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
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 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