Birds to See in South Carolina in June
94 bird species on our list for South Carolina are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Mockingbird and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Surf Scoter, Wilson's Phalarope and Red Crossbill and 3 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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 94 birds in June
94 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.76% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.30% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.22% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.64% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Jun (protected)
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantRare58–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
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