Photo at right: Painted Bunting,
one of our favorites during the tour 
(this photograph by Clair de Beauvior) 


Dates & Codes:


May 28-31, 2009 
              
        
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(i): introduced species

A list of Mammals & Other Wildlife during our May '09 tour in North Carolina follows the bird-list.                                  


North Carolina Mammals (Land & Sea) 

North Carolina Butterflies, Dragonflies, & Damselflies

North Carolina Amphibians & Reptiles 

An Essay about Carolina Birds 

Upcoming FONT North American Birding & Nature Tours

Bird-List:

1. Brown Pelican ______
   Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
   
   
2. Double-crested Cormorant ______ 
   Phalacrocorax a. auritus (another subspecies in the southeast US: P. a. floridanus) 
   
   
3. Great Blue Heron ______
   Ardea h. herodias 
   
   
4. Great Egret ______
   Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta
   
   
5. Snowy Egret ______ 
   Egretta (formerly Leucophoyx) t. thula
   
   
6. Little Blue Heron ______
   Egretta (formerly Florida) caerulea  (now monotypic)
   
   
7. Tricolored Heron ______ 
   Egretta (formerly Hydranassa) tricolor ruficollis
   
   
8. Cattle Egret ______
   Bubulcus i. ibis
   
   
9. Green Heron ______ (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
   Butorides v. virescens
   
   
10. American White Ibis ______
    Eudocimus albus (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    American White Ibis
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
11. Canada Goose ______
    Branta c. canadensis 
    
    
12. Mallard ______ 
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    
13. Turkey Vulture ______
    Cathartes aura septentrionalis
    
    
14. Black Vulture ______
    Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
    
    
15. Mississippi Kite ______ 
    Ictinia mississippiensis  (monotypic)
    
    
16. Osprey ______
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    
    Osprey
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
    
17. Bald Eagle ______
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    
    
18. Red-tailed Hawk ______
    Buteo jamaicensis borealis
    
    
    
    
    Red-tailed Hawk
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
19. American Kestrel ______
    Falco s. sparverius
    
    
20. Northern Bobwhite ______
    Colinus v. virginianus
    
    
21. Clapper Rail ______
    Rallus longirostris
    (2 subspecies in North Carolina: R. l. crepitans in northeast North Caroliona  & R. l. waynei in southeast North Carolina) 
    
    
22. American Oystercatcher ______
    Haematopus p. palliatus
    
    
23. Wilson's Plover ______
    Charadrius w. wilsonia 
    
    
24. Killdeer ______
    Charadrius v. vociferus
    
    
25. Willet ______
    Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmatus
    
    
    
    
    Willet 
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
26. Ruddy Turnstone ______ 
    Arenaria interpres morinella
    
    
27. Red Knot ______
    Calidris canutus rufa 
    
    
    
    
    Red Knot
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
28. Sanderling  ______ 
    Calidris alba rubida
    
    
29. Semipalmated Sandpiper  ______ 
    Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)
    
    
30. Dunlin ______
    Calidris alpina hudsonia
    
    
    
    
    Dunlin
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
    
31. Laughing Gull  ______ 
    Larus atricilla megalopterus
    
    
32. "American" Herring Gull  ______ 
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus      
    
    
33. Great Black-backed Gull ______
    Larus marinus  (monotypic)
    
    
34. Royal Tern  ______ 
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
    
    
35. Sandwich Tern  ______ 
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
    
    
36. Common Tern  ______ 
    Sterna h. hirundo
    
    
37. Forster's Tern ______
    Sterna forsteri  (monotypic)
    
    
38. Least Tern ______ 
    Sternula (formerly Sterna) a. antillarum
    
    
39. Black Skimmer ______ 
    Rynchops n. niger
    
    
40. Feral Pigeon (i) ______ 
    Columba livia
    
    
41. Mourning Dove ______
    Zenaida macroura carolinensis
    
    
42. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ______ 
    Coccyzus americanus  (monotypic)
    
    
43. Great Horned Owl ______
    Bubo v. virginianus 
    
    
44. Chuck-Will's-Widow ______   
    Caprimulgus carolinensis  (monotypic)
    
    
45. Chimney Swift ______
    Chaetura pelagica  (monotypic)
    
    
46. Ruby-throated Hummingbird ______
    Archilochus colubris  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
       
    
47. Belted Kingfisher ______
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Belted Kingfisher
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
48. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker ______
    Colaptes auratus luteus
    
    
49. Red-bellied Woodpecker ______
    Melanerpes carolinus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Red-bellied Woodpecker
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
50. Red-headed Woodpecker ______ 
    Melanerpes erythrocephalus  (monotypic)
    
    
51. Downy Woodpecker ______
    Picoides p. pubescens 
    
    
52. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (t3)  (USe) ______
    Picoides borealis  (monotypic)
    
    
53. Pileated Woodpecker ______   
    Dryocopus p. pileatus
    
    
54. Eastern Kingbird ______
    Tyrannus tyrannus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Eastern Kingbird
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
55. Great Crested Flycatcher ______
    Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)
    
    
56. Acadian Flycatcher ______
    Empidonax virescens  (monotypic)
    
    
57. Eastern Wood Pewee ______ 
    Contopus virens  (monotypic)
    
    
58. Loggerhead Shrike ______
    Lanius ludovicianus
    
    
59. White-eyed Vireo ______
    Vireo g. griseus
    
    
    
    
    White-eyed Vireo
    (photo by Dick Tipton)
    
