_ Gray Kingbird>
_ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher*
Ca
Rt
SHRIKES
_ Loggerhead Shrike>
Fp
_ White-eyed Vireo>
_ Bell's Vireo
_ [Black-capped Vireo]
Yellow-throated Vireo>
_ Blue-headed Vireo
_ Warbling Vireo>
_ Philadelphia Vireo
_ Red-eyed Vireo>
_ [Black-whiskered Vireo]
CsRw
Ca
A
Fs
Uw
LUs
Ut
Cs
Ca
JAYS &CROWS
_ Blue Jay*
American Crow>
Fish Crow>
Cp
_ Northern Mockingbird>
Brown Thrasher*
Cp
Cp
STARLINGS
_ Purple Martin>
Tree Swallow>
_ Northern Rough-winged
Swallow*
Bank S~vallow>
Cliff Swallow*
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow>
Cs
AsCt
Fs
LRsUt
Cs
A
Cs
_ European Starling>
Cp
WAGTAILS &PIPITS
_ Crtrine Wagtail
American Pipit
Sprague's Piprt
A
Cw
Ca
=
WAXWINGS
_ Cedar Waxwing**
AsCw
WOOD WARBLERS
TITMICE
Carolina Chickadee>
Tufted Hmouse >
Cp
Cp
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Whrte-breasted Nuthatch>
Brown-headed Nuthatch>
Uw
Fp
Fp
CREEPERS
Fw
WRENS
=
_
_
_
_
Cp
A
A
Ut
Ut
Ft
Fw
Cs
Cp
MOCKINGBIRDS &
THRASHERS
_ Gray Catbird>
Ct; GUw; IUs
SWALLOWS
Carolina Wren>
Bewick's Wren>
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren>
CsRw
Eastern Bluebird>
Mountain Bluebird
[Townsend's Solitaire]
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush>
American Robin>
Cp
Rw
Uw
Fw
Uw
GUp; IUtRw
_ Bachman's Warbler
_ Blue-winged Warbler
_ Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula>
Yellow Warbler
_ Chestnut-sided Warbler
_ Magnolia Warbler
_ Cape May Warbler
_ Black-throated Blue Warbler
_ Yellow-rumped Warbler
_ [Black-throated Gray Warbler]
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler*
=
Ext
Ft
Ut
Ct
Uw
Ut
Cs
Ct
Ft
Ct
At
At
Cw
A
Ct
A
Ft
Fs
Pine Warbler*
Prairie Warbler*
Palm Warbler
GFw;
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler*
American Redstart>
Prothonotary Warbler*
Worm-eating Warbler*
Swainson's Warbler*
Ovenbird**
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush>
Kentucky Warbler*
[Connecticut Warbler)
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat>
Hooded Warbler*
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
[Painted Redstart]
Yellow-breasted Chat>
=
THRUSHES
Cp
Cp
Cp
LARKS
Horned Lark>
Cw
Cw
GNATCATCHERS
_ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
VIREOS
_ Brown Creeper
KINGLETS
_ Golden-crowned Kinglet
_ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
_
_
_
_
-
Cp
Fs
IFtRw
Ft
Ft
Ut
Cs
UsCt
Cs
Us
Us
LUsFt
Ut
Fs
Cs
Ca
Rt
CsUw
Cs
Ut
Ft
A
Cs
TANAGERS
Summer Tanager*
- Scarlet Tanager*
Western Tanager
=
Cs
UsFt
Ca
SPARROWS
=
-
Green-tailed Towhee
A
A
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee>
Cp
Bachman's Sparrow>
Us
American Tree Sparrow
Ca
Chipping Sparrow>
FsCw
Clay-colored Sparrow
Ca
Field Sparrow>
FsCw
Vesper Sparrow
Uw
LRs
Lark Sparrow>
A
Lark Bunting
Cw
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper
Sparrow*
GRw; ILRs
Henslow's Sparrow
Rw
LeConte's Sparrow
Uw
Nelson's Sharp-tailed
GUw; ICa
Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow>
GUp
Fox Sparrow
Fw
Cw
Song Sparrow
=
=
-
=
=
-
-
-
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Whrte-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Snow Bunting
=
_
=
UtRw
Cw
Cw
Ca
Fw
Cw
Cw
Ca
A
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS &
ALLIES
Northern Cardinal>
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak>
- [Lazuli Bunting]
Indigo Bunting>
Painted Bunting>
- Dickcissel>
=
Cp
Ft
Ca
Cs
A
Cs
Us
Cs
BLACKBIRDS &ALLIES
Bobolink
_ Red-winged Blackbird>
Eastern Meadowlark>
Western Meadowlark
_ Yellow-headed Blackbird
_ Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle>
_ Boat-tailed Grackle>
_ [Great-tailed Grackle]
_ Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird>
Orchard Oriole>
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole>
Ct
Cp
Cp
Rw
Ca
Fw
Fw
Cp
GCp
A
A
Ca
Cp
Cs
A
Cs
FINCHES
_ Purple Finch
House Finch>
Red Crossbill>
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
_ American Goldfinch>
_ Evening Grosbeak
Fw
FsCw
Ca
Cw
A
Cp
UW
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
_ House Sparrow*
Cp
Checklist of Birds
of Mississippi
Locality
Date
_
Time
Weather
Observers
_
_
This list includes 400 species which have been recorded in
Mississippi. Taxonomic arrangement and species names follow
the A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition,
1998, as amended in the Forty-Fifth Supplement (Auk, July,
2004). Symbols indicating abundance and season incidence in
the species' preferred habitat are: C-common or abundant; Ffairly common; U-uncommon; R-rare, present singly or in small
numbers annually; Ca-casual, generally occurring in four to eight
years during aten year period; A-accidental, generally occurring
three or fewer years during aten year period; L-Iocal, generally
occurs in a small area of the state; G-Gulf Coast; I-inland; Extextirpated, no longer occurs in Mississippi; p-permanent
resident; s-summer resident; w-winter resident; t-transient.
