List of the birds of the Carolinas
This list includes all species with a status of Definitive, Provisional, or Not Established. Taxonomy follows the AOS Check-list of North American Birds through the 66th Supplement (2025). See the taxonomic change history for the history of changes in the AOS Check-list.
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| Common name | Scientific name | SC status | NC status | SC Review Status | NC Review Status | Comment |
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| Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl | ||||||
| Family Anatidae — Waterfowl | ||||||
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Brant | Branta bernicla | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Provisional | Full | |||
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Definitive | Full | |||
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Redhead | Aythya americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey | ||||||
| Family Odontophoridae — Quail | ||||||
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey | ||||||
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | Definitive | Definitive | Downstate only | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Not established | Definitive | Full | ||
| Order Phoenicopteriformes — Flamingo | ||||||
| Family Phoenicopteridae — Flamingo | ||||||
| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Order Podicipediformes — Grebes | ||||||
| Family Podicipedidae — Grebes | ||||||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | Provisional | Full | |||
| Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons | ||||||
| Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons | ||||||
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | Definitive | Definitive | Extinct | ||
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Definitive | Full | |||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Cuculiformes — Cuckoos | ||||||
| Family Cuculidae — Cuckoos | ||||||
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Definitive | Provisional | Full | Full | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Caprimulgiformes — Nightjars | ||||||
| Family Caprimulgidae — Nightjars | ||||||
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | ||||||
| Family Apodidae — Swifts | ||||||
| Cypseloides Swift sp. | Cypseloides sp. | Provisional | Full | |||
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | ||||||
| Mexican Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | Provisional | Full | |||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Allen's Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes | ||||||
| Family Aramidae — Limpkin | ||||||
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Family Gruidae — Cranes | ||||||
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Definitive | Not Established | Full | Full | |
| Family Rallidae — Rails | ||||||
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | ||||||
| Family Recurvirostridae — Stilts, Avocets | ||||||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Haematopodidae — Oystercatcher | ||||||
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Charadriidae — Plovers | ||||||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Definitive | Full | |||
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Definitive | Full | |||
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Mountain Plover | Anarhynchus montanus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | ||||||
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Provisional | Full | |||
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Provisional | Full | |||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Definitive | Definitive | Spring only | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Family Stercorariidae — Skuas, Jaegers | ||||||
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Definitive | Full | Inland only | ||
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Family Alcidae — Alcids | ||||||
| Dovekie | Alle alle | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Definitive | Inland only | |||
| Family Laridae — Gulls, Terns | ||||||
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Definitive | Full | |||
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Provisional | Full | |||
| Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Provisional | Full | |||
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| California Gull | Larus californicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Definitive | Provisional | Full | Full | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Order Phaethontiformes — Tropicbirds | ||||||
| Family Phaethontidae — Tropicbirds | ||||||
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Order Gaviiformes — Loons | ||||||
| Family Gaviidae — Loons | ||||||
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Procellariiformes — Tubenoses | ||||||
| Family Diomedeidae — Albatrosses | ||||||
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Definitive | Full | |||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Definitive | Full | |||
| Family Oceanitidae — Southern Storm-Petrels | ||||||
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Definitive | Inland only | |||
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Definitive | Full | |||
| Family Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm-Petrels | ||||||
| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Definitive | Inland only | |||
| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Definitive | Full | |||
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Family Procellariidae — Shearwaters, Petrels | ||||||
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | Definitive | Inland only | |||
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Fea's Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | Definitive | Full | |||
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Definitive | Full | |||
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Definitive | Full | |||
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Order Ciconiiformes — Storks | ||||||
| Family Ciconiidae — Storks | ||||||
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Suliformes — Frigatebirds, Boobies, Cormorant | ||||||
| Family Fregatidae — Frigatebirds | ||||||
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Family Sulidae — Boobies, Gannet | ||||||
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Family Anhingidae — Anhinga | ||||||
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants | ||||||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Definitive | Full | |||
| Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises | ||||||
| Family Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbill | ||||||
