Birds to See in Mississippi in June
84 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ruddy Duck.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt their peak
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 84 birds in June
84 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.52% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.51% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.03% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.77% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
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