page_title: List of birds of South Carolina
section_title: Nightjars and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of South Carolina / Nightjars and allies
caption_attribution_description: Common Nighthawk near Miami Florida
context_page_description: This list of birds of South Carolina includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Carolina and accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee of the Carolina Bird Club. As of late 2017, there were 424 species definitively included in the official list. Thirteen additional species are on the list but classed as Provisional I. Of the 437 species on the primary list, 108 are rare anywhere in the state, 36 are rare away from the coast, five have been introduced to North America, and four are extinct. Fifteen additional species are classed as Provisional II and nine as Hypothetical as defined below. Up to late July 2020, four more species have been documented in eBird but not yet evaluated by the SCBRC; they are also tagged as rare.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. 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.
context_section_description: Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae
  Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet that are of little use for walking and long, pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves. Three species have been recorded in South Carolina.
  Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
  Chuck-will's-widow, Antrostomus carolinensis
  Eastern whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus
caption: Common nighthawk
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