Official list of the birds of South Carolina
This is the list of species accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee as of the 2022 annual report. Taxonomy follows the AOS Check-list of North American Birds through the 64th Supplement (2023), except for the inclusion of 4 species that are not on the AOS Check-list. See the taxonomic change history for the history of changes in the AOS Check-list.
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This list includes all species with a South Carolina status of Definitive or Provisional
| Common name | Scientific name | SC status | SC Review Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl | ||||
| Family Anatidae — Waterfowl | ||||
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Definitive | ||
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Definitive | Full | |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Definitive | ||
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Definitive | ||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Definitive | ||
| Brant | Branta bernicla | Definitive | Full | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Definitive | Full | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Definitive | ||
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Definitive | ||
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Definitive | Full | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Definitive | ||
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Definitive | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Definitive | ||
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Definitive | ||
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Definitive | ||
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Definitive | ||
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Definitive | ||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Definitive | ||
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Definitive | ||
| Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Definitive | ||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Definitive | ||
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Definitive | ||
| Redhead | Aythya americana | Definitive | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Definitive | ||
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Definitive | Full | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Definitive | ||
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Definitive | ||
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Definitive | Full | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Definitive | Full | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Definitive | ||
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | Definitive | ||
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Definitive | ||
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Definitive | ||
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Definitive | ||
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Definitive | ||
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Definitive | ||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Definitive | ||
| Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey | ||||
| Family Odontophoridae — Quail | ||||
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Definitive | ||
| Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey | ||||
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Definitive | ||
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | Definitive | ||
| Order Phoenicopteriformes — Flamingo | ||||
| Family Phoenicopteridae — Flamingo | ||||
| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Podicipediformes — Grebes | ||||
| Family Podicipedidae — Grebes | ||||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Definitive | ||
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Definitive | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Definitive | Full | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Definitive | ||
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons | ||||
| Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons | ||||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Definitive | ||
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | Definitive | Extinct | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | Definitive | Full | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Definitive | ||
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | Definitive | ||
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Definitive | ||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Definitive | ||
| Order Cuculiformes — Cuckoos | ||||
| Family Cuculidae — Cuckoos | ||||
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Provisional | Full | |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Definitive | Full | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Definitive | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Definitive | ||
| Order Caprimulgiformes — Nightjars | ||||
| Family Caprimulgidae — Nightjars | ||||
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Definitive | Full | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Definitive | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Definitive | ||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | Definitive | ||
| Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | ||||
| Family Apodidae — Swifts | ||||
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Definitive | ||
| Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | ||||
| Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | Provisional | Full | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Definitive | ||
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | Definitive | Full | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Definitive | Full | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | Definitive | Full | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Definitive | ||
| Allen's Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | Definitive | Full | |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | Definitive | Full | |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | Definitive | Full | |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes | ||||
| Family Rallidae — Rails | ||||
| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | Definitive | ||
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | Definitive | ||
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | Definitive | ||
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Definitive | ||
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Definitive | ||
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Definitive | ||
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Definitive | ||
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Definitive | Full | |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Family Aramidae — Limpkin | ||||
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | Definitive | ||
| Family Gruidae — Cranes | ||||
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Definitive | ||
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | ||||
| Family Recurvirostridae — Stilts, Avocets | ||||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Definitive | ||
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Definitive | ||
| Family Haematopodidae — Oystercatcher | ||||
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Definitive | ||
| Family Charadriidae — Plovers | ||||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Definitive | ||
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Definitive | ||
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Definitive | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Definitive | ||
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Definitive | ||
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Provisional | Full | |
| Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Mountain Plover | Anarhynchus montanus | Definitive | Full | |
| Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | ||||
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Definitive | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Definitive | ||
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Provisional | Full | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Definitive | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Definitive | Full | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Definitive | Full | |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Definitive | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Definitive | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Definitive | ||
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Definitive | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Provisional | Full | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Definitive | ||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Provisional | Full | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Definitive | ||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Definitive | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Definitive | Full | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Definitive | Full | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Definitive | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Definitive | ||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Definitive | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Definitive | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Definitive | ||
