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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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South Carolina Main list

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

Common nameScientific nameSC statusSC Review StatusComment
Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl
Family Anatidae — Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisDefinitive 
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorDefinitiveFull 
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensDefinitive 
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiDefinitive 
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsDefinitive 
BrantBranta berniclaDefinitiveFull 
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiDefinitiveFull 
Canada GooseBranta canadensisDefinitive 
Mute SwanCygnus olorDefinitive 
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorDefinitiveFull 
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusDefinitive 
Wood DuckAix sponsaDefinitive 
Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsDefinitive 
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraDefinitiveInland only 
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataDefinitive 
GadwallMareca streperaDefinitive 
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeDefinitive 
American WigeonMareca americanaDefinitive 
MallardAnas platyrhynchosDefinitive 
American Black DuckAnas rubripesDefinitive 
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaDefinitiveInland only 
Northern PintailAnas acutaDefinitive 
Green-winged TealAnas creccaDefinitive 
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaDefinitive 
RedheadAythya americanaDefinitive 
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisDefinitive 
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaDefinitiveFull 
Greater ScaupAythya marilaDefinitive 
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisDefinitive 
King EiderSomateria spectabilisDefinitiveFull 
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaDefinitiveInland only 
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicusDefinitiveFull 
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataDefinitive 
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandiDefinitive 
Black ScoterMelanitta americanaDefinitiveInland only 
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisDefinitive 
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaDefinitive 
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaDefinitive 
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusDefinitive 
Common MerganserMergus merganserDefinitiveFull 
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorDefinitive 
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisDefinitive 
Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey
Family Odontophoridae — Quail
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusDefinitive 
Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoDefinitive 
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusDefinitive 
Order Phoenicopteriformes — Flamingo
Family Phoenicopteridae — Flamingo
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberDefinitiveFull 
Order Podicipediformes — Grebes
Family Podicipedidae — Grebes
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsDefinitive 
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusDefinitive 
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaDefinitiveFull 
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisDefinitive 
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisDefinitiveFull 
Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons
Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons
Rock PigeonColumba liviaDefinitive 
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataDefinitiveFull 
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoDefinitive 
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusDefinitiveExtinct
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerinaDefinitive 
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaDefinitive 
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraDefinitive 
Order Cuculiformes — Cuckoos
Family Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniProvisionalFull 
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostrisDefinitiveFull 
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusDefinitive 
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusDefinitive 
Order Caprimulgiformes — Nightjars
Family Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorDefinitive 
Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisDefinitive 
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusDefinitive 
Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds
Family Apodidae — Swifts
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaDefinitive 
Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Blue-throated Mountain-gemLampornis clemenciaeProvisionalFull 
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisDefinitive 
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandriDefinitiveFull 
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte annaDefinitiveFull 
Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliopeDefinitiveFull 
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusDefinitive 
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasinDefinitiveFull 
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercusDefinitiveFull 
Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostrisDefinitiveFull 
Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisDefinitiveFull 
Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes
Family Rallidae — Rails
Clapper RailRallus crepitansDefinitive 
King RailRallus elegansDefinitive 
Virginia RailRallus limicolaDefinitive 
SoraPorzana carolinaDefinitive 
Common GallinuleGallinula galeataDefinitive 
American CootFulica americanaDefinitive 
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicusDefinitive 
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisDefinitiveFull 
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisDefinitiveInland only 
Family Aramidae — Limpkin
LimpkinAramus guaraunaDefinitive 
Family Gruidae — Cranes
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisDefinitive 
Whooping CraneGrus americanaDefinitiveFull 
Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids
Family Recurvirostridae — Stilts, Avocets
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusDefinitive 
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaDefinitive 
Family Haematopodidae — Oystercatcher
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusDefinitive 
Family Charadriidae — Plovers
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusProvisionalFull 
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaDefinitive 
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaDefinitive 
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusDefinitive 
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusDefinitive 
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusDefinitive 
Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaDefinitiveInland only 
Mountain PloverCharadrius montanusDefinitiveFull 
Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosusDefinitiveFull 
Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaDefinitive 
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusDefinitive 
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisProvisionalFull 
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusDefinitive 
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaDefinitiveFull 
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaDefinitiveFull 
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaDefinitive 
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresDefinitive 
Red KnotCalidris canutusDefinitive 
RuffCalidris pugnaxDefinitive 
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataProvisionalFull 
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusDefinitive 
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaDefinitiveFull 
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisProvisionalFull 
SanderlingCalidris albaDefinitive 
DunlinCalidris alpinaDefinitive 
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaDefinitiveInland only 
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiDefinitiveFull 
Little StintCalidris minutaDefinitiveFull 
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaDefinitive 
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisDefinitive 
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisDefinitive 
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosDefinitive 
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaDefinitive 
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriDefinitive 
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusDefinitive 
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusDefinitive 
American WoodcockScolopax minorDefinitive 
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataDefinitive 
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusDefinitive 
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaDefinitive 
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesDefinitive 
WilletTringa semipalmataDefinitive 
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaDefinitive 
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorDefinitive 
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusDefinitive 
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusDefinitiveInland only 
Family Stercorariidae — Skuas, Jaegers
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiDefinitiveFull 
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusDefinitiveInland only 
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusDefinitiveInland only 
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusDefinitiveFull 
Family Alcidae — Alcids
DovekieAlle alleDefinitiveFull 
Common MurreUria aalgeDefinitiveFull 
Thick-billed MurreUria lomviaDefinitiveFull 
RazorbillAlca tordaDefinitiveInland only 
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleDefinitiveFull 
Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdixDefinitiveFull 
Family Laridae — Gulls, Terns
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaDefinitiveInland only 
Sabine's GullXema sabiniDefinitiveFull 
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaDefinitive 
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusDefinitiveFull 
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusDefinitiveFull 
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaDefinitive 
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanDefinitiveFull 
Heermann's GullLarus heermanniDefinitiveFull 
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisDefinitive 
California GullLarus californicusDefinitiveFull 
Herring GullLarus argentatusDefinitive 
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesDefinitiveFull 
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusDefinitive 
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagusDefinitiveFull 
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusDefinitiveInland only 
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusDefinitive 
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 dougalliiDefinitiveFull 
Common TernSterna hirundoDefinitiveInland only 
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaDefinitiveFull 
Forster's TernSterna forsteriDefinitive 
Royal TernThalasseus maximusDefinitive 
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisDefinitiveInland only 
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerDefinitive 
Order Phaethontiformes — Tropicbirds
Family Phaethontidae — Tropicbirds
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusDefinitiveFull 
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusDefinitiveFull 
Order Gaviiformes — Loons
Family Gaviidae — Loons
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataDefinitive 
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaDefinitiveFull 
Common LoonGavia immerDefinitive 
Order Procellariiformes — Tubenoses
Family Oceanitidae — Southern Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusDefinitiveInland only 
Family Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm-Petrels
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousDefinitiveFull 
Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castroDefinitiveFull 
Family Procellariidae — Shearwaters, Petrels
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisDefinitiveFull 
Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjonianaDefinitiveFull 
Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataDefinitiveInland only 
Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeDefinitiveFull 
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaDefinitiveInland only 
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaDefinitiveFull 
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisDefinitiveInland only 
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusDefinitiveFull 
Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieriDefinitiveInland only 
Order Ciconiiformes — Storks
Family Ciconiidae — Storks
Wood StorkMycteria americanaDefinitive 
Order Suliformes — Frigatebirds, Boobies, Cormorant
Family Fregatidae — Frigatebirds
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensDefinitiveInland only 
Family Sulidae — Boobies, Gannet
Masked BoobySula dactylatraDefinitiveFull 
Brown BoobySula leucogasterDefinitiveFull 
Red-footed BoobySula sulaDefinitiveFull 
Northern GannetMorus bassanusDefinitiveInland only 
Family Anhingidae — Anhinga
AnhingaAnhinga anhingaDefinitive 
Family Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboDefinitiveInland only 
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritusDefinitive 
Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Family Pelecanidae — Pelicans
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosDefinitive 
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisDefinitiveInland only 
Family Ardeidae — Herons
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 rufescensDefinitiveInland only 
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisDefinitive 
Green HeronButorides virescensDefinitive 
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticoraxDefinitive 
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violaceaDefinitive 
Family Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbill
White IbisEudocimus albusDefinitive 
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusDefinitive 
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiDefinitiveFull 
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaDefinitive 
Order Cathartiformes — New World Vultures
Family Cathartidae — New World Vultures
Black VultureCoragyps atratusDefinitive 
Turkey VultureCathartes auraDefinitive 
Order Accipitriformes — Vultures, Osprey, Hawks
Family Pandionidae — Osprey
OspreyPandion haliaetusDefinitive 
Family Accipitridae — Hawks
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusDefinitiveFull 
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusDefinitive 
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosDefinitive 
Northern HarrierCircus hudsoniusDefinitive 
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusDefinitive 
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiDefinitive 
American GoshawkAccipiter atricapillusDefinitiveFull 
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusDefinitive 
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisDefinitive 
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisDefinitiveFull 
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusDefinitive 
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusDefinitive 
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusDefinitiveFull 
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoniDefinitiveFull 
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisDefinitive 
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusDefinitiveFull 
Order Strigiformes — Owls
Family Tytonidae — Barn Owls
Barn OwlTyto albaDefinitive 
Family Strigidae — Owls
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asioDefinitive 
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusDefinitive 
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusDefinitiveFull 
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaDefinitiveFull 
Barred OwlStrix variaDefinitive 
Long-eared OwlAsio otusDefinitiveFull 
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusDefinitive 
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusDefinitiveFull 
Order Coraciiformes — Kingfisher
Family Alcedinidae — Kingfisher
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonDefinitive 
Order Piciformes — Woodpeckers
Family Picidae — Woodpeckers
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusDefinitive 
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusDefinitive 
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusDefinitive 
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensDefinitive 
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerDryobates borealisDefinitive 
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusDefinitive 
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusDefinitive 
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusDefinitive 
Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalisDefinitiveFullExtinct
Order Falconiformes — Falcons
Family Falconidae — Falcons
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancusDefinitiveFull 
American KestrelFalco sparveriusDefinitive 
MerlinFalco columbariusDefinitive 
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusDefinitive 
Order Psittaciformes — Parrots
Family Psittacidae — Parrots
Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensisDefinitiveExtinct
Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds
Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensDefinitiveInland only 
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusDefinitive 
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratusDefinitiveFull 
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusDefinitiveFull 
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisDefinitive 
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusDefinitive 
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensisDefinitiveInland only 
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusDefinitive 
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaDefinitiveFull 
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiDefinitive 
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensDefinitive 
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisDefinitive 
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensDefinitive 
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumDefinitiveFull 
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiDefinitive 
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusDefinitive 
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeDefinitive 
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaDefinitiveFull 
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinusDefinitiveFull 
Family Vireonidae — Vireos
White-eyed VireoVireo griseusDefinitive 
Bell's VireoVireo belliiDefinitiveFull 
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsDefinitive 
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusDefinitive 
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusDefinitive 
Warbling VireoVireo gilvusDefinitive 
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusDefinitive 
Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridisDefinitiveFull 
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquusDefinitiveFull 
Family Laniidae — Shrikes
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusDefinitive 
Family Corvidae — Crows, Jays
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataDefinitive 
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosDefinitive 
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusDefinitive 
Common RavenCorvus coraxDefinitive 
Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisDefinitive 
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorDefinitive 
Family Alaudidae — Larks
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisDefinitive 
