![]() ![]() ![]() Many species are game birds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump, with broad, relatively short wings. Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. One species has been recorded in South Carolina. The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator.Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus.White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (RI).Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (R).Common eider, Somateria mollissima (RI).Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca (R).Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (P2) (R).Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons. ![]() Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (R).Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (RI).(H) - Hypothetical - "Species which are undocumented to the committee but reported in North American Birds or The Chat" (the journal of the Carolina Bird Club).(P2) - Provisional II list - "Species whose occurrence in South Carolina is believed to be the result of human assistance, and which have not become established" per the SCBRC.(P1) - Provisional I list - species which have been approved by the SCBRC but are known only from sight records.(E) - Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists.(I) - Introduced - an established species introduced to North America by humans, either directly or indirectly.(RI) - Rare inland - a species whose report is reviewable by the SCBRC if the bird is found away from the coast.(R) - Rare - a species whose report is reviewable by the SCBRC if the bird is found anywhere in South Carolina.The following tags are used to designate some species: Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in South Carolina as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). An additional accidental species has been added from another source. Sixteen additional species are classed as Provisional II and seven as Hypothetical as defined below. Of the 446 species on the primary list, 114 are rare anywhere in the state, 34 are rare away from the coast, five have been introduced to North America, and four are extinct. Nine additional species are on the list but classed as Provisional I (see definitions below). As of mid 2021, there were 446 species definitively included in the official list. state of South Carolina and accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee (SCBRC) of the Carolina Bird Club. This list of birds of South Carolina includes species documented in the U.S. The Carolina wren is the state bird of South Carolina. ![]()
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