    Danaus plexippus
    
    
33. Carolina Satyr ______ (P:37) (K:231)
    Hermeuptychia sosybius
    
    
34. Gemmed Satyr ______ (K:235)
    Cyllopsis gemma
    
    
35. (Southern) Pearly-eye ______ (P:36) (K:239)
    Enodia portlandia
    
    
36. Creole Pearly Eye ______ (K:239)
    Enodia creola
    
    
37. Silver-spotted Skipper ______ (P;3,12,39) (K:257)
    Epargyreus clarus
    
    
38. Juvenal's Duskywing ______ (P:41) (K:281) 
    Erynnis juvenalis
    
    
39. Horace's Duskywing ______ (K:281)
    Erynnis horatius
    
    
40. Common Checkered-Skipper ______ (K:289) 
    Pyrgus communis
    
    
41. Hayhurst's Scallopwing ______ (K:297)
    Staphyllus hayhurstii
    
    
42. Common Sootywing ______ (K:299)
    Pholisora catullus
    
    
43. Fiery Skipper ______ (K:303)
    Hylephila phyleus
    
    
44. Whirlabout ______ (K:303)
    Polites vibex
    
    
45. Sachem ______ (P:46) (K:303)
    Atalopedes campestris
    
    
46. Least Skipper ______ (K:305)
    Ancyloxypha numitor
    
    
47. Southern Skipperling ______ (K:305)
    Copaeodes minima
    
    
48. Clouded Skipper ______ (P:43) (K:309)
    Lerema accius
    
    
49. Tawny-edged Skipper ______ (K:325) 
    Polites themistocles
    
    
50. Southern Broken-Dash ______ (K:327)
    Wallengrenia otho
    
    
51. Little Glassywing ______ (K:327)
    Pompeius verna
    
    
52. Zabulon Skipper ______ (K:331)
    Poanes zabulon
    
    
53. Carolina Roadside Skipper ______ (P:47) (K:345)
    Amblyscirtes carolina
    
    
54. Lace-winged Roadside- Skipper ______ (K:345)
    Amblyscirtes aesculapius
    
    
55. Eufala Skipper ______ (K:353) 
    Lerodea eufala
    
    
56. Ocola Skipper ______ (K:355)
    Panoquina ocola
    
    
57. Yucca Giant-Skipper ______ (K:359)
    Megathymus yuccae
    
    
    
    Dragonflies: 
    
    
    
58. Common Green Darner ______ (D:1)
    Anax junius
    
    
59. Swamp Darner ______ (D:2)
    Epiaeschna heros
    
    
60. Lancet Clubtail ______ (D:8)
    Gomphus exilis
    
    
61. Illinois River Cruiser (southern form) ______ (D:21)
    Macromia illnoiensis georgina
    
    
62. Common Baskettail ______ (D:23)
    Epitheca cynosura
    
    
63. Prince Baskettail ______ (D:23)
    Epitheca princeps
    
    
64. Common Whitetail ______ (D:28)
    Libellula lydia
    
    
65. Painted Skimmer ______ (D:29)
    Libellula semifasciata
    
    
66. Spangled Skimmer ______ (D:30)
    Libellula cyanea
    
    
67. Great Blue Skimmer ______ (D:32)
    Libellula vibrans
    
    
68. Slaty Skimmer ______ (D:33)
    Libellula incesta
    
    
69. Eastern Pondhawk ______ (D:39)
    Erythemis simplicicollis
    
    
70. Blue Dasher ______ (D:39)
    Pachydiplax longipennis
    
    
71. Black Saddlebags ______ (D:40)
    Tramea lacerata
    
    
72. Wandering Glider ______ (D:40)
    Pantala flavescens
    
    
73. Carolina Saddlebags ______ (D:41)
    Tramea carolina
    
    
74. Banded Pennant ______ (D:44)
    Celithemis fasciata
    
    
75. Common Sanddragon ______ (D:15)
    Progomphus obscurus
    
    
    