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Definitive | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Definitive | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Definitive | ||
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | Definitive | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Definitive | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Definitive | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Definitive | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Definitive | ||
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Definitive | ||
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Definitive | ||
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Definitive | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Definitive | ||
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Family Stercorariidae — Skuas, Jaegers | ||||
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Definitive | Full | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Alcidae — Alcids | ||||
| Dovekie | Alle alle | Definitive | Full | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | Definitive | Full | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | Definitive | Full | |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Definitive | Full | |
| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Laridae — Gulls, Terns | ||||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Definitive | Full | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Definitive | ||
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Definitive | Full | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Definitive | Full | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Definitive | ||
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Definitive | Full | |
| Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | Definitive | Full | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Definitive | ||
| California Gull | Larus californicus | Definitive | Full | |
| American Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Definitive | ||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Definitive | Full | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Definitive | ||
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Definitive | Full | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Definitive | ||
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Definitive | Full | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Definitive | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Definitive | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Definitive | ||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Definitive | ||
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Definitive | Full | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Definitive | Full | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Definitive | Full | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | Definitive | ||
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Definitive | ||
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Definitive | ||
| Order Phaethontiformes — Tropicbirds | ||||
| Family Phaethontidae — Tropicbirds | ||||
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Gaviiformes — Loons | ||||
| Family Gaviidae — Loons | ||||
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | Definitive | ||
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | Definitive | Full | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | Definitive | ||
| Order Procellariiformes — Tubenoses | ||||
| Family Oceanitidae — Southern Storm-Petrels | ||||
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Family Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm-Petrels | ||||
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Definitive | Full | |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Procellariidae — Shearwaters, Petrels | ||||
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Definitive | Full | |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Definitive | Full | |
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Fea's Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Definitive | Full | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Definitive | Full | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Definitive | Full | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Definitive | Full | |
| Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Order Ciconiiformes — Storks | ||||
| Family Ciconiidae — Storks | ||||
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Definitive | ||
| Order Suliformes — Frigatebirds, Boobies, Cormorant | ||||
| Family Fregatidae — Frigatebirds | ||||
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Family Sulidae — Boobies, Gannet | ||||
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Definitive | Full | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Definitive | Full | |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Family Anhingidae — Anhinga | ||||
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Definitive | ||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants | ||||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus | Definitive | ||
| Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises | ||||
| Family Pelecanidae — Pelicans | ||||
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Definitive | ||
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Family Ardeidae — Herons | ||||
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Definitive | ||
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | Definitive | ||
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Definitive | ||
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Definitive | ||
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Definitive | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Definitive | ||
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Definitive | ||
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Definitive | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Definitive | ||
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Definitive | ||
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Definitive | ||
| Family Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbill | ||||
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Definitive | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Definitive | ||
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | Definitive | Full | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Definitive | ||
| Order Cathartiformes — New World Vultures | ||||
| Family Cathartidae — New World Vultures | ||||
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Definitive | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Definitive | ||
| Order Accipitriformes — Vultures, Osprey, Hawks | ||||
| Family Pandionidae — Osprey | ||||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Definitive | ||
| Family Accipitridae — Hawks | ||||
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | Definitive | Full | |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Definitive | ||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Definitive | ||
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Definitive | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Definitive | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | Definitive | ||
| American Goshawk | Accipiter atricapillus | Definitive | Full | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Definitive | ||
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Definitive | ||
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | Definitive | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Definitive | ||
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Definitive | Full | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Definitive | ||
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Strigiformes — Owls | ||||
| Family Tytonidae — Barn Owls | ||||
| American Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Definitive | ||
| Family Strigidae — Owls | ||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio | Definitive | ||
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Definitive | ||
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Definitive | Full | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Definitive | Full | |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | Definitive | ||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Definitive | Full | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Definitive | ||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | Definitive | Full | |
| Order Coraciiformes — Kingfisher | ||||
| Family Alcedinidae — Kingfisher | ||||
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Definitive | ||
| Order Piciformes — Woodpeckers | ||||
| Family Picidae — Woodpeckers | ||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Definitive | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | Definitive | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Definitive | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | Definitive | ||
| Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Dryobates borealis | Definitive | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | Definitive | ||
