Species

Mourning Dove

Scientific Name: Zenaida macroura
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: Common throughout state

Northern Bobwhite Quail

Scientific Name: Colinus virginianus
Classification: Game
Abundance: Found throughout state

Avid Upland Gamebird and Rabbit Hunter Survey Enrollment

Northern Pintail

Scientific Name: Anas acuta
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: Common throughout state

Osprey

Scientific Name: Pandion haliaetus
Classification: Nongame Species
Abundance: Found statewide

Peregrine Falcon

Scientific Name: Falco peregrinus
Classification: Nongame Species
Abundance: Found statewide

Prothonotary Warbler

Scientific Name: Protonotaria citrea
Classification: Nongame Species
Abundance: Common throughout the Coastal Plain; uncommon in Piedmont; rare in mountains

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Scientific Name: Picoides borealis
Classification: Endangered
Abundance: Rare

Red-Shouldered Hawk

Scientific Name: Buteo lineatus

Classification: Nongame Species

Abundance: Found statewide

Red-Tailed Hawk

Scientific Name: Buteo jamaicensis

Classification: Nongame Species

Abundance: Found statewide

Ruffed Grouse

Scientific Name: Bonasa umbelius 
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: Found in western NC; northern Piedmont

Snowy Egret

Scientific Name: Egretta thula
Classification: Nongame
Abundance: Coastwide-Breeds in North Carolina; also winters
in the state, but in smaller numbers (brown dots)

Tundra Swan

Scientific Name: Cygnus columbianus
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: During migration, the tundra swan occurs widely on coastal marshes and on large bodies of water.

Turkey Vulture

Scientific Name: Cathartes aura

Classification: Nongame Species

Abundance: Found statewide

Wild Turkey

Scientific Name: Meleagris gallopavo
Classification: Big Game
Abundance: Common throughout state

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Wood Duck

Scientific Name: Aix sponsa
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: Found statewide