Official list of the birds of the Carolinas

This is a list of all species accepted by the Bird Records Committees of North Carolina and South Carolina as of their annual reports for 2009. Taxonomy follows the AOU Check-list of North American Birds through the 51st Supplement, except for the inclusion of a few species that are not on the AOU Check-list. Changes made in 2009 annual reports are shown with a brighter green background.

Main List

This list includes all species with a South Carolina status of Definitive or Provisional I, or a North Carolina status of Accepted (Official or Provisional).

Common nameScientific nameSC statusNC statusSC Review StatusNC < 10?# NC recsComment
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisDefinitiveOfficialInland onlyYES2
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorDefinitiveOfficialFull
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsDefinitiveOfficial
Snow GooseChen caerulescensDefinitiveOfficial
Ross's GooseChen rossiiDefinitiveOfficialNAB
BrantBranta berniclaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisOfficialYES1+SC Provisional II
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiDefinitiveOfficialFullYES 
Canada GooseBranta canadensisDefinitiveOfficial
Mute SwanCygnus olorDefinitiveOfficialPreviously SC Provisional II
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorOfficial YES1SC Provisional II
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusDefinitiveOfficial
Wood DuckAix sponsaDefinitiveOfficial
GadwallAnas streperaDefinitiveOfficial
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeDefinitiveOfficialFull
American WigeonAnas americanaDefinitiveOfficial
American Black DuckAnas rubripesDefinitiveOfficial
MallardAnas platyrhynchosDefinitiveOfficial
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaDefinitiveOfficialInland onlyYES2
Blue-winged TealAnas discorsDefinitiveOfficial
Cinnamon TealAnas cyanopteraDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataDefinitiveOfficial
Northern PintailAnas acutaDefinitiveOfficial
GarganeyAnas querquedulaProvisionalYES1
Green-winged TealAnas creccaDefinitiveOfficial
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaDefinitiveOfficial
RedheadAythya americanaDefinitiveOfficial
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisDefinitiveOfficial
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula OfficialYES1
Greater ScaupAythya marilaDefinitiveOfficial
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisDefinitiveOfficial
King EiderSomateria spectabilisDefinitiveOfficialFull
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicusProvisional IOfficialFull
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataDefinitiveOfficial
White-winged ScoterMelanitta fuscaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Black ScoterMelanitta americanaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisDefinitiveOfficial
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaDefinitiveOfficial
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaDefinitiveOfficial
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusDefinitiveOfficial
Common MerganserMergus merganserDefinitiveOfficialFull
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorDefinitiveOfficial
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusOfficialYES1
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisDefinitiveOfficial
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusDefinitiveOfficial
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusOfficialSC Provisional II
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusDefinitiveOfficial
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoDefinitiveOfficial
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataDefinitiveOfficial
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Common LoonGavia immerDefinitiveOfficial
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsDefinitiveOfficial
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusDefinitiveOfficial
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisDefinitiveOfficial
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisDefinitiveOfficialFull
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkiiProvisionalYES1
Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosOfficialYES3
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisProvisionalYES1
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisDefinitiveOfficialFull
Herald PetrelPterodroma arminjonianaOfficial
Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeOfficialNot on AOU Check-list
Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahowOfficial
Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulweriiOfficialYES2
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsiiOfficialYES1
Great ShearwaterPuffinus gravisDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieriDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilisDefinitiveFull
Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marinaOfficial
European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicusOfficialYES3
Black-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta tropicaOfficialYES3
Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelOceanodroma monorhisOfficialYES3
Leach's Storm-PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Band-rumped Storm-PetrelOceanodroma castroDefinitiveOfficialFull
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Wood StorkMycteria americanaDefinitiveOfficial
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Masked BoobySula dactylatraDefinitiveOfficialFull
Brown BoobySula leucogasterDefinitiveOfficialFull
Red-footed BoobySula sulaDefinitiveFull
Northern GannetMorus bassanusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusDefinitiveOfficial
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboDefinitiveOfficialInland only
AnhingaAnhinga anhingaDefinitiveOfficial
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisDefinitiveOfficialInland only
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusDefinitiveOfficial
Least BitternIxobrychus exilisDefinitiveOfficial
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasDefinitiveOfficial
Great EgretArdea albaDefinitiveOfficial
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaDefinitiveOfficial
Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaDefinitiveOfficial
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorDefinitiveOfficial
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisDefinitiveOfficial
Green HeronButorides virescensDefinitiveOfficial
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticoraxDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violaceaDefinitiveOfficial
White IbisEudocimus albusDefinitiveOfficial
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusDefinitiveOfficial
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiOfficialYES1
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Black VultureCoragyps atratusDefinitiveOfficial
Turkey VultureCathartes auraDefinitiveOfficial
OspreyPandion haliaetusDefinitiveOfficial
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusDefinitiveOfficial
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisDefinitiveOfficialFullYES1
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisDefinitiveOfficial