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Definitive | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | Definitive | ||
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus principalis | Definitive | Full | Extinct |
| Order Falconiformes — Falcons | ||||
| Family Falconidae — Falcons | ||||
| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Definitive | Full | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Definitive | ||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Definitive | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Definitive | ||
| Order Psittaciformes — Parrots | ||||
| Family Psittacidae — Parrots | ||||
| Carolina Parakeet | Conuropsis carolinensis | Definitive | Extinct | |
| Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | ||||
| Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | ||||
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Definitive | ||
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Definitive | Full | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Definitive | Full | |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Definitive | Full | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | Definitive | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Definitive | ||
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Definitive | ||
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Definitive | Full | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Definitive | ||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Definitive | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | Definitive | ||
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Definitive | ||
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | Definitive | Full | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | Definitive | ||
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Definitive | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Definitive | ||
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | Definitive | Full | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Vireonidae — Vireos | ||||
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Definitive | ||
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | Definitive | Full | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Definitive | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | Definitive | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Definitive | ||
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Definitive | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Definitive | ||
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | Definitive | Full | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Laniidae — Shrikes | ||||
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Definitive | ||
| Family Corvidae — Crows, Jays | ||||
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | Definitive | ||
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Definitive | ||
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Definitive | ||
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | Definitive | ||
| Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice | ||||
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | Definitive | ||
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | Definitive | ||
| Family Alaudidae — Larks | ||||
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Definitive | ||
| Family Hirundinidae — Swallows | ||||
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Definitive | ||
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Definitive | ||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Definitive | ||
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Definitive | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Definitive | ||
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Definitive | ||
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Definitive | ||
| Family Regulidae — Kinglets | ||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | Definitive | ||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | Definitive | ||
| Family Bombycillidae — Waxwings | ||||
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Definitive | ||
| Family Sittidae — Nuthatches | ||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | Definitive | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | Definitive | ||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | Definitive | ||
| Family Certhiidae — Creepers | ||||
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | Definitive | ||
| Family Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers | ||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Definitive | ||
| Family Troglodytidae — Wrens | ||||
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | Definitive | Full | |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | Definitive | ||
| Northern House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Definitive | ||
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | Definitive | ||
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus stellaris | Definitive | ||
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | Definitive | ||
| Family Mimidae — Mimic Thrushes | ||||
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Definitive | ||
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Definitive | ||
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | Definitive | Full | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Definitive | ||
| Family Sturnidae — Starlings | ||||
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Definitive | ||
| Family Turdidae — Thrushes | ||||
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | Definitive | ||
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | Definitive | Full | |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Definitive | ||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Definitive | ||
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Definitive | Full | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Definitive | ||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | Definitive | ||
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Definitive | ||
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Definitive | ||
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Passeridae — Old World Sparrows | ||||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Definitive | ||
| Family Motacillidae — Pipits, Wagtails | ||||
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Definitive | Full | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Definitive | ||
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Definitive | Full | |
| Family Fringillidae — Finches | ||||
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | Definitive | ||
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | Provisional | Full | |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Definitive | ||
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | Definitive | ||
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Definitive | Full | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Definitive | ||
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Definitive | Full | |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | Definitive | ||
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | Definitive | ||
| Family Calcariidae — Longspurs, Snow Bunting | ||||
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Definitive | ||
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | Definitive | Full | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Definitive | ||
| Family Passerellidae — New World Sparrows | ||||
| Bachman's Sparrow | Peucaea aestivalis | Definitive | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | Definitive | ||
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Definitive | ||
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | Definitive | Full | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | Definitive | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Definitive | ||
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | Definitive | ||
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | Definitive | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | Definitive | Full | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Definitive | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Definitive | ||
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Provisional | Full | |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Definitive | Full | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Definitive | ||
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | Definitive | ||
| LeConte's Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii | Definitive | ||
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammospiza maritima | Definitive | ||
| Nelson's Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | Definitive | Inland only | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Centronyx henslowii | Definitive | ||
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Definitive | ||
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Definitive | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Definitive | ||
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | Definitive | ||
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | Definitive | Full | |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | Definitive | Full | |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Definitive | ||
