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Birding in the ACE Basin
can be done throughout the year.
Migratory waterfowl tend to draw birders and
photographers to the area on their aviary quest.
ACE Basin Bird Check List
This checklist
includes all avian species which regularly occur in
the 350,000 acres that constitute the ACE Basin, the
lower drainage of the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto
Rivers. Species considered extremely rare, accidental,
or for which there exists no known records have been
omitted. Relative status and seasonality may vary from
year to year for some species.
C=Common FC=Fairly
Common U=Uncommon R=Rare
PR=Permanent Resident WR=Winter Resident
SR=Summer Resident
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Species |
Status |
|
Red-Throated Loon |
FCWR |
|
Common
Loon |
CWR |
|
Pied-billed Grebe |
CPR |
|
Horned
Grebe |
UWR |
|
Red-Necked Grebe |
RWR |
|
American White Pelican |
RPR |
|
Brown
Pelican |
CPR |
|
Northern Gannet |
UWR |
|
Double-crested Cormorant |
CPR |
|
Anhinga |
FCPR |
|
American Bittern |
UPR |
|
Least
Bittern |
FCPR |
|
Great
Blue Heron |
CPR |
|
Great
Egret |
CPR |
|
Snowy
Egret |
CPR |
|
Little
Blue Herron |
CPR |
|
Tricolored Heron |
CPR |
|
Cattle
Egret |
CSR |
|
Green-backed Heron |
FCPR |
|
Black-crowned Night Heron |
FCPR |
|
Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
FCPR |
|
White
Ibis |
FCPR |
|
Glossy
Ibis |
FCPR |
|
Wood
Stork |
FCPR |
|
Fulvous
Whistling Duck |
UWR |
|
Tundra
Swan |
UWR |
|
Greater
White-fronted Goose |
RWR |
|
Snow
Goose |
UWR |
|
Brant |
RWR |
|
Canada
Goose |
UWR |
|
Wood
Duck |
CPR |
|
Green-winged Teal |
CWR |
|
American Black Duck |
FCWR |
|
Mottled
Duck |
FCPR |
|
Mallard |
CWR |
|
Northern Pintail |
CWR |
|
Blue-winged Teal |
CWR |
|
Northern Shoveler |
CWR |
|
Gadwall |
CWR |
|
Eurasian Wigeon |
RWR |
|
American Wigeon |
CWR |
|
Canvasback |
FCWR |
|
Redhead |
UWR |
|
Ring-necked Duck |
CWR |
|
Greater
Scaup |
UWR |
|
Lesser
Scaup |
CWR |
|
Oldsquaw |
RWR |
|
Black
Scoter |
CWR |
|
Surf
Scoter |
FCWR |
|
White-winged Scoter |
UWR |
|
Common
Goldeneye |
RWR |
|
Bufflehead |
CWR |
|
Hooded
Merganser |
CWR |
|
Common
Merganser |
RWR |
|
Red-breasted Merganser |
CWR |
|
Ruddy
Duck |
CWR |
|
Black
Vulture |
CPR |
|
Turkey
Vulture |
CPR |
|
Osprey |
CPR |
|
Swallow-tailed Kite |
USR |
|
Mississippi Kite |
FCSR |
|
Bald
Eagle |
CPR |
|
Northern Harrier |
CWR |
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
FCWR |
|
Cooper’s Hawk |
UPR |
|
Red-shouldered Hawk |
CPR |
|
Red-tailed Hawk |
CPR |
|
Golden
Eagle |
RWR |
|
American Kestrel |
CWR |
|
Merlin |
UWR |
|
Peregrine Falcon |
UWR |
|
Wild
Turkey |
UPR |
|
Bobwhite |
CPR |
|
Black
Rail |
USR |
|
Clapper
Rail |
CPR |
|
King
Rail |
FCPR |
|
Virginia Rail |
FCWR |
|
Sora