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusDefinitiveOfficial
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneusDefinitiveOfficial
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusDefinitiveOfficial
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiDefinitiveOfficial
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilisDefinitiveOfficialFull
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusDefinitiveOfficial
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusDefinitiveOfficial
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoniProvisional IOfficialFullYES
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisDefinitiveOfficial
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusProvisional IOfficialFull
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosDefinitiveOfficial
American KestrelFalco sparveriusDefinitiveOfficial
MerlinFalco columbariusDefinitiveOfficial
GyrfalconFalco rusticolusProvisionalYES1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisDefinitiveOfficialFull
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Clapper RailRallus longirostrisDefinitiveOfficial
King RailRallus elegansDefinitiveOfficial
Virginia RailRallus limicolaDefinitiveOfficial
SoraPorzana carolinaDefinitiveOfficial
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaDefinitiveOfficial
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusDefinitiveOfficial
American CootFulica americanaDefinitiveOfficial
LimpkinAramus guaraunaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES3+
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisDefinitiveOfficial
Whooping CraneGrus americanaDefinitiveFull
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusProvisional IOfficialFullYES2
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaDefinitiveOfficial
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaDefinitiveOfficial
Snowy PloverCharadrius alexandrinusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusDefinitiveOfficial
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusDefinitiveOfficialNAB - Inland
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusDefinitiveOfficial
Mountain PloverCharadrius montanusDefinitiveFull
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusDefinitiveOfficial
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusDefinitiveOfficial
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaDefinitiveOfficial
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusDefinitiveOfficial
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaDefinitiveOfficial
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusOfficialYES1SC Hypothetical
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaDefinitiveOfficial
WilletTringa semipalmataDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesDefinitiveOfficial
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaDefinitiveOfficial
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisProvisional IFull
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusDefinitiveOfficial
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaOfficialYES3SC Hypothetical
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaOfficialYES
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresDefinitiveOfficial
Red KnotCalidris canutusDefinitiveOfficial
SanderlingCalidris albaDefinitiveOfficial
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaDefinitiveOfficial
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriDefinitiveOfficial
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisProvisional IFull
Little StintCalidris minutaOfficialYES1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaDefinitiveOfficial
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisDefinitiveOfficial
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiDefinitiveOfficialFull
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosDefinitiveOfficial
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataProvisional IFull
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
DunlinCalidris alpinaDefinitiveOfficial
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusDefinitiveOfficial
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollisDefinitiveOfficial
RuffPhilomachus pugnaxDefinitiveOfficialFull
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataDefinitiveOfficial
American WoodcockScolopax minorDefinitiveOfficial
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorDefinitiveOfficial
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Sabine's GullXema sabiniDefinitiveOfficialFull
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaDefinitiveOfficial
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusProvisional IOfficialFull
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaDefinitiveOfficial
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanDefinitiveOfficialFull
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisProvisionalYES1
Mew GullLarus canusOfficialYES
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisDefinitiveOfficial
California GullLarus californicusOfficial
Herring GullLarus argentatusDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisOfficialYES1+
Thayer's GullLarus thayeriOfficial
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesDefinitiveOfficialFull
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagusProvisionalYES1
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusDefinitiveOfficialNAB - inland
Brown NoddyAnous stolidusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Least TernSternula antillarumDefinitiveOfficial
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaDefinitiveOfficial
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaDefinitiveOfficial
Black TernChlidonias nigerDefinitiveOfficial
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusDefinitiveProvisionalFullYES1
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiProvisional IOfficialFull
Common TernSterna hirundoDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Forster's TernSterna forsteriDefinitiveOfficial
Royal TernThalasseus maximusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerDefinitiveOfficial
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaDefinitiveOfficialFullSC skua species
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiOfficialSC Hypothetical
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusDefinitiveOfficialFull
DovekieAlle alleDefinitiveOfficialFull
Common MurreUria aalgeDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2
Thick-billed MurreUria lomviaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
RazorbillAlca tordaDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleDefinitiveProvisionalFullYES2
Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdixDefinitiveProvisionalFullYES2
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaOfficialYES
Rock PigeonColumba liviaDefinitiveOfficial
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoDefinitiveOfficial
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraDefinitiveOfficial
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusDefinitiveOfficialExtinct
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerinaDefinitiveOfficial
Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensisDefinitiveOfficialExtinct
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusDefinitiveOfficial
