Uncommon Birds in South Carolina
Our list for South Carolina has 80 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 13 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
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 80, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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