| Family Icteriidae — Yellow-breasted Chat | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Definitive | ||
| Family Icteridae — Blackbirds | ||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Definitive | ||
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Definitive | ||
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Definitive | ||
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Definitive | Full | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Definitive | ||
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | Definitive | Full | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Definitive | ||
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | Definitive | Full | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Definitive | ||
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Definitive | Full | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | Definitive | Full | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Definitive | ||
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Definitive | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Definitive | ||
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Definitive | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Definitive | ||
| Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | ||||
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Definitive | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | Definitive | ||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Definitive | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Definitive | ||
| Bachman's Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | Definitive | Extinct | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Definitive | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | Definitive | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Definitive | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Definitive | ||
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | Definitive | ||
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Definitive | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | Definitive | ||
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Definitive | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Definitive | ||
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | Definitive | ||
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Definitive | Full | |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Definitive | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | Definitive | ||
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Definitive | ||
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Definitive | ||
| Kirtland's Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | Definitive | Full | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Definitive | ||
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Definitive | ||
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Definitive | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Definitive | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Definitive | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Definitive | ||
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Definitive | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Definitive | ||
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Definitive | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | Definitive | ||
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Definitive | ||
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | Definitive | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Definitive | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Definitive | ||
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Definitive | ||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | Definitive | Full | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | Definitive | Full | |
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | Definitive | Full | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Definitive | ||
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Definitive | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Definitive | ||
| Family Cardinalidae — Cardinals, Buntings, Grosbeaks, | ||||
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Definitive | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Definitive | ||
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Definitive | ||
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Definitive | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Definitive | ||
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Definitive | Full | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Definitive | ||
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | Definitive | Full | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Definitive | ||
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Definitive | ||
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Definitive | ||
| Total species | 453 (445 Definitive) | |||
South Carolina Supplemental List
| Common name | Scientific name | SC review status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl | |||
| Family Anatidae — Waterfowl | |||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Full | Questionable origin |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Full | Questionable origin |
| Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey | |||
| Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey | |||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Full | Not established |
| Order Phoenicopteriformes — Flamingo | |||
| Family Phoenicopteridae — Flamingo | |||
| Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | Full | Questionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List |
| Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons | |||
| Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons | |||
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Full | Questionable origin |
| Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | |||
| Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | |||
| Cuban Emerald | Chlorostilbon ricordii | Full | Hypothetical |
| Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes | |||
| Family Rallidae — Rails | |||
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Full | Questionable origin |
| Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | |||
| Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | |||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Full | Hypothetical |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Full | Hypothetical |
| Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises | |||
| Family Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbill | |||
| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | Full | Questionable origin |
| Order Falconiformes — Falcons | |||
| Family Falconidae — Falcons | |||
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Order Psittaciformes — Parrots | |||
| Family Psittacidae — Parrots | |||
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | Full | Questionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List |
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Green Parakeet | Aratinga holochlora | Full | Questionable origin |
| Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | |||
| Family Corvidae — Crows, Jays | |||
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | Full | Questionable origin |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Full | Questionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List |
| Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Aegithalidae — Bushtit | |||
| Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Muscicapidae — Old World Flycatchers | |||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Ploceidae — Weavers | |||
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Estrildidae — Waxbills and Allies | |||
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Full | Questionable origin |
| Tricolored Munia | Lonchura malacca | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Fringillidae — Finches | |||
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Icteridae — Blackbirds | |||
| Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus | Full | Questionable origin |
| Family Thraupidae — Tanagers | |||
| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | Full | Questionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List |
| Total species | 26 | ||
SC Status Categories
- Definitive
- Species documented in the state by a properly vouchered specimen, unretouched recognizable photographs or video, or a recognizable sound recording of a species
- Provisional
- There is only written documentation that the species has occurred in South Carolina. (No photographs, sound recordings, or specimens.)
- Supplemental—Questionable Origin or Not Established
- Species on this list are from past published reports that lack documentation or from reports where the species may not be of wild origin or part of an established population. Future reports of these species may cause reevaluation of past records.
- Supplemental—Hypothetical
- Species which are undocumented to the committee but reported in North American Birds or The Chat.
SC Review Status Categories
- Full
- All observations should be documented to the Bird Records Committee
- Inland only
- Observations made more than 30 miles inland should be documented to the BRC