Common Birds in South Carolina
Our list for South Carolina has 53 common birds recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 5 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made