United States · South Carolina
Huntington Beach SP
328 species and 551,916 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and March–May, with up to 228 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 328 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Huntington Beach SP?
September–January and March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 228 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Huntington Beach SP?
328 species, from 551,916 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Huntington Beach SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Double-crested Cormorant and Myrtle Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.