    Damselflies:
    
    
76. Orange Bluet ______
    
    
77. Fragile Forktail ______
    
    
    
    Some selected reference books regarding Butterflies:
    
    "A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies", by Paul Opler, illustrated by Vichai Malikul, 1992 
    
    "Butterflies of North America", by Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufmann (with 2,200 images & 70 photographs)
    
    "Butterflies through Binoculars", by Jeffrey Glassberg, 1993
    

Amphibians & Reptiles of North Carolina
 
Noting those during FONT tours with a (#)

including: 
Salamanders
Toads & Frogs (seen or heard), 
Turtles,
Skinks, Anoles, and other Lizards
Snakes

A list compiled by Armas Hill
(with input by the staff from the
Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center
in Four Oaks, North Carolina)


This list includes species found in central & eastern North Carolina,
from the Piedmont east to the Seacoast 
(and in the case of Sea-Turtles, the Ocean) 


Codes: 

ARR: area of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
CNF: areas of Croatan National Forest & nearby coastal North Carolina  
NRV: (upper) Neuse River Valley (the Piedmont)
OBX: Outer Banks (including Roanoke Island & Ocracoke Island)

(e/NC): endangered in North Carolina
(t/NC): threatened in North Carolina
(nt/NC): near (or potentially) threatened in North Carolina

Amphibians:

1. Green Frog  ______ (#) NRV 
   Rana clamitans
   
   
2. Bullfrog ______ (#) ARR,NRV
   Rana catesbeiana
   
   
3. Pickerel Frog ______ (#) ARR,NRV
   Rana palustris
   
   
4. Carpenter Frog ______ (#) ARR
   Rana virgatipes
   
   
5. Southern Leopard Frog ______ ARR
   Rana sphenocephala
   
   
6. Crawfish Frog (nt/NC) ______ (#) CNF (northern limit of range east-cent NC)
   Rana areolata
   
   
7. Southern Chorus Frog ______ (#) CNF (northern limit of range east-cent NC)
   Pseudacris nigrita
   
   
8. Ornate Chorus Frog ______ (#) CNF (northern limit of range so-cent NC)
   Pseudacris ornata
   
   
9. Green Treefrog ______ (#) ARR
   Hyla cinerea
   
   
10. Barking Treefrog ______ (#) CNF
    Hyla gratiosa
    
    
11. Pine Woods Treefrog ______ (#) NRV  
    Hyla femoralis
    
    
12. Squirrel Treefrog ______ (#) NRV
    Hyla squirrela
    
    
13. (Cope's) Gray Treefrog ______ (#) NRV
    Hyla versicolor 
    
    
14. Northern Cricket Frog ______ NRV
    Acris crepitans
    
    
15. Southern Cricket Frog ______ NRV
    Acris gryllus
    
    
16. Little Grass Frog ______ (the smallest frog in North America)
    Limnaoedus ocularis
    
    
17. Spring Peeper ______ NRV
    Hyla crucifer
    
    
18. Oak Toad ______ (#) CNF,NRV
    Bufo quercicus
    
    
19. Southern Toad ______ (#) CNF,NRV
    Bufo terrestris
    
    
20. Fowler's Toad ______ (#) ARR,NRV
    Bufo woodhousei (an eastern race of Woodhouse's Toad) 
    
    
21. Eastern Spadefoot Toad ______ (#) ARR,CNF,NRV
    Scaphiopus holbrooki
    
    
22. Eastern Narrowmouth Toad ______ (#) ARR,CNF,NRV
    Gastrophryne carolinensis
    
    
23. Mabee's Salamander ______ CNF (northern limit of range north-east NC) 
    Ambystoma mabeei
    
    
24. Spotted Salamander ______ NRV
    Ambystoma maculatum
    
    
25. Marbled Salamander ______ NRV
    Ambystoma opacum