Table 4. Bird species which utilize intertidal flat habitats in North Carolina, subdivided into guilds of 

 ecologically similar species. 



Guild and species 



Abundance 



Diet 



Residency status in N.C. 



1) WADERS 

 Great Egret 



(Casmerodius albus) 

 Snowy Egret 



(Egretta thula) 

 Louisiana Heron 



(Egretta tricolor) 

 Great Blue Heron 



(Ardea herodias) 

 Little Blue Heron 



(Egretta caerulea) 

 Green Heron 



(Butorides striatus) 

 Black-crowned Night Heron 



(Nycticorax nycticorax) 

 Yellow-crowned Night Heron 



(Nycticorax viotacea) 

 White Ibis 



(Eudocimus albus) 

 Greater Yellowlegs 



(Tringa melanoleuca) 



2) SHALLOW-PROBING AND SURFACE-SEARCHING SHOREBIRDS 



Clapper Rail 



(Rallus longirostris) 

 Piping Plover 



(Charadrius melodus) 

 Semipalmated Plover 



(Charadrius semipalmatus) 

 Wilson's Plover 



(Charadrius wilsonia) 

 KJUdeer 



(Charadrius vociferus) 

 American Golden Plover 



(Pluvialis dominica) 

 Black-bellied Plover 



(Pluvialis squatorola) 

 Ruddy Turnstone 



(Arenaria interpres) 

 Red Knot 



(Calidris canutus) 

 Dunlin (Red-backed Sandpiper) 



(Calidris alpina) 

 Spotted Sandpiper 



(Actitis macularia) 

 White-rumped Sandpiper 



(Calidris fuscicollis) 

 Least Sandpiper 



(Calidris minutitla) 

 Western Sandpiper 



(Calidris mauri) 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper 



(Calidris pusilla) 

 Short-billed Dowitcher 



(Limnodromus griseus) 

 Long-billed Dowitcher 



(Limnodromus scolopaceus) 



FC 



Uca and other crustaceans 



Permanent resident 

 Permanent resident 

 Permanent resident 

 Permanent resident 

 Permanent resident 

 Summer resident 

 Permanent resident 

 Summer resident 

 Permanent resident 

 Winter resident 



Permanent resident 



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