Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Santee, South Carolina
The refuge is comprised of 15,095 acres of mixed hardwoods, mixed pine-hardwoods, pine plantations, marsh, croplands, old fields, ponds, impoundments, and open waters located in four separate management units along Lake Marion, a hydro-electric reservoir. This diversity of habitats on Santee supports a wide variety of birds.
This list of 293 species is based on records and observations by refuge personnel, state biologists, and visiting birders and on a literature search of appropriate publications. Persons having information regarding species not listed are urged to contact the Refuge Manager.
P = Permanent Resident
W = Winter Visitor
S = Summer Resident
T = Transient
A = Accidental
For further information contact:
LOONS ___ Common Loon T ___ Red-throated Loon T
GREBES ___ Red-necked Grebe T ___ Horned Grebe W ___ Eared Grebe A ___ Pied-billed Grebe P
PELICANS, CORMORANTS, DARTERS ___ American White Pelican A ___ Double-crested Cormorant P ___ Anhinga P
HERONS, BITTERNS, STORKS ___ Great Blue Heron P ___ Green Heron S ___ Little Blue Heron P ___ Cattle Egret S ___ Great Egret P ___ Snowy Egret P ___ Tricolored Heron P ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron P ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron S ___ Least Bittern S ___ American Bittern W ___ Wood Stork A
IBISES ___ Glossy Ibis S ___ White Ibis P
WATERFOWL ___ Tundra Swan W ___ Canada Goose W ___ Barnacle Goose A ___ Greater White-fronted Goose W ___ Snow Goose W ___ Fulvous Whistling-Duck A ___ Mallard P ___ American Black Duck W ___ Gadwall W ___ Northern Pintail W ___ Green-winged Teal P ___ Blue-winged Teal P ___ Cinnamon Teal A ___ Eurasian Wigeon A ___ American Wigeon W ___ Northern Shoveler W ___ Wood Duck P ___ Redhead W ___ Ring-necked Duck W ___ Canvasback W ___ Greater Scaup W ___ Lesser Scaup W ___ Common Goldeneye W ___ Bufflehead W ___ White-winged Scoter A ___ Ruddy Duck W ___ Hooded Merganser W ___ Common Merganser W ___ Red-breasted Merganser W
VULTURES ___ Turkey Vulture P ___ Black Vulture P
HAWKS ___ American Swallow-tailed Kite A ___ Mississippi Kite S ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk W ___ Cooper's Hawk P ___ Red-tailed Hawk P ___ Red-shouldered Hawk P ___ Broad-winged Hawk S ___ Rough-legged Hawk A ___ Golden Eagle W ___ Bald Eagle P ___ Northern Harrier W
OSPREYS, FALCONS ___ Osprey P ___ Peregrine Falcon T ___ Merlin T ___ American Kestrel W
QUAIL, TURKEY, CRANES ___ Northern Bobwhite P ___ Wild Turkey P ___ Sandhill Crane A
RAILS, AVOCETS ___ King Rail P ___ Virginia Rail W ___ Sora W ___ Yellow Rail T ___ Black Rail T ___ Purple Gallinule S ___ Common Moorhen P ___ American Coot W ___ American Avocet A
PLOVERS ___ Semipalmated Plover T ___ Wilson's Plover T ___ Killdeer P ___ Piping Plover T ___ American Golden Plover T ___ Black-bellied Plover T
SANDPIPERS ___ Marbled Godwit T ___ Whimbrel T ___ Upland Sandpiper T ___ Greater Yellowlegs W ___ Lesser Yellowlegs T ___ Solitary Sandpiper T ___ Willet T ___ Spotted Sandpiper W ___ Ruddy Turnstone T ___ Wilson's Phalarope T ___ American Woodcock P ___ Common Snipe W ___ Short-billed Dowitcher T ___ Long-billed Dowitcher T ___ Red Knot T ___ Sanderling T ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper T ___ Western Sandpiper T ___ Least Sandpiper T ___ White-rumped Sandpiper T ___ Baird's Sandpiper T ___ Pectoral Sandpiper T ___ Dunlin T ___ Stilt Sandpiper T ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper T ___ Ruff A
GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS ___ Herring Gull P ___ Ring-billed Gull P ___ Laughing Gull T ___ Franklin's Gull A ___ Bonaparte's Gull W ___ Forster's Tern W ___ Common Tern W ___ Little Tern S ___ Royal Tern T ___ Caspian Tern T ___ Black Tern T ___ Black Skimmer A
PIGEONS, DOVES, CUCKOOS ___ Rock Dove P ___ Mourning Dove P ___ Common Ground-Dove A ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo S ___ Black-billed Cuckoo T
OWLS ___ Barn Owl P ___ Eastern Screech-Owl P ___ Great Horned Owl P ___ Barred Owl P ___ Long-eared Owl W ___ Short-eared Owl W ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl T
GOATSUCKERS ___ Chuck-will's widow S ___ Whip-poor-will T ___ Common Nighthawk S
SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS, KINGFISHERS ___ Chimney Swift S ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird S ___ Belted Kingfisher P
WOODPECKERS ___ Northern Flicker P ___ Pileated Woodpecker P ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker P ___ Red-headed Woodpecker P ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker W ___ Hairy Woodpecker P ___ Downy Woodpecker P ___ Red-cockaded Woodpecker P
