Birds to See in Mississippi in March
121 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Barn Swallow, Prothonotary Warbler and Pectoral Sandpiper and 10 more.
On the move in March
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At 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.
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All 121 birds in March
121 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.46% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.22% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.96% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.67% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.55% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.46% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.29% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentRare64–79 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
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