Birds to See in Mississippi in January
120 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Mockingbird and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Red-necked Grebe, Golden Eagle, Mute Swan and Western Meadowlark.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Bald EagleBusiest month of the year · All year
Common LoonBusiest month of the year · Nov–May
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
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 120 birds in January
120 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jan- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.68% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.53% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.36% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.04% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Jan- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.91% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan- Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.73% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.59% in Jan- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.55% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.54% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.41% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.24% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.15% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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