Rail |
FCPR |
|
Purple
Gallinule |
USR |
|
Common
Moorhen |
CWR |
|
American Coot |
CPR |
|
Sanhill
Crane |
RWR |
|
Black-bellied Plover |
CPR |
|
Lesser
Golden Plover |
RT |
|
Wilson’s Plover |
FCSR |
|
Simipalmated Plover |
CPR |
|
Piping
Plover |
UWR |
|
Killdeer |
CPR |
|
American Oystercatcher |
CPR |
|
Black-necked Stilt |
FCSR |
|
American Avocet |
UWR |
|
Greater
Yellowlegs |
CWR |
|
Lesser
Yellowlegs |
CWR |
|
Solitary Sandpiper |
FCT |
|
Willet |
CPR |
|
Spotted
Sandpiper |
CPR |
|
Whimbrel |
FCPR |
|
Marbled
Godwit |
UWR |
|
Ruddy
Turnstone |
CPR |
|
Red
Knot |
FCWR |
|
Sandlerling |
CPR |
|
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
CT |
|
Western
Sandpiper |
CPR |
|
Least
Sandpiper |
CPR |
|
White-rumped
Sandpiper |
UT |
|
Pectoral Sandpiper |
FCT |
|
Dunlin |
CPR |
|
Short-billed Dowitcher |
CPR |
|
Long-billed Dowitcher |
UWR |
|
Common
Snipe |
CWR |
|
American Woodcock |
FCPR |
|
Laughing Gull |
CPR |
|
Bonaparte’s Gull |
CWR |
|
Ring-billed Gull |
CPR |
|
Herring
Gull |
CPR |
|
Glaucous Gull |
RWR |
|
Great
Black-backed Gull |
UWR |
|
Gull-bill Tern |
FCSR |
|
Caspian
Tern |
FCWR |
|
Royal
Tern |
CPR |
|
Sandwich Tern |
FCSR |
|
Common
Tern |
USR |
|
Forster’s Tern |
CPR |
|
Least
Tern |
FCSR |
|
Black
Tern |
FCT |
|
Black
Skimmer |
CPR |
|
Rock
Dove |
CPR |
|
Morning
Dove |
CPR |
|
Common
Ground Dove |
UPR |
|
Black-billed Cuckoo |
RT |
|
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
CSR |
|
Common
Brn Owl |
UPR |
|
Eastern
Screech Owl |
CPR |
|
Great
Horned Owl |
FCPR |
|
|
Species |
Status |
|
Barred
Owl |
CPR |
|
Long-eared Owl |
RWR |
|
Common
Nighthawk |
CSR |
|
Chick-will’s-widow |
CSR |
|
Whip-poor-will |
UWR |
|
Chimney
Swift |
CSR |
|
Ruby
throuated Hummingbird |
CSR |
|
Belted
Kingfisher |
CPR |
|
Red-headed Woodpecker |
FCPR |
|
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
CPR |
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
FCWR |
|
Downy
Woodpecker |
CPR |
|
Hairy
Woodpecker |
UPR |
|
Northern Flicker |
FCPR |
|
Pileated Woodpecker |
FCPR |
|
Eastern
Wood Peewee |
CSR |
|
Acadian
Flycatcher |
CSR |
|
Eastern
Phoebe |
CSR |
|
Great
Crested Flycatcher |
CWR |
|
Western
Kingbird |
CSR |
|
Eastern
Kingbird |
RWR |
|
Horned
Lark |
CSR |
|
Purple
Martin |
CSR |
|
Tree
Swallow |
CWR |
|
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
CSR |
|
Bank
Swallow |
UT |
|
Cliff
Swallow |
UT |
|
Barn
Swallow |
CSR |
|
Blue
Jay |
CPR |
|
American Crow |
CPR |
|
Fish
Crow |
CPR |
|
Carolina Chickadee |
CPR |
|
Tufted
Titmouse |
CPR |
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
UWR |
|
White-breasted Nuthatch |
FCPR |
|
Brown-headed Nuthatch |
CPR |
|
Brown
Creeper |
UWR |
|
Carolina Wren |
CPR |
|
House
Wren |
CWR |
|
Winter
Wren |
FCWR |
|
Sedge
Wren |
FCWR |
|
Marsh
Wren |
CPR |