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusDefinitiveOfficial
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniProvisional IOfficialFullYES1
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostrisDefinitiveProvisionalFullYES1
Barn OwlTyto albaDefinitiveOfficial
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asioDefinitiveOfficial
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusDefinitiveOfficial
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2
Barred OwlStrix variaDefinitiveOfficial
Long-eared OwlAsio otusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusDefinitiveOfficial
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennisOfficialYES1
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorDefinitiveOfficial
Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachiiOfficialYES2
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisDefinitiveOfficial
Eastern Whip-poor-willCaprimulgus vociferusDefinitiveOfficial
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaDefinitiveOfficial
Green VioletearColibri thalassinusOfficialYES3
Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostiiOfficialYES1
Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostrisDefinitiveOfficialFullYES3
Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisDefinitiveOfficialFullYES1
Blue-throated HummingbirdLampornis clemenciaeProvisional IFull
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisDefinitiveOfficial
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandriDefinitiveOfficialFull
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte annaOfficialYES1
Calliope HummingbirdStellula calliopeDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercusOfficialYES1
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusDefinitiveOfficial
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasinDefinitiveOfficialFullYES1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonDefinitiveOfficial
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusDefinitiveOfficial
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusDefinitiveOfficial
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensDefinitiveOfficial
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusDefinitiveOfficial
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisDefinitiveOfficial
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusDefinitiveOfficial
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusDefinitiveOfficial
Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalisDefinitiveOfficialYES1 
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiDefinitiveOfficial
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensDefinitiveOfficial
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumOfficialSC Hypothetical
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiDefinitiveOfficial
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusDefinitiveOfficial
Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightiiOfficialYES1
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis/occidentalisOfficialYES1
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeDefinitiveOfficial
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaProvisional IOfficialFullYES
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES 
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensOfficialYESSC Hypothetical
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusDefinitiveOfficial
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusOfficialYES3SC Hypothetical (Tropical/Couch's Kingbird)
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisDefinitiveOfficial
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusDefinitiveOfficial
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensisDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusDefinitiveOfficial
Northern ShrikeLanius excubitorOfficialYES
White-eyed VireoVireo griseusDefinitiveOfficial
Bell's VireoVireo belliiDefinitiveOfficialFullYES 
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsDefinitiveOfficial
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusDefinitiveOfficial
Warbling VireoVireo gilvusDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusDefinitiveOfficial
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusDefinitiveOfficial
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquusOfficialYES
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataDefinitiveOfficial
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosDefinitiveOfficial
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusDefinitiveOfficial
Common RavenCorvus coraxDefinitiveOfficial
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisDefinitiveOfficial
Purple MartinProgne subisDefinitiveOfficial
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorDefinitiveOfficial
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisDefinitiveOfficial
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaDefinitiveOfficial
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaDefinitiveOfficial
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaDefinitiveOfficial
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisDefinitiveOfficial
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusOfficialSC Hypothetical
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorDefinitiveOfficial
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisDefinitiveOfficial
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisDefinitiveOfficial
Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaDefinitiveOfficial
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaDefinitiveOfficial
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusDefinitiveOfficial
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiDefinitiveOfficialFull
House WrenTroglodytes aedonDefinitiveOfficial
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisDefinitiveOfficial
Sedge WrenCistothorus platensisDefinitiveOfficial
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisDefinitiveOfficial
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaDefinitiveOfficial
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaDefinitiveOfficial
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaDefinitiveOfficial
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheOfficialYES3+SC Hypothetical
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisDefinitiveOfficial
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesProvisionalYES1
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiProvisional IFull
VeeryCatharus fuscescensDefinitiveOfficial
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusDefinitiveOfficial
Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2+
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusDefinitiveOfficial
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusDefinitiveOfficial
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaDefinitiveOfficial
American RobinTurdus migratoriusDefinitiveOfficial
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisDefinitiveOfficial
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosDefinitiveOfficial
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusOfficialYES2
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumDefinitiveOfficial
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisDefinitiveOfficial
