2009 Results: South Carolina

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in South Carolina with reports.

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Number of Checklists (by location)

: 1
: 2-5
: 6-25
: > 25

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	1	1
Greater White-fronted Goose	6	1
Snow Goose	35	8
Canada Goose	1,581	187
Mute Swan	4	2
Tundra Swan	722	10
Wood Duck	385	55
Gadwall	261	6
American Wigeon	253	8
American Black Duck	8	3
Mallard	571	113
Mottled Duck	53	4
Blue-winged Teal	303	11
Northern Shoveler	2,791	9
Northern Pintail	52	2
Green-winged Teal	3,755	8
Canvasback	16	4
Redhead	74	4
Ring-necked Duck	1,312	13
Greater Scaup	4	3
Lesser Scaup	715	14
Harlequin Duck	1	1
Surf Scoter	345	5
Black Scoter	352	6
Bufflehead	339	45
Common Goldeneye	9	5
Hooded Merganser	548	73
Red-breasted Merganser	111	19
Ruddy Duck	1,011	11
Wild Turkey	307	24
Northern Bobwhite	37	8
Red-throated Loon	50	8
Common Loon	84	27
Pied-billed Grebe	342	63
Horned Grebe	28	6
Red-necked Grebe	1	1
Eared Grebe	6	1
Northern Gannet	108	8
American White Pelican	22	3
Brown Pelican	409	75
Double-crested Cormorant	1,345	134
Anhinga	102	51
American Bittern	3	2
Great Blue Heron	754	224
Great Egret	759	167
Snowy Egret	903	91
Little Blue Heron	292	53
Tricolored Heron	363	31
Green Heron	13	7
Black-crowned Night-Heron	63	15
White Ibis	1,588	98
Glossy Ibis	53	6
Wood Stork	56	15
Black Vulture	762	141
Turkey Vulture	1,024	230
Osprey	100	66
Bald Eagle	119	56
Northern Harrier	28	21
Sharp-shinned Hawk	33	29
Cooper's Hawk	43	39
Red-shouldered Hawk	175	108
Red-tailed Hawk	227	140
American Kestrel	24	19
Merlin	5	5
Clapper Rail	8	8
King Rail	4	2
Virginia Rail	1	1
Common Moorhen	283	18
American Coot	1,965	25
Sandhill Crane	3	1
Black-bellied Plover	448	11
Wilson's Plover	1	1
Semipalmated Plover	1,030	11
Piping Plover	8	4
Killdeer	292	46
American Oystercatcher	47	19
American Avocet	117	1
Spotted Sandpiper	1	1
Greater Yellowlegs	142	12
Willet	189	21
Lesser Yellowlegs	39	4
Whimbrel	1	1
Marbled Godwit	179	5
Ruddy Turnstone	179	15
Red Knot	28	3
Sanderling	294	11
Western Sandpiper	244	9
Least Sandpiper	439	9
Purple Sandpiper	6	5
Dunlin	7,960	20
Stilt Sandpiper	2	1
Short-billed Dowitcher	495	10
Long-billed Dowitcher	203	1
Wilson's Snipe	68	10
American Woodcock	26	5
Bonaparte's Gull	374	21
Laughing Gull	840	37
Ring-billed Gull	2,782	110
Herring Gull	914	48
Great Black-backed Gull	7	5
Forster's Tern	189	28
Royal Tern	6	4
Black Skimmer	121	3
Rock Pigeon	1,329	60
Eurasian Collared-Dove	184	42
Mourning Dove	4,122	950
Common Ground-Dove	39	12
Barn Owl	6	5
Eastern Screech-Owl	5	5
Great Horned Owl	16	12
Barred Owl	40	22
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	30	24
Black-chinned Hummingbird	1	1
Calliope Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	121	81
Red-headed Woodpecker	101	78
Red-bellied Woodpecker	943	632
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	149	117
Downy Woodpecker	657	468
Hairy Woodpecker	58	50
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	6	3
Northern Flicker	268	123
Pileated Woodpecker	154	94
Eastern Phoebe	196	101
Loggerhead Shrike	28	18
White-eyed Vireo	4	4
Blue-headed Vireo	19	15
Blue Jay	1,609	663
American Crow	2,977	565
Fish Crow	333	48
Common Raven	3	2
Horned Lark	2	2
Purple Martin	17	2
Tree Swallow	4,136	28
Carolina Chickadee	2,869	1,007
Tufted Titmouse	2,579	895
Red-breasted Nuthatch	35	16
White-breasted Nuthatch	357	222
Brown-headed Nuthatch	632	324
Brown Creeper	39	14
Carolina Wren	1,835	803
House Wren	133	50
Winter Wren	30	10
Sedge Wren	1	1
Marsh Wren	40	12
Golden-crowned Kinglet	64	24
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	394	145
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	23	6
Eastern Bluebird	1,339	448
Hermit Thrush	66	57
American Robin	4,499	437
Gray Catbird	38	29
Northern Mockingbird	973	533
Brown Thrasher	373	278
European Starling	2,557	114
American Pipit	38	2
Cedar Waxwing	4,911	179
Orange-crowned Warbler	8	6
Yellow-rumped Warbler	3,278	297
Yellow-throated Warbler	29	24
Pine Warbler	462	198
Prairie Warbler	1	1
Palm Warbler	102	25
Blackpoll Warbler	1	1
Black-and-white Warbler	6	4
Northern Waterthrush	1	1
Common Yellowthroat	16	12
Eastern Towhee	498	254
Bachman's Sparrow	1	1
Chipping Sparrow	3,526	425
Field Sparrow	396	76
Vesper Sparrow	16	3
Savannah Sparrow	250	58
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	1	1
Seaside Sparrow	2	1
Fox Sparrow	63	26
Song Sparrow	778	203
Swamp Sparrow	201	37
White-throated Sparrow	1,898	420
White-crowned Sparrow	40	19
Dark-eyed Junco	1,603	368
Northern Cardinal	5,113	1,222
Painted Bunting	9	6
Red-winged Blackbird	9,951	290
Eastern Meadowlark	191	23
Rusty Blackbird	279	16
Common Grackle	3,171	223
Boat-tailed Grackle	742	68
Brown-headed Cowbird	983	81
Bullock's Oriole	2	1
Baltimore Oriole	157	52
Purple Finch	878	266
House Finch	2,487	595
Red Crossbill	2	1
Pine Siskin	2,250	185
American Goldfinch	9,596	760
Evening Grosbeak	8	3
House Sparrow	913	147
Total	137,071

A total of 199 species were reported.

See list of localities in South Carolina with reports.

This report was updated 09-Feb-2010 08:35 ET.