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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mississippi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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