Family Hirundinidae — Swallows
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaDefinitive 
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorDefinitive 
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisDefinitive 
Purple MartinProgne subisDefinitive 
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaDefinitive 
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaDefinitive 
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaDefinitive 
Family Regulidae — Kinglets
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaDefinitive 
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaDefinitive 
Family Bombycillidae — Waxwings
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumDefinitive 
Family Sittidae — Nuthatches
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisDefinitive 
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisDefinitive 
Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaDefinitive 
Family Certhiidae — Creepers
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaDefinitive 
Family Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaDefinitive 
Family Troglodytidae — Wrens
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiDefinitiveFull 
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusDefinitive 
House WrenTroglodytes aedonDefinitive 
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisDefinitive 
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellarisDefinitive 
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisDefinitive 
Family Mimidae — Mimic Thrushes
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisDefinitive 
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumDefinitive 
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusDefinitiveFull 
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosDefinitive 
Family Sturnidae — Starlings
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisDefinitive 
Family Turdidae — Thrushes
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisDefinitive 
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiDefinitiveFull 
VeeryCatharus fuscescensDefinitive 
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusDefinitive 
Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliDefinitiveFull 
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusDefinitive 
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusDefinitive 
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaDefinitive 
American RobinTurdus migratoriusDefinitive 
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusDefinitiveFull 
Family Passeridae — Old World Sparrows
House SparrowPasser domesticusDefinitive 
Family Motacillidae — Pipits, Wagtails
White WagtailMotacilla albaDefinitiveFull 
American PipitAnthus rubescensDefinitive 
Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiDefinitiveFull 
Family Fringillidae — Finches
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusDefinitive 
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorProvisionalFull 
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusDefinitive 
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusDefinitive 
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaDefinitiveFull 
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraDefinitive 
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraDefinitiveFull 
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusDefinitive 
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisDefinitive 
Family Calcariidae — Longspurs, Snow Bunting
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusDefinitive 
Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusDefinitiveFull 
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisDefinitive 
Family Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalisDefinitive 
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumDefinitive 
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusDefinitive 
Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysDefinitiveFull 
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaDefinitive 
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaDefinitive 
Field SparrowSpizella pusillaDefinitive 
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaDefinitive 
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaDefinitiveFull 
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisDefinitive 
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysDefinitive 
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaProvisionalFull 
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaDefinitiveFull 
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisDefinitive 
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusDefinitive 
LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteiiDefinitive 
Seaside SparrowAmmospiza maritimaDefinitive 
Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoniDefinitiveInland only 
Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacutaDefinitiveInland only 
Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowiiDefinitive 
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisDefinitive 
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaDefinitive 
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiDefinitive 
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaDefinitive 
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurusDefinitiveFull 
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusDefinitiveFull 
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusDefinitive 
Family Icteriidae — Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensDefinitive 
Family Icteridae — Blackbirds
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusDefinitive 
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusDefinitive 
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaDefinitive 
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaDefinitiveFull 
Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusDefinitive 
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiiDefinitiveFull 
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaDefinitive 
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorumDefinitiveFull 
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusDefinitive 
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisDefinitiveFull 
Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneusDefinitiveFull 
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterDefinitive 
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusDefinitive 
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusDefinitive 
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaDefinitive 
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorDefinitive 
Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaDefinitive 
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumDefinitive 
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaDefinitive 
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisDefinitive 
Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmaniiDefinitiveExtinct
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraDefinitive 
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraDefinitive 
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaDefinitive 
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaDefinitive 
Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiDefinitive 
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaDefinitive 
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataDefinitive 
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaDefinitive 
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisDefinitive 
MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmieiDefinitive 
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaDefinitiveFull 
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosaDefinitive 
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasDefinitive 
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaDefinitive 
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaDefinitive 
Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandiiDefinitiveFull 
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaDefinitive 
Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaDefinitive 
Northern ParulaSetophaga americanaDefinitive 
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaDefinitive 
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaDefinitive 
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fuscaDefinitive 
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechiaDefinitive 
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaDefinitive 
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataDefinitive 
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensDefinitive 
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumDefinitive 
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinusDefinitive 
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataDefinitive 
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominicaDefinitive 
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorDefinitive 
Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescensDefinitiveFull 
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendiDefinitiveFull 
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensDefinitive 
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensisDefinitive 
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaDefinitive 
Family Cardinalidae — Cardinals, Buntings, Grosbeaks,
Summer TanagerPiranga rubraDefinitive 
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaDefinitive 
Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianaDefinitive 
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisDefinitive 
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusDefinitive 
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusDefinitiveFull 
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaDefinitive 
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoenaDefinitiveFull 
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaDefinitive 
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisDefinitive 
DickcisselSpiza americanaDefinitive 

