United States Ramsar wetland
Congaree National Park
198 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and from September to October.
Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US · CC BY 2.0
This month here
102 species in January.103 species in February.121 species in March.157 species in April.157 species in May.115 species in June.105 species in July.119 species in August.146 species in September.148 species in October.104 species in November.114 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
198 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 198Speciesrecorded more than once
- 133Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 145,839Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 16Raptors
- 4Owls
- 8Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 119Songbirds
- 23Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 198 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Common LoonGavia immer
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- RedheadAythya americana
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds119 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalisNT
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Leuconotopicus borealisLeuconotopicus borealis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- American CootFulica americana
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/1°71 mm
- Feb14°/2°88 mm
- Mar18°/6°87 mm
- Apr24°/11°78 mm
- May28°/16°98 mm
- Jun32°/21°120 mm
- Jul33°/23°127 mm
- Aug33°/22°120 mm
- Sep30°/19°99 mm
- Oct25°/12°86 mm
- Nov19°/6°73 mm
- Dec14°/3°101 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Congaree National Park.
National park located in South Carolina
Congaree National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
198 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 145,839 open records.
The most recorded are the Pileated Woodpecker, the Carolina Wren and the Northern Cardinal.
69 species come for the summer, 51 for the winter and 13 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Rusty Blackbird and Evening Grosbeak.
The most species are recorded from April to May and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Bluff Campgroundcampsite · 6.2 km · 2 within 10 km
- Gadsdennearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at AGS airport (Augusta)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1marked trails within 4 kmKingsnake Trail
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmHarry Hampton Visitor Center
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmWeston Lake Overlook
- 2campsites within 10 kmBluff Campground, Longleaf Campground
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Congaree National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmRed Hill · 11 kmHaigs Hill · 14 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyWateree River121 kmCongaree River78 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Congaree National Park
United States
- 74Birdyas Score
- 198Species
- 133Migrants
- 4Threatened
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- 69Birdyas Score
- 190Species
- 133Migrants
- 2Threatened
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
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- 73Birdyas Score
- 186Species
- 106Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q175688) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 145,839 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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