Birds of South Carolina
The 150 most-observed birds in South Carolina, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis36 obstiming → - 2
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias28 obstiming → - 3
Great EgretArdea alba26 obstiming → - 4
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor20 obstiming → - 5
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla19 obstiming → - 6
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis19 obstiming → - 7
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis19 obstiming → - 8
American White IbisEudocimus albus19 obstiming → - 9
Snowy EgretEgretta thula16 obstiming → - 10
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis16 obstiming → - 11
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos16 obstiming → - 12
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea15 obstiming → - 13
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis15 obstiming → - 14
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus14 obstiming → - 15
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe14 obstiming → - 16Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus13 obstiming →
- 17
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus13 obstiming → - 18
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga13 obstiming → - 19
SanderlingCalidris alba12 obstiming → - 20Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps12 obstiming →
- 21
American CootFulica americana12 obstiming → - 22Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor11 obstiming →
- 23
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus11 obstiming → - 24
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater10 obstiming → - 25WilletTringa semipalmata9 obstiming →
- 26Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus9 obstiming →
- 27
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata9 obstiming → - 28
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens9 obstiming → - 29
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis9 obstiming → - 30
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus9 obstiming → - 31Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus9 obstiming →
- 32
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis8 obstiming → - 33
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum8 obstiming → - 34
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina8 obstiming → - 35
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura8 obstiming → - 36
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis8 obstiming → - 37
American RobinTurdus migratorius7 obstiming → - 38
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major7 obstiming → - 39
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax7 obstiming → - 40
Black VultureCoragyps atratus7 obstiming → - 41
OspreyPandion haliaetus7 obstiming → - 42
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus7 obstiming → - 43
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica6 obstiming → - 44DunlinCalidris alpina6 obstiming →
- 45
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo6 obstiming → - 46Wood StorkMycteria americana6 obstiming →
- 47
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos5 obstiming → - 48
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus5 obstiming → - 49Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus5 obstiming →
- 50Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus5 obstiming →
- 51
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius5 obstiming → - 52
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus5 obstiming → - 53
BuffleheadBucephala albeola5 obstiming → - 54
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis5 obstiming → - 55
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia5 obstiming → - 56
Turkey VultureCathartes aura5 obstiming → - 57
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres4 obstiming → - 58
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana4 obstiming → - 59Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa4 obstiming →
- 60
Canada GooseBranta canadensis4 obstiming → - 61
MallardAnas platyrhynchos4 obstiming → - 62Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris4 obstiming →
- 63
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus4 obstiming → - 64Painted BuntingPasserina ciris4 obstiming →
- 65Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris4 obstiming →
- 66
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata3 obstiming → - 67
American WigeonMareca americana3 obstiming → - 68
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus3 obstiming → - 69
Barred OwlStrix varia3 obstiming → - 70Clapper RailRallus crepitans3 obstiming →
- 71
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus3 obstiming → - 72
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus3 obstiming → - 73
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus3 obstiming → - 74
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata3 obstiming → - 75
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia3 obstiming → - 76
Northern RavenCorvus corax3 obstiming → - 77
Eurasian TealAnas crecca3 obstiming → - 78
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis3 obstiming → - 79
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus3 obstiming → - 80Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus3 obstiming →
- 81
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla3 obstiming → - 82Wood DuckAix sponsa3 obstiming →
- 83
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon3 obstiming → - 84
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea3 obstiming → - 85
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis2 obstiming → - 86
GadwallMareca strepera2 obstiming → - 87Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina2 obstiming →
- 88
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula2 obstiming → - 89
Forster's TernSterna forsteri2 obstiming → - 90
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica2 obstiming → - 91
Northern PintailAnas acuta2 obstiming → - 92Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula2 obstiming →
- 93
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus2 obstiming → - 94Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata2 obstiming →
- 95Piping PloverCharadrius melodus2 obstiming →
- 96
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum2 obstiming → - 97
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla2 obstiming → - 98Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus2 obstiming →
- 99
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis2 obstiming → - 100
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2 obstiming → - 101
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus2 obstiming → - 102
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja2 obstiming → - 103
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea2 obstiming → - 104
Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla2 obstiming → - 105
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens2 obstiming → - 106
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica2 obstiming → - 107
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos2 obstiming → - 108Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis2 obstiming →
- 109
Rock DoveColumba livia2 obstiming → - 110
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea2 obstiming → - 111
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis2 obstiming → - 112
Green HeronButorides virescens2 obstiming → - 113
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea2 obstiming → - 114
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas2 obstiming → - 115
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea2 obstiming → - 116Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2 obstiming →
- 117
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealis1 obstiming → - 118
Black ScoterMelanitta americana1 obstiming → - 119
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus1 obstiming → - 120Western SandpiperCalidris mauri1 obstiming →
- 121Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina1 obstiming →
- 122
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia1 obstiming → - 123
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus1 obstiming → - 124
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus1 obstiming → - 125
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla1 obstiming → - 126Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens1 obstiming →
- 127
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis1 obstiming → - 128
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata1 obstiming → - 129Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator1 obstiming →
- 130Field SparrowSpizella pusilla1 obstiming →
- 131
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum1 obstiming → - 132
Red KnotCalidris canutus1 obstiming → - 133Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius1 obstiming →
- 134
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia1 obstiming → - 135
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus1 obstiming → - 136
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota1 obstiming → - 137
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus1 obstiming → - 138
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus1 obstiming → - 139
King RailRallus elegans1 obstiming → - 140
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima1 obstiming → - 141
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris1 obstiming → - 142Royal TernThalasseus maximus1 obstiming →
- 143
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus1 obstiming → - 144
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus1 obstiming → - 145
Brown CreeperCerthia americana1 obstiming → - 146
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus1 obstiming → - 147
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens1 obstiming → - 148Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula1 obstiming →
- 149Greater ScaupAythya marila1 obstiming →
- 150
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.