Birds to See in South Carolina in July
95 bird species on our list for South Carolina are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Mockingbird and Eastern Bluebird. New this month: Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper and Piping Plover and 4 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From South Carolina’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 95 birds in July
95 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.56% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.76% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.32% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.31% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jul (protected)
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul · 0.00% in Jul
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