Birds to See in Mississippi in August
103 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: American Redstart, Northern Shoveler, Northern Waterthrush and White-rumped Sandpiper and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Cattle EgretBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Black TernBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Mississippi’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 103 birds in August
103 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.92% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.15% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.72% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