White WagtailMotacilla albaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2
American PipitAnthus rubescensDefinitiveOfficial
Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiDefinitiveOfficialFullYES3
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumDefinitiveOfficial
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusOfficialYES2
Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES 
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmaniiDefinitiveOfficialFullYES2Extinct?
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraDefinitiveOfficial
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraDefinitiveOfficial
Tennessee WarblerOreothlypis peregrinaDefinitiveOfficial
Orange-crowned WarblerOreothlypis celataDefinitiveOfficial
Nashville WarblerOreothlypis ruficapillaDefinitiveOfficial
Northern ParulaParula americanaDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow WarblerDendroica petechiaDefinitiveOfficial
Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaDefinitiveOfficial
Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaDefinitiveOfficial
Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaDefinitiveOfficial
Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataDefinitiveOfficial
Black-throated Gray WarblerDendroica nigrescensDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensDefinitiveOfficial
Townsend's WarblerDendroica townsendiOfficialYES2+
Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominicaDefinitiveOfficial
Pine WarblerDendroica pinusDefinitiveOfficial
Kirtland's WarblerDendroica kirtlandiiDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorDefinitiveOfficial
Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumDefinitiveOfficial
Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaDefinitiveOfficial
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataDefinitiveOfficial
Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaDefinitiveOfficial
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaDefinitiveOfficial
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaDefinitiveOfficial
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaDefinitiveOfficial
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumDefinitiveOfficial
Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiDefinitiveOfficial
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaDefinitiveOfficial
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisDefinitiveOfficial
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaDefinitiveOfficial
Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusDefinitiveOfficial
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaDefinitiveOfficialFull
MacGillivray's WarblerOporornis tolmieiOfficialYES2
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasDefinitiveOfficial
Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaDefinitiveOfficial
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaDefinitiveOfficial
Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisDefinitiveOfficial
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensDefinitiveOfficial
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES1
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusDefinitiveOfficialFullYES1
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusDefinitiveOfficial
Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalisDefinitiveOfficial
American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaDefinitiveOfficial
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Field SparrowSpizella pusillaDefinitiveOfficial
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusDefinitiveOfficial
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisDefinitiveOfficial
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumDefinitiveOfficial
Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiDefinitiveOfficial
Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiDefinitiveOfficial
Nelson's SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Saltmarsh SparrowAmmodramus caudacutusDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusDefinitiveOfficial
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaDefinitiveOfficial
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaDefinitiveOfficial
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiDefinitiveOfficial
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaDefinitiveOfficial
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisDefinitiveOfficial
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysDefinitiveOfficial
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaProvisional IFull
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisDefinitiveOfficial
Summer TanagerPiranga rubraDefinitiveOfficial
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaDefinitiveOfficial
Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisDefinitiveOfficial
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusDefinitiveOfficial
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusDefinitiveOfficialFull
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaDefinitiveOfficial
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoenaDefinitiveOfficialFullYES1
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaDefinitiveOfficial
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisDefinitiveOfficial
DickcisselSpiza americanaDefinitiveOfficial
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusDefinitiveOfficial
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusDefinitiveOfficial
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaDefinitiveOfficial
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaDefinitiveProvisionalFullYES2
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusDefinitiveOfficialNAB
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusDefinitiveOfficial
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusDefinitiveOfficial
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaDefinitiveOfficial
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorDefinitiveOfficialInland only
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisDefinitiveOfficialFull
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterDefinitiveOfficial
Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusDefinitiveOfficial
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiiDefinitiveOfficialFull
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaDefinitiveOfficial
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum Official YES1
BramblingFringilla montifringillaOfficialYES1
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorProvisional IOfficialFullYES
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusDefinitiveOfficial
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusDefinitiveOfficial
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraDefinitiveOfficialNAB
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraDefinitiveOfficialFull
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaDefinitiveOfficialFull
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusDefinitiveOfficial
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltriaOfficialYES2
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisDefinitiveOfficial
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusDefinitiveOfficial
House SparrowPasser domesticusDefinitiveOfficial
Total species478424 469

