Uncommon Birds in Mississippi
Our list for Mississippi has 83 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 13 summer visitors, 36 winter visitors and 20 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mississippi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
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