FLYCATCHERS ___ Eastern Kingbird S ___ Gray Kingbird A ___ Western Kingbird T ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher A ___ Great Crested Flycatcher S ___ Eastern Phoebe W ___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher T ___ Acadian Flycatcher S ___ Willow Flycatcher T ___ Alder Flycatcher T ___ Least Flycatcher T ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee S ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher T
LARKS, SWALLOWS ___ Horned Lark W ___ Tree Swallow T ___ Bank Swallow T ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow S ___ Barn Swallow S ___ Cliff Swallow T ___ Purple Martin S
JAYS, CROWS ___ Blue Jay P ___ American Crow P ___ Fish Crow P
TITMICE, NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS ___ Carolina Chickadee P ___ Tufted Titmouse P ___ White-breasted Nuthatch P ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch W ___ Brown-headed Nuthatch P ___ Brown Creeper W
WRENS ___ House Wren W ___ Winter Wren W ___ Bewick's Wren A ___ Carolina Wren P ___ Marsh Wren W ___ Sedge Wren W
MIMIC THRUSHES, THRUSHES ___ Northern Mockingbird P ___ Gray Catbird P ___ Brown Thrasher P ___ American Robin P ___ Wood Thrush S ___ Hermit Thrush W ___ Swainson's Thrush T ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush T ___ Veery T ___ Eastern Bluebird P
KINGLETS ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher P ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet W ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet W
PIPITS ___ American Pipit W ___ Sprague's Pipit A
WAXWINGS, SHRIKES, STARLINGS ___ Cedar Waxwing W ___ Loggerhead Shrike P ___ European Starling P
VIREOS ___ White-eyed Vireo S ___ Yellow-throated Vireo S ___ Solitary Vireo W ___ Red-eyed Vireo S ___ Philadelphia Vireo T ___ Warbling Vireo T
WOOD WARBLERS ___ Black-and-white Warbler P ___ Prothonotary Warbler S ___ Swainson's Warbler S ___ Worm-eating Warbler T ___ Golden-winged Warbler T ___ Blue-winged Warbler T ___ Tennessee Warbler T ___ Orange-crowned Warbler W ___ Nashville Warbler T ___ Northern Parula S ___ Yellow Warbler T ___ Magnolia Warbler T ___ Cape May Warbler T ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler T ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler W ___ Black-throated Green Warbler T ___ Cerulean Warbler T ___ Blackburnian Warbler T ___ Yellow-throated Warbler P ___ Chestnut-sided Warbler T ___ Bay-breasted Warbler T ___ Blackpoll Warbler T ___ Pine Warbler P ___ Kirtland's Warbler T ___ Prairie Warbler S ___ Palm Warbler W ___ Ovenbird T ___ Northern Waterthrush T ___ Louisiana Waterthrush S ___ Kentucky Warbler S ___ Connecticut Warbler T ___ Mourning Warbler T ___ Common Yellowthroat P ___ Yellow-breasted Chat S ___ Hooded Warbler S ___ Wilson's Warbler T ___ Canada Warbler T ___ Slate-throated Redstart S
WEAVER FINCHES, BLACKBIRDS ___ House Sparrow P ___ Bobolink T ___ Eastern Meadowlark P ___ Western Meadowlark A ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird A ___ Red-winged Blackbird P ___ Orchard Oriole S ___ Northern Oriole W ___ Rusty Blackbird W ___ Brewer's Blackbird A ___ Boat-tailed Grackle A ___ Common Grackle P ___ Brown-headed Cowbird P
TANAGERS ___ Western Tanager T ___ Scarlet Tanager T ___ Summer Tanager S
FINCHES ___ Northern Cardinal P ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak T ___ Blue Grosbeak S ___ Indigo Bunting S ___ Painted Bunting S ___ Dickcissel T ___ Evening Grosbeak W ___ Purple Finch W ___ House Finch T ___ Pine Siskin W ___ American Goldfinch W ___ Rufous-sided Towhee P ___ Savannah Sparrow W ___ Grasshopper Sparrow W ___ Henslow's Sparrow A ___ Le Conte's Sparrow W ___ Vesper Sparrow W ___ Lark Sparrow T ___ Bachman's Sparrow P ___ Dark-eyed Junco W ___ Chipping Sparrow P ___ Clay-colored Sparrow A ___ Field Sparrow P ___ White-crowned Sparrow W ___ White-throated Sparrow W ___ Fox Sparrow W ___ Lincoln's Sparrow A ___ Swamp Sparrow W ___ Song Sparrow W
Refuge Manager
Santee National Wildlife Refuge
Route 2, Box 370
Summerton, South Carolina 29148
Telephone: 803/478-2217
This resource is based on the following source:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1989. Birds of the Santee National Wildlife
Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1989. Birds of the Santee National Wildlife
Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND:
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govsantee.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r4/santee.htm
Page Contact Information: Webmaster
Page Last Modified: Friday, 01-Feb-2013 18:54:09 EST
Menlo Park, CA [caww54]