eBird Field Checklist
Kiawah Island--East Beach
Charleston, South Carolina, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L2334913
228 species (+30 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Common Ground Dove
Mourning Dove
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Great Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
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Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
crow sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
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Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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