Hawks & Eagles in South Carolina
Our list for South Carolina has 4 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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