Birds to See in Mississippi in September
129 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Magnolia Warbler and Palm Warbler and 24 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Magnolia WarblerRegular from September · Apr–May
Tennessee WarblerRegular from September · Apr–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerRegular from September · Apr–May
Black-throated Green WarblerRegular from September · Mar–May
Philadelphia VireoRegular from September · Apr–May
Ring-billed GullRegular from September · Sep–May
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Grey PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Piping PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
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 129 birds in September
129 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.22% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.79% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Sep
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Sep- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
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