Common Birds in Mississippi
Our list for Mississippi has 64 common birds recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 8 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mississippi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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