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Pelecanidae — Pelicans | ||||||
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Family Ardeidae — Herons | ||||||
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Definitive | Full | |||
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Cathartiformes — New World Vultures | ||||||
| Family Cathartidae — New World Vultures | ||||||
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Accipitriformes — Vultures, Osprey, Hawks | ||||||
| Family Pandionidae — Osprey | ||||||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Accipitridae — Hawks | ||||||
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Cooper's Hawk | Astur cooperii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Goshawk | Astur atricapillus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Order Strigiformes — Owls | ||||||
| Family Tytonidae — Barn Owls | ||||||
| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Strigidae — Owls | ||||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Order Coraciiformes — Kingfisher | ||||||
| Family Alcedinidae — Kingfisher | ||||||
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Piciformes — Woodpeckers | ||||||
| Family Picidae — Woodpeckers | ||||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Dryobates borealis | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus principalis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Extinct | |
| Order Falconiformes — Falcons | ||||||
| Family Falconidae — Falcons | ||||||
| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Provisional | Full | |||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Order Psittaciformes — Parrots | ||||||
| Family Psittacidae — New World Parrots | ||||||
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | Not Established | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
| Carolina Parakeet | Conuropsis carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | Extinct | ||
| Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | ||||||
| Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | ||||||
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Mountains only | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | Definitive | Full | |||
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Family Vireonidae — Vireos | ||||||
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eastern Warbling-Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Family Laniidae — Shrikes | ||||||
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | Definitive | Full | |||
| Family Corvidae — Crows, Jays | ||||||
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | Definitive | Definitive | Coastal only | ||
| Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice | ||||||
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Definitive | Full | Downstate only | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Alaudidae — Larks | ||||||
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Hirundinidae — Swallows | ||||||
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Provisional | Full | |||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Family Regulidae — Kinglets | ||||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Bombycillidae — Waxwings | ||||||
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Sittidae — Nuthatches | ||||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Certhiidae — Creepers | ||||||
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Polioptilidae — Gnatcatchers | ||||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Troglodytidae — Wrens | ||||||
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus stellaris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Mimidae — Mimic Thrushes | ||||||
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Sturnidae — Starlings | ||||||
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Turdidae — Thrushes | ||||||
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Definitive | Full | |||
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Family Muscicapidae — Old World Flycatchers | ||||||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Definitive | Full | Full | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin | |
| Family Passeridae — Old World Sparrows | ||||||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Motacillidae — Pipits, Wagtails | ||||||
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Family Fringillidae — Finches | ||||||
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Definitive | Full | |||
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | Provisional | Provisional | Full | Full | |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | Definitive | Full | |||
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Calcariidae — Longspurs, Snow Bunting | ||||||
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Passerellidae — New World Sparrows | ||||||
| Cassin's Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | Definitive | Full | |||
| Bachman's Sparrow | Peucaea aestivalis | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Provisional | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| LeConte's Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammospiza maritima | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Nelson's Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | Inland only | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Centronyx henslowii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Icteriidae — Yellow-breasted Chat | ||||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Family Icteridae — Blackbirds | ||||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Definitive | Provisional | Full | Full | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Inland only | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Definitive | Definitive | Inland only | ||
| Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | ||||||
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bachman's Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | Definitive | Definitive | Extinct | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Definitive | Definitive | Full | ||
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Kirtland's Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Downstate only | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | Definitive | Full | |||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | Definitive | Full | |||
| Family Cardinalidae — Cardinals, Buntings, Grosbeaks, | ||||||
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Mountains only | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | Definitive | Definitive | Full | Full | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Definitive | Definitive | Mountains only | ||
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Definitive | Definitive | |||
