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
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–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