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
FCWR |
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
CWR |
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
CPR |
|
Eastern
Bluebird |
CPR |
|
Veery |
FCT |
|
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
UT |
|
Swainson’s Thrush |
FCT |
|
Hermit
Thrush |
CWR |
|
Wood
Thrush |
FCSR |
|
American Robin |
CWR |
|
Gray
Catbird |
FCWR |
|
Northern Mockingbird |
CPR |
|
Brown
Thrasher |
CPR |
|
Water
Pipit |
FCWR |
|
Cedar
Waxwing |
CWR |
|
Loggerhead Shrike |
FCPR |
|
European Starling |
UPR |
|
White-eyed Vireo |
CPR |
|
Solitary Vireo |
FCWR |
|
Yellow-throated Vireo |
FCSR |
|
Red-eyed Vireo |
CSR |
|
Blue-winged Warbler |
RT |
|
Golden-winged Warbler |
RT |
|
Tennessee Warbler |
RT |
|
Orange-crowned Warbler |
FCWR |
|
Northern Parula |
CSR |
|
Yellow
Warbler |
CT |
|
Magnolia Warbler |
UT |
|
Cape
May Warbler |
FCT |
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
CT |
|
Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
CWR |
|
Black-throated Green Warbler |
UT |
|
Blackburnian Warbler |
RT |
|
Yellow-throated Warbler |
CPR |
|
Pine
Warbler |
CPR |
|
Prairie
Warbler |
FCPR |
|
Palm
Warbler |
CWR |
|
Blackpoll Warbler |
FCT |
|
Black-and-White Warbler |
FCWR |
|
American Redstart |
CT |
|
Prothonotary Warbler |
FCSR |
|
Worm-eating Warbler |
UT |
|
Swainson’s Warbler |
USR |
|
Ovenbird |
FCT |
|
Northern Waterthrush |
CT |
|
Louisiana Waterthrush |
UT |
|
Kentucky Warbler |
FCSR |
|
Common
Yellowthroat |
CPR |
|
Hooded
Warbler |
CSR |
|
Yelow-breasted
Chat |
CPR |
|
Summer
Tanager |
CSR |
|
Scarlet
Tanager |
UT |
|
Northern Cardinal |
CPR |
|
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
RT |
|
Blue
Grosbeak |
FCSR |
|
Indigo
Binting |
CSR |
|
Painted
Bunting |
CSR |
|
Rufous-sided
Towhee |
CPR |
|
Bachman’s Sparrow |
FCPR |
|
Chipping Sparrow |
CPR |
|
Clay-colored Sparrow |
RWR |
|
Field
Sparrow |
CPR |
|
Vesper
Sparrow |
CWR |
|
Lark
Sparrow |
RWR |
|
Savannah Sparrow |
CWR |
|
Grasshopper Sparrow |
FCWR |
|
Henslow’s Sparrow |
UWR |
|
LeConte’s Sparrow |
UWR |
|
Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
CWR |
|
Seaside
Sparrow |
CPR |
|
Fox
Sparrow |
FCWR |
|
Song
Sparrow |
CWR |
|
Swamp
Sparrow |
CWR |
|
White-throated Sparrow |
CWR |
|
White-crowned Sparrow |
RWR |
|
Dark-eyed Junco |
CWR |
|
Bobolink |
CT |
|
Red-winged Blackbird |
CPR |
|
Eastern
Meadowlark |
CPR |
|
Rusty
Blackbird |
CWR |
|
Brewer’s Blackbird |
UWR |
|
Boat-tailed Grackle |
CPR |
|
Common
Grackle |
CPR |
|
Brown-headed Cowbird |
CPR |
|
Orchard
Oriole |
CSR |
|
Northern Oriole |
FCWR |
|
Purple
Finch |
FCWR |
|
House
Finch |
UWR |
|
Pine
Siskin |
FCWR |
|
American Goldfinch |
CWR |
|
Evening
Grosbeak |
UWR |
|
House
Sparrow |
CPR |
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