Official list of the birds of South Carolina

This is a list of all species accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee as of its annual report for 2006. Taxonomy follows the AOU Check-list of North American Birds through the 48th Supplement, except for the inclusion of a few species that are not on the AOU Check-list. Changes made in 2005 are shown with a brighter green background. (No changes were made in 2006).

Main List

This list includes all species with a South Carolina status of Definitive or Provisional I

Common nameScientific nameSC status SC review status
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisDefinitiveInland only
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorDefinitive Full
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsDefinitive 
Snow GooseChen caerulescensDefinitive 
Ross's GooseChen rossiiDefinitiveNorth American Birds report species
BrantBranta berniclaDefinitiveFull
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiDefinitiveFull
Canada GooseBranta canadensisDefinitive 
Mute SwanCygnus olorDefinitive 
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusDefinitive 
Wood DuckAix sponsaDefinitive 
GadwallAnas streperaDefinitive 
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeDefinitive Full
American WigeonAnas americanaDefinitive 
American Black DuckAnas rubripesDefinitive 
MallardAnas platyrhynchosDefinitive 
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaDefinitive Inland only
Blue-winged TealAnas discorsDefinitive 
Cinnamon TealAnas cyanopteraDefinitiveInland only
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataDefinitive 
Northern PintailAnas acutaDefinitive 
Green-winged TealAnas creccaDefinitive 
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaDefinitive 
RedheadAythya americanaDefinitive 
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisDefinitive 
Greater ScaupAythya marilaDefinitive 
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisDefinitive 
King EiderSomateria spectabilisDefinitive Full
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaDefinitive Inland only
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicusProvisional I Full
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataDefinitive 
White-winged ScoterMelanitta fuscaDefinitive Inland only
Black ScoterMelanitta nigraDefinitive Inland only
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisDefinitive 
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaDefinitive 
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaDefinitive 
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusDefinitive 
Common MerganserMergus merganserDefinitive Full
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorDefinitive 
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisDefinitive 
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusDefinitive 
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoDefinitive 
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusDefinitive 
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataDefinitive 
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaProvisional I Full
Common LoonGavia immerDefinitive 
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsDefinitive 
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusDefinitive 
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaDefinitive Full
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisDefinitive 
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisDefinitive Full
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisDefinitive Full
Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataDefinitive Inland only
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaDefinitive Inland only
Greater ShearwaterPuffinus gravisDefinitive Inland only
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseusDefinitive Full
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusDefinitive Full
Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieriDefinitive Inland only
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilisDefinitive Full
Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusDefinitive Inland only
Leach's Storm-PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaDefinitive Full
Band-rumped Storm-PetrelOceanodroma castroDefinitive Full
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusDefinitive Full
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusDefinitive Full
Masked BoobySula dactylatraDefinitive Full
Brown BoobySula leucogasterDefinitive Full
Red-footed BoobySula sulaDefinitive Full
Northern GannetMorus bassanusDefinitive Inland only
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosDefinitive Inland only
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisDefinitive Inland only
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusDefinitive 
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboDefinitive Inland only
AnhingaAnhinga anhingaDefinitive 
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensDefinitive Inland only
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusDefinitive 
Least BitternIxobrychus exilisDefinitive 
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasDefinitive 
Great EgretArdea albaDefinitive 
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaDefinitive 
Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaDefinitive 
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorDefinitive 
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensDefinitive Inland only
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisDefinitive 
Green HeronButorides virescensDefinitive 
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticoraxDefinitive 
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violaceaDefinitive 
White IbisEudocimus albusDefinitive 
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusDefinitive 
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaDefinitive Inland only
Wood StorkMycteria americanaDefinitive 
Black VultureCoragyps atratusDefinitive 
Turkey VultureCathartes auraDefinitive 
OspreyPandion haliaetusDefinitive 
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusDefinitive 
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusDefinitive Full
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisDefinitive 
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusDefinitive 
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneusDefinitive 
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusDefinitive 
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiDefinitive 
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilisProvisional I Full
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusDefinitive 
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusDefinitive 
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoniProvisional I Full
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisDefinitive 
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusProvisional I Full
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosDefinitive 
American KestrelFalco sparveriusDefinitive 
MerlinFalco columbariusDefinitive 
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusDefinitive 
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisDefinitive Full
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisDefinitive Inland only
Clapper RailRallus longirostrisDefinitive 
King RailRallus elegansDefinitive 
Virginia RailRallus limicolaDefinitive 
SoraPorzana carolinaDefinitive 
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaDefinitive 
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusDefinitive 
American CootFulica americanaDefinitive 
LimpkinAramus guaraunaDefinitiveFull
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisDefinitive 
Whooping CraneGrus americanaDefinitive Full
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusProvisional I Full
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaDefinitive 
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaDefinitive 
Snowy PloverCharadrius alexandrinusDefinitive Full
Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaDefinitive Inland only
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusDefinitive 
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusDefinitive 
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusDefinitive 
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusDefinitive 
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaDefinitive 
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusDefinitive 
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaDefinitive 
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaDefinitive 
WilletTringa semipalmataDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesDefinitive 
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaDefinitive 
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisProvisional I Full
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusDefinitive 
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusDefinitive North American Birds report species
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaDefinitive Full
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresDefinitive 
Red KnotCalidris canutusDefinitive 
SanderlingCalidris albaDefinitive 
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaDefinitive 
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriDefinitive 
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisProvisional I Full
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaDefinitive 