Total species449 (441 Definitive)

South Carolina Supplemental List

Common nameScientific nameSC review statusComment
Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl
Family Anatidae — Waterfowl
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisFullQuestionable origin
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusFullQuestionable origin
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaFullQuestionable origin
Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey
Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusFullNot established
Order Phoenicopteriformes — Flamingo
Family Phoenicopteridae — Flamingo
Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisFullQuestionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List
Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons
Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaFullQuestionable origin
Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds
Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Cuban EmeraldChlorostilbon ricordiiFullHypothetical
Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes
Family Rallidae — Rails
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioFullQuestionable origin
Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids
Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaFullHypothetical
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusFullHypothetical
Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Family Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbill
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberFullQuestionable origin
Order Falconiformes — Falcons
Family Falconidae — Falcons
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanusFullQuestionable origin
Order Psittaciformes — Parrots
Family Psittacidae — Parrots
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusFullQuestionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusFullQuestionable origin
Green ParakeetAratinga holochloraFullQuestionable origin
Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds
Family Corvidae — Crows, Jays
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaFullQuestionable origin
House CrowCorvus splendensFullQuestionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List
Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusFullQuestionable origin
Family Aegithalidae — Bushtit
BushtitPsaltriparus minimusFullQuestionable origin
Family Muscicapidae — Old World Flycatchers
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheFullQuestionable origin
Family Ploceidae — Weavers
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusFullQuestionable origin
Family Estrildidae — Waxbills and Allies
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataFullQuestionable origin
Tricolored MuniaLonchura malaccaFullQuestionable origin
Family Fringillidae — Finches
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisFullQuestionable origin
Family Icteridae — Blackbirds
Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterusFullQuestionable origin
Family Thraupidae — Tanagers
Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronataFullQuestionable origin, Not on AOS Check-List

Total species26

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

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