Birds in Mississippi
Explore 155 species found in this region.
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Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Year-round

Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibisLC
Mar–Nov

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Nov–May

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Apr–Oct

Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Year-round

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Year-round

Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Nov–May

Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Nov–Jan
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Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Year-round

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
May–Sep

Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Year-round

Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Apr–Aug

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Year-round

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Oct–May

Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Year-round

Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asioLC
Aug–Dec

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Year-round

Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragusLC
Year-round

Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Year-round

Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Nov–Mar

Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Oct–Dec

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Oct–Apr

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Dec–Feb