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisDefinitive 
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiDefinitive Full
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosDefinitive 
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataProvisional I Full
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaDefinitive Inland only
DunlinCalidris alpinaDefinitive 
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaDefinitive Full
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusDefinitive 
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollisDefinitive 
RuffPhilomachus pugnaxDefinitiveFull
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataDefinitive 
American WoodcockScolopax minorDefinitive 
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorDefinitive 
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusDefinitive Inland only
Laughing GullLarus atricillaDefinitive 
Franklin's GullLarus pipixcanDefinitive Full
Little GullLarus minutusProvisional I Full
Black-headed GullLarus ridibundusDefinitive Full
Bonaparte's GullLarus philadelphiaDefinitive 
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisDefinitive 
Herring GullLarus argentatusDefinitive 
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesDefinitive Full
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusDefinitive Inland only
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusDefinitive North American Birds report species - inland only
Sabine's GullXema sabiniDefinitiveFull
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaDefinitive Inland only
Brown NoddyAnous stolidusDefinitiveFull
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusDefinitiveInland only
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusDefinitiveInland only
Least TernSternula antillarumDefinitive 
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaDefinitive 
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaDefinitive 
Black TernChlidonias nigerDefinitive 
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusDefinitiveFull
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiProvisional IFull
Common TernSterna hirundoDefinitiveInland only
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaDefinitiveFull
Forster's TernSterna forsteriDefinitive 
Royal TernThalasseus maximusDefinitiveInland only
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisDefinitiveInland only
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerDefinitive 
skua, sp.Stercorarius spDefinitiveFull
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusDefinitive Inland only
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusDefinitive Inland only
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusProvisional I Full
DovekieAlle alleDefinitiveFull
Common MurreUria aalgeProvisional I Full
Thick-billed MurreUria lomviaDefinitive Full
RazorbillAlca tordaDefinitiveInland only
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleDefinitive Full
Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdixDefinitive Full
Rock PigeonColumba liviaDefinitive 
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataDefinitive Full
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoDefinitive 
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaDefinitive North American Birds report species
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraDefinitive 
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusDefinitive 
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerinaDefinitive 
Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensisDefinitive 
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusDefinitive 
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusDefinitive 
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniProvisional I Full
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostrisDefinitive Full
Barn OwlTyto albaDefinitive 
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asioDefinitive 
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusDefinitive 
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusDefinitiveFull
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaDefinitive Full
Barred OwlStrix variaDefinitive 
Long-eared OwlAsio otusDefinitiveFull
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusDefinitive 
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusDefinitive Full
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorDefinitive 
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisDefinitive 
Whip-poor-willCaprimulgus vociferusDefinitive 
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaDefinitive 
Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostrisProvisional I Full
Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisDefinitive Full
Blue-throated HummingbirdLampornis clemenciaeProvisional I Full
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisDefinitive 
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandriDefinitive Full
Calliope HummingbirdStellula calliopeDefinitive Full
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusDefinitive 
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonDefinitive 
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusDefinitive 
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusDefinitive 
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusDefinitive 
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensDefinitive 
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusDefinitive 
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisDefinitive 
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusDefinitive 
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusDefinitive 
Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalisDefinitive 
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiDefinitive 
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensDefinitive 
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisDefinitive North American Birds report species
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensDefinitive 
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiDefinitive 
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusDefinitive 
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeDefinitive 
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaProvisional I Full
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinusDefinitive Full
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusDefinitive 
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisDefinitive 
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusDefinitive 
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensisDefinitive Inland only
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusDefinitive North American Birds report species
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaDefinitive Full
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusDefinitive 
White-eyed VireoVireo griseusDefinitive 
Bell's VireoVireo belliiDefinitiveFull
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsDefinitive 
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusDefinitive 
Warbling VireoVireo gilvusDefinitive North American Birds report species
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusDefinitive 
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusDefinitive 
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataDefinitive 
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosDefinitive 
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusDefinitive 
Common RavenCorvus coraxDefinitive 
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisDefinitive 
Purple MartinProgne subisDefinitive 
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorDefinitive 
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisDefinitive 
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaDefinitive 
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaDefinitive 
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaDefinitive Full
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaDefinitive 
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisDefinitive 
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorDefinitive 
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisDefinitive 
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisDefinitive 
Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaDefinitive 
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaDefinitive 
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusDefinitive 
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiDefinitive Full
House WrenTroglodytes aedonDefinitive 
Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytesDefinitive 
Sedge WrenCistothorus platensisDefinitive 
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisDefinitive 
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaDefinitive 
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaDefinitive 
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaDefinitive 
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisDefinitive 
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiProvisional I Full
VeeryCatharus fuscescensDefinitive 
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusDefinitive 
Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliDefinitive Full
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusDefinitive 
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusDefinitive 
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaDefinitive 
American RobinTurdus migratoriusDefinitive 
