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
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
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