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In the U.S. state of North Carolina, 473 species of birds have been recorded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The Carolina Bird Club )〕 These are the bird species that have been sighted in North Carolina and are believed to be of wild origin. The North Carolina Bird Records Committee maintains the records for bird sightings in North Carolina and produces the list used by most birders to objectively evaluate species recorded in the state. The committee votes on the validity of new records of bird species in the state. The committee last met in 2011. Official bird lists are sorted by taxonomic sequence. The taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, genera and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used by the North Carolina Bird Records Committee follows the conventions of the American Ornithologists' Union's 1998 ''Check-list of North American Birds'', the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North American birds. The American Ornithologists' Union's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, the body responsible for maintaining and updating the ''Check-list'', "strongly and unanimously continues to endorse the biological species concept (BSC), in which species are considered to be genetically cohesive groups of populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups". The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy provides an alternative phylogenetic arrangement based on DNA-DNA hybridization. Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in North Carolina as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to designate some species: * (I) - Introduced - a species introduced to North America by humans, either directly or indirectly * (E) - Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists * (P) - Provisional list - species that have been approved by the committee but are only known from one or two sight records and are listed as provisional; there is no physical evidence, i.e. a specimen, photograph or video recording, of the species in the state. By their very nature, these birds are considered irregular or of rare occurrence in North Carolina. * (R) - Rare - a species that has been seen less than ten times in North Carolina but does not meet the requirements for the Provisional list Note: Birds marked with asterisk ( *) are not identified to species, but are distinct enough to be considered as a separate entry. __NOTOC__ ==Ducks, geese and swans== Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. In North Carolina, 44 species have been recorded. *Black-bellied whistling duck, ''Dendrocygna autumnalis'' (R) *Fulvous whistling-duck, ''Dendrocygna bicolor'' *Greater white-fronted goose, ''Anser albifrons'' *Snow goose, ''Chen caerulescens'' *Ross's goose, ''Chen rossii'' *Brant, ''Branta bernicla'' *Barnacle goose, ''Branta leucopsis'' (R) *Cackling goose, ''Branta hutchinsii'' (R) *Canada goose, ''Branta canadensis'' *Mute swan, ''Cygnus olor'' *Trumpeter swan, ''Cygnus buccinator'' (R) *Tundra swan, ''Cygnus columbianus'' *Wood duck, ''Aix sponsa'' *Gadwall, ''Anas strepera'' *Eurasian wigeon, ''Anas penelope'' *American wigeon, ''Anas americana'' *American black duck, ''Anas rubripes'' *Mallard, ''Anas platyrhynchos'' *Mottled duck, ''Anas fulvigula'' (R) *Blue-winged teal, ''Anas discors'' *Cinnamon teal, ''Anas cyanoptera'' *Northern shoveler, ''Anas clypeata'' *Northern pintail, ''Anas acuta'' *Garganey, ''Anas querquedula'' (P) *Green-winged teal, ''Anas crecca'' *Canvasback, ''Aythya valisineria'' *Redhead, ''Aythya americana'' *Ring-necked duck, ''Aythya collaris'' *Tufted duck, ''Aythya fuligula'' (R) *Greater scaup, ''Aythya marila'' *Lesser scaup, ''Aythya affinis'' *King eider, ''Somateria spectabilis'' *Common eider, ''Somateria mollissima'' *Harlequin duck, ''Histrionicus histrionicus'' *Surf scoter, ''Melanitta perspicillata'' *White-winged scoter, ''Melanitta fusca'' *Black scoter, ''Melanitta americana'' *Long-tailed duck, ''Clangula hyemalis'' *Bufflehead, ''Bucephala albeola'' *Common goldeneye, ''Bucephala clangula'' *Hooded merganser, ''Lophodytes cucullatus'' *Common merganser, ''Mergus merganser'' *Red-breasted merganser, ''Mergus serrator'' *Masked duck, ''Nomonyx dominicus'' (R) *Ruddy duck, ''Oxyura jamaicensis'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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