    
60. Blue Jay ______
    Cyanocitta c. cristata
    
    
61. American Crow ______
    Corvus b. brachyrhynchos
    
    
62. Fish Crow  (USe) ______ 
    Corvus ossifragus  (monotypic)
    
    
63. Carolina Chickadee  (USe) ______ 
    Poecile (formerly Parus) c. carolinensis
    
    
    
    
    Carolina Chickadee
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
64. Tufted Titmouse ______
    Baeolophus (formerly Parus) bicolor 
    
    
65. White-breasted Nuthatch ______
    Sitta c. carolinensis
    
    
    
    
    White-breasted Nuthatch
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
66. Brown-headed Nuthatch ______  
    Sitta p. pusilla  (this subspecies endemic to the southeast US; the other is in the Bahamas)
    
    
67. Purple Martin ______
    Progne s. subis
    
    
68. Barn Swallow ______ 
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
    
    
69. American Cliff Swallow ______
    Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 
    
    
70. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______
    Stelgidopterys s. serripennis
    
    
71. Carolina Wren ______
    Thryothorus l. ludovicianus
    
    
    
    
    Carolina Wren
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
72. Northern Mockingbird ______  
    Mimus p. polyglottos
    
    
    
    
    Northern Mockingbird
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
    
73. Brown Thrasher ______
    Toxostoma r. rufum
    
    
74. American Robin ______ 
    Turdus m. migratorius
    
    
75. Wood Thrush ______
    Hylocichla mustelina  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
76. Eastern Bluebird ______
    Sialia s. sialis
    
    
    
    
    Eastern Bluebird
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
77. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ______
    Polioptila c. caerulea 
    
    
78. European Starling (i) ______
    Sturnus v. vulgaris 
    
    
79. House Sparrow (i) ______
    Passer d. domesticus
    
    
80. House Finch (i) ______
    Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis
    
    
81. American Goldfinch ______ 
    Carduelis t. tristis
    
    
82. Northern Parula ______
    Parula americana  (monotypic)
    
    
83. Yellow-throated Warbler ______   
    Dendroica dominica   (3 subspecies in the eastern US)
    
    
84. Pine Warbler ______
    Dendroica p. pinus
    
    
    
    
    Pine Warbler
    (photo by Andy Smith)
    
    
85. Prairie Warbler ______ ("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)  
    
    
    
    
    Prairie Warbler
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
86. Prothonotary Warbler ______
    Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
    
    
87. Swainson's Warbler ______
    Limnothlypis swainsonii  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
    
    
88. Worm-eating Warbler ______
    Helmitheros vermivorum  (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)
    
    
89. Ovenbird ______
    Seiurus a. aurocapilla
    
    
90. Kentucky Warbler ______ 
    Oporornis formosus  (monotypic)
    
    
91. Common Yellowthroat ______ 
    Geothlypis t. trichas   (another subspecies occurs in the southeast US, G. trichas ignota)
    
    
92. Eastern Meadowlark ______
    Sturnella magna argutula
    
    
93. Red-winged Blackbird ______ 
    Agelaius p. phoeniceus
    
    
    
    
    Red-winged Blackbird
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
    
94. Orchard Oriole ______
    Icterus s. spurius 
    
    
95. Boat-tailed Grackle  (USe) ______
    Quiscalus major torreyi
    
    
96. Common Grackle ______
    Quiscalus quiscula
    
    
97. Brown-headed Cowbird ______
    Molothrus a. ater
    
    
98. Summer Tanager ______
    Piranga r. rubra 
    
    
99. Bachman's Sparrow  (USe) ______ (the "Pine-Woods Sparrow")
    Aimophila aestivalis bachmani
    
    
100. Seaside Sparrow ______
     Ammodramus maritimus macgillivrayi
     
     
101. Chipping Sparrow ______ 
     Spizella p. passerina
     
     
102. Song Sparrow ______
     Melospiza melodia atlantica 
     
     
103. Eastern (formerly Rufous-sided) Towhee ______
     Pipilo erythrophthalmus rileyi
     
     
     
     
     A male Eastern Towhee
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
104. Northern Cardinal ______
     Cardinalis c. cardinalis
     
     
105. Blue Grosbeak ______
     Passerina c. caerulea
     
     
     
     
     Blue Grosbeak
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
106. Indigo Bunting ______
     Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Painted Bunting ______  
     Passerina c. ciris
     
     
     

     

     
     Mammals and some Other Nature 
     in North Carolina  
     during the FONT tour in  May 2009
     
     
     
     Mammals:

     1.  Eastern Cottontail
         Sylvilagus floridanus
     
     
     2.  Muskrat
         Ondata zibeicus
     
     
     3.  Eastern Gray Squirrel
         Sciurus carolinensis
     
     
     4.  Eastern Fox Squirrel
         Sciurus niger
     
     
     5.  Northern Raccoon
         Procyon lotor
     
     
     6.  White-tailed Deer
         Odocoileus virginianus
     
     
     
     Amphibians & Reptiles
     
     
      7.  Eastern Musk Turtle
           Sternotherus odoratus
     
     
      8.  Eastern Box Turtle
           Terrapone carolina
     
     
      9. Carolina Anole
           Anolis carolinensis
     
     
     10,  Eastern Fence Lizard
            Scelopus undulatus
     
     
     11. Cottonmouth
           Agkistrodon piscivorus 
     
      
     
     To Top of Page