| Total species | 507 (495 Definitive) | 453 | 501 | |||
Species recorded in South Carolina but not North Carolina
| Common name | Scientific name | SC status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | |||
| Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | |||
| Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | Provisional | |
| Order Gruiformes — Rails, Cranes | |||
| Family Gruidae — Cranes | |||
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Definitive | NC Not Established |
| Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | |||
| Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | |||
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Provisional | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Provisional | |
| Order Accipitriformes — Vultures, Osprey, Hawks | |||
| Family Accipitridae — Hawks | |||
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Definitive | |
| Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | |||
| Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | |||
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Definitive | |
| Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | |||
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | Definitive | |
| Total species | 7 (4 Definitive) | ||
Species recorded in North Carolina but not South Carolina
| Common name | Scientific name | NC status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Anseriformes — Waterfowl | |||
| Family Anatidae — Waterfowl | |||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Provisional | |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Definitive | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Definitive | |
| Order Galliformes — Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey | |||
| Family Phasianidae — Pheasants, Grouse, Turkey | |||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Not established |
| Order Podicipediformes — Grebes | |||
| Family Podicipedidae — Grebes | |||
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | Provisional | |
| Order Columbiformes — Doves and Pigeons | |||
| Family Columbidae — Doves, Pigeons | |||
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Definitive | |
| Order Caprimulgiformes — Nightjars | |||
| Family Caprimulgidae — Nightjars | |||
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | Definitive | |
| Order Apodiformes — Swifts, Hummingbirds | |||
| Family Apodidae — Swifts | |||
| Cypseloides Swift sp. | Cypseloides sp. | Provisional | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Definitive | |
| Family Trochilidae — Hummingbirds | |||
| Mexican Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | Definitive | |
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | Definitive | |
| Order Charadriiformes — Shorebirds, Gulls, Alcids | |||
| Family Charadriidae — Plovers | |||
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Definitive | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Definitive | |
| Family Scolopacidae — Sandpipers | |||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Hypothetical |
| Family Stercorariidae — Skuas, Jaegers | |||
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Definitive | |
| Family Alcidae — Alcids | |||
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Definitive | |
| Family Laridae — Gulls, Terns | |||
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Definitive | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Provisional | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Definitive | |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Provisional | |
| Order Procellariiformes — Tubenoses | |||
| Family Diomedeidae — Albatrosses | |||
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Definitive | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Definitive | |
| Family Oceanitidae — Southern Storm-Petrels | |||
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Definitive | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Definitive | |
| Family Hydrobatidae — Northern Storm-Petrels | |||
| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Definitive | |
| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Definitive | |
| Family Procellariidae — Shearwaters, Petrels | |||
| Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | Definitive | |
| Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | Definitive | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Definitive | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Definitive | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Definitive | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Definitive | |
| Order Suliformes — Frigatebirds, Boobies, Cormorant | |||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae — Cormorants | |||
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Definitive | |
| Order Pelecaniformes — Pelicans, Herons, Ibises | |||
| Family Ardeidae — Herons | |||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Definitive | |
| Order Falconiformes — Falcons | |||
| Family Falconidae — Falcons | |||
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Provisional | |
| Order Passeriformes — Flycatchers, songbirds | |||
| Family Tyrannidae — Flycatchers | |||
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | Definitive | |
| Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | Definitive | |
| Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | Definitive | |
| Family Vireonidae — Vireos | |||
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | Definitive | |
| Family Laniidae — Shrikes | |||
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | Definitive | |
| Family Paridae — Chickadees, Titmice | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin |
| Family Hirundinidae — Swallows | |||
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Provisional | |
| Family Turdidae — Thrushes | |||
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Definitive | |
| Family Muscicapidae — Old World Flycatchers | |||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Definitive | SC Supplementary: Questionable origin |
| Family Fringillidae — Finches | |||
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Definitive | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | Definitive | |
| Family Calcariidae — Longspurs, Snow Bunting | |||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Definitive | |
| Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | Definitive | |
| Family Passerellidae — New World Sparrows | |||
| Cassin's Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | Definitive | |
| Family Icteridae — Blackbirds | |||
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Definitive | |
| Family Parulidae — Wood Warblers | |||
| Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | Definitive | |
| Total species | 53 (46 Definitive) | ||