Birds to See in Mississippi in July
91 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Pied-billed Grebe, Least Sandpiper, Northern Yellow Warbler and Pectoral Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 91 birds in July
91 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.78% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.48% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.88% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.81% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Jul
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
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