South Carolina Provisional II species

Common nameScientific nameSC statusNC statusSC Review StatusComment
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisProvisional IIFull
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorProvisional IIFull
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusProvisional IIOfficialFull
Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensesProvisional IIFullNot on AOU Check-list
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberProvisional IIFull
Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayProvisional IIFull
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanusProvisional IIFull
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaProvisional IIFull
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusProvisional IIFull
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusProvisional IIFull
Green ParakeetAratinga holochloraProvisional IIFull
House CrowCorvus splendensProvisional IIFullNot on AOU Check-list
Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronataProvisional IIFullNot on AOU Check-list
TroupialIcterus icterusProvisional IIFull
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisProvisional IIFull
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusProvisional IIFull

South Carolina Hypothetical species

Common nameScientific nameSC statusNC statusSC Review Status
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberHypothetical Full
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusHypothetical Full
Caribbean CootFulica caribaeaHypothetical Full
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusHypotheticalOfficialFull
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaHypotheticalOfficialFull
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiHypotheticalOfficialFull
Cuban EmeraldChlorostilbon ricordiiHypothetical Full
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumHypotheticalOfficialFull
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensHypotheticalOfficialFull
Tropical/Couch's KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus/couchiiHypotheticalOfficial (Tropical Kingbird)Full
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaHypotheticalFull
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusHypotheticalOfficialFull
BushtitPsaltriparus minimusHypothetical Full
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheHypotheticalOfficialFull

Species on the SC Main List that are not recorded from NC

Common nameScientific nameSC status
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilisDefinitive
Red-footed BoobySula sulaDefinitive
Whooping CraneGrus americanaDefinitive
Mountain PloverCharadrius montanusDefinitive
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisProvisional I
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisProvisional I
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataProvisional I
Blue-throated HummingbirdLampornis clemenciaeProvisional I
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiProvisional I
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaProvisional I

Species on the NC Accepted List that are not recorded on the SC Main List

Common nameScientific nameNC status
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisOfficial
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorOfficial
GarganeyAnas querquedulaProvisional
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaOfficial
Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusOfficial
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusOfficial
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkiiProvisional
Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosOfficial
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisProvisional
Herald PetrelPterodroma arminjonianaOfficial
Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeOfficial
Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahowOfficial
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulweriiOfficial
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsiiOfficial
White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marinaOfficial
European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicusOfficial
Black-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta tropicaOfficial
Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelOceanodroma monorhisOfficial
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiOfficial
GyrfalconFalco rusticolusProvisional
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusOfficial
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaOfficial
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaOfficial
Little StintCalidris minutaOfficial
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisProvisional
Mew GullLarus canusOfficial
California GullLarus californicusOfficial
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisOfficial
Thayer's GullLarus thayeriOfficial
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagusProvisional
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiOfficial
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaOfficial
Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennisOfficial
Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachiiOfficial
Green VioletearColibri thalassinusOfficial
Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostiiOfficial
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte annaOfficial
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercusOfficial
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumOfficial
Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightiiOfficial
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis/occidentalisOfficial
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensOfficial
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusOfficial
Northern ShrikeLanius excubitorOfficial
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquusOfficial
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusOfficial
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheOfficial
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesProvisional
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusOfficial
Townsend's WarblerDendroica townsendiOfficial
MacGillivray's WarblerOporornis tolmieiOfficial
Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusOfficial
BramblingFringilla montifringillaOfficial
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorumOfficial
Lesser GoldfinchCarduelis psaltriaProvisional

Explanations of column headings

NC < 10?
"YES" if there are less than 10 NC records
# NC recs
Number of NC records, if less than 4 ("+" indicates one or more additional reports available for review, but not yet reviewed by the Committee).

SC Status terms

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 I
There is only written documentation that the species has occurred in South Carolina. (No photographs, sound recordings, or specimens.)
Provisional II
Species whose occurrence in South Carolina is believed to be the result of human assistance, and which have not become established.
Hypothetical
Species which are undocumented to the committee but reported in North American Birds or The Chat.

NC Status terms

Official
Species documented by a specimen, photograph, voice recording, video tape, or other physical evidence that is appropriately archived; or a species documented by at least three accepted, separate sight records, of which at least one is published with details in a refereed journal.
Provisional
Species documented and accepted by the Records Committee as valid (and not considered of unaccepted origin) but not having met the criteria above; that is, a species with only one or two accepted sight records.

SC Review 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
NAB (North American Birds report species)
All observations should be reported to North American Birds editor with details
NAB - inland (North American Birds report species - Inland only)
All observations made more than 30 miles inland should be reported to North American Birds editor with details

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