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusDefinitive Full
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisDefinitive 
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosDefinitive 
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumDefinitive 
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisDefinitive 
White WagtailMotacilla albaDefinitive Full
American PipitAnthus rubescensDefinitive 
Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiDefinitive Full
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumDefinitive 
Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmaniiDefinitive Full
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusDefinitive 
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraDefinitive 
Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaDefinitive 
Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataDefinitive 
Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaDefinitive 
Northern ParulaParula americanaDefinitive 
Yellow WarblerDendroica petechiaDefinitive 
Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaDefinitive 
Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaDefinitive 
Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaDefinitive 
Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensDefinitive 
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataDefinitive 
Black-throated Gray WarblerDendroica nigrescensDefinitive Full
Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensDefinitive 
Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaDefinitive 
Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominicaDefinitive 
Pine WarblerDendroica pinusDefinitive 
Kirtland's WarblerDendroica kirtlandiiDefinitive Full
Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorDefinitive 
Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumDefinitive 
Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaDefinitive 
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataDefinitive 
Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaDefinitive 
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaDefinitive 
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaDefinitive 
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaDefinitive 
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumDefinitive 
Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiDefinitive 
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaDefinitive 
Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisDefinitive 
Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaDefinitive 
Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusDefinitive 
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisDefinitive North American Birds report species
Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaDefinitive Full
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasDefinitive 
Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaDefinitive 
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaDefinitive 
Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisDefinitive 
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensDefinitive 
Summer TanagerPiranga rubraDefinitive 
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaDefinitive 
Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianaDefinitive Full
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurusDefinitive Full
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusDefinitive Full
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusDefinitive 
Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisDefinitive 
American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaDefinitive Full
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaDefinitive 
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaDefinitive North American Birds report species
Field SparrowSpizella pusillaDefinitive 
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusDefinitive 
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusDefinitive North American Birds report species
Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysDefinitive Full
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisDefinitive 
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumDefinitive 
Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiDefinitive 
Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiDefinitive 
Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniDefinitive Inland only
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutusDefinitive Inland only
Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusDefinitive 
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaDefinitive 
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaDefinitive 
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiDefinitive 
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaDefinitive 
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisDefinitive 
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaDefinitive Full
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysDefinitive 
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaProvisional I Full
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisDefinitive 
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusDefinitive North American Birds report species
Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusDefinitive Full
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisDefinitive North American Birds report species
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisDefinitive 
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusDefinitive 
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusDefinitive Full
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaDefinitive 
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoenaDefinitive Full
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaDefinitive 
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisDefinitive 
DickcisselSpiza americanaDefinitive 
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusDefinitive 
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusDefinitive 
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaDefinitive 
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaDefinitive Full
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusDefinitive North American Birds report species
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusDefinitive 
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusDefinitive 
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaDefinitive 
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorDefinitive Inland only
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisDefinitive Full
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterDefinitive 
Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusDefinitive 
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiiDefinitive Full
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaDefinitive 
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorProvisional I Full
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusDefinitive 
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusDefinitive 
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraDefinitive North American Birds report species
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraDefinitive Full
Common RedpollCarduelis flammeaDefinitive Full
Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusDefinitive 
American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisDefinitive 
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusDefinitive 
House SparrowPasser domesticusDefinitive 



 
Total species 421 

Provisional II species

Common nameScientific nameSC review statusComment
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisFull
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorFull
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusFull
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberFull
Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensesFullNot on AOU Check-list
Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayFull
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanusFull
Ringed Turtle-DoveStreptopelia risoriaFull
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusFull
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusFull
Green ParakeetAratinga holochloraFull
House CrowCorvus splendensFullNot on AOU Check-list
Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronataFullNot on AOU Check-list
TroupialIcterus icterusFull
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusFull

Hypothetical species

Common nameScientific nameSC review status
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberFull
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusFull
Caribbean CootFulica caribaeaFull
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusFull
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaFull
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiFull
Cuban EmeraldChlorostilbon ricordiiFull
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumFull
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensFull
Tropical/Couch's KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus/couchiiFull
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaFull
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusFull
BushtitPsaltriparus minimusFull
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheFull

Explanation of status terms


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