Species enclosed in brackets [ 1 are undocumented by
specimen or photograph but are sight records with acceptable
written documentation. Species followed by an asterisk (*) have
nested and have been documented by nest collection or
photographs. Species followed by a double asterisk (**) have
been recorded nesting in the state but have not been
documented by nest collection or photographs. Species that
carry the symbols R, Ca, A, or Ext warrant careful
documentation.
Please send documentation to Paul Hamel, MOS Bird
Records Committee, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods
Research, P.O. Pox 227, 432 Stoneville Rd., Stoneville, MS
38776
Compiled by the Mississippi Ornithological
Society Bird Records Committee
September, 2004
GEESE, SWANS &DUCKS
_ Black-bellied Whistling Duck' A
_ Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Ca
Greater White-fronted Goose Fw
Cw
Snow Goose
Rw
Ross's Goose
R
Cackling Goose
Cp
Canada Goose'
A
Brant
A
Trumpeter Swan
Rw
Tundra Swan
Cp
Wood Duck'
Cw
Gadwall
A
_ [Eurasian Wigeon]
Cw
_ American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Uw
Cp
Mallard'
Mottled Duck'
GUp
RsCtUw
_ Blue-winged Teal'
Ca
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Cw
Cw
Northern Pintail
Cw
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Fw
Uw
Redhead
Cw
Ring-necked Duck
Uw
_ Greater Scaup
Cw
_ Lesser Scaup
A
_King Eider
Surf Scoter
Rw
_ White-winged Scoter
Rw
Black Scoter
Rw
_ Long-tailed Duck
Rw
Bufflehead
Cw
_ Common Goldeneye
Fw
_ Hooded Merganser*
Cw
_ Common Merganser
Rw
_ Red-breasted Merganser
Cw
_ Ruddy Duck'
Cw
=
=
=
=
GREBES
- Pied-billed Grebe'
- Horned Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
=
Eared Grebe
[Western Grebe]
SHEARWATERS
_ [Sooty Shearwater]
_ [Audubon's Shearwater]
_ [Wilson's Storm-Petrel]
_ [Masked Booby]
-
Fp
QUAIL
Northern Bobwhite'
A
RsCw
A
UsRw
GFs; IA
BITIERNS &HERONS
GUw; IUt
- American Bittern
-
Us
Least Bittern'
Great Blue Heron'
Cp
Cp
Great Egret'
Snowy Egret'
Cp
Cp
Little Blue Heron'
Fp
Tricolored Heron'
GRp; IA
Reddish Egret
CsUw
Cattle Egret'
CsRw
Green Heron'
Black-crowned Night-Heron' Up
Yellow-crowned
FsRw
Night-Heron'
=
_
_
_
_
LOONS
IBISES &SPOONBILLS
Red-throated Loon
Ca
_ [Pacific Loon]
A
Common Loon
GCw; IFtUw
=
=
While Ibis'
Glossy Ibis
Wh~e-faced
Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill*
_ Osprey*
_
_
_
-
FRIGATEBIRDS
Cp
A
GFw
ANHINGAS
_ Magnificent Frigatebird
KITES, EAGLES &HAWKS
GUp; IRsFt
Us
Ca
White-tailed Kite'
Mississippi Kite'
Fs
RsFw
Bald Eagle'
Northern Harrier*
Cw
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Fw
UsFw
Cooper's Hawk'
Northern Goshawk
A
A
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk'
Fp
Fs
Broad-winged Hawk'
Swainson's Hawk
Ca
Red-tailed Hawk'
Cp
A
[Ferruginous Hawk]
A
Rough-legged Hawk
R
Golden Eagle
_
_
CORMORANTS
_Anhinga'
=
Cp
Cp
Black Vulture'
Turkey Vulture'
A
American Wh~e Pelican
Fw
Brown Pelican
GCp; IA
_ Neotropic Cormorant
- Double-crested
Cormorant*
_ [Great Cormorant]
Us
- Swallow-tailed Kite'
BOOBIES &GANNETS
- Northern Gannet
PELICANS
STORKS
- Wood Stork
AMERICAN VULTURES
A
A
STORM·PETRELS
TURKEYS
_ Wild TUrkey*
UsCw
Fw
Ca
Uw
Ca
Fp
R
R
Ca
_
_
_
CARACARAS &FALCONS
A
- Crested Caracara
UsCw
American Kestrel'
UtRw
UtRw
A
Merlin
_ Peregrine Falcon
- Prairie Falcon
RAILS, GALLINULES &COOTS
Ca
- Yellow Rail
=
Black Rail
A
GCp
Clapper Rail'
Up
_King Rail'
_ Virginia Rail
GUw; IUtRw
GFw; IUtRw
Sora
Us
_ Purple Gallinule'
Cp
- Common Moorhen'
RsCw
- American Coot'
L1MPKINS
_ Limpkin
CRANES
- Sandhill Crane'
PLOVERS
- Black-bellied Plover
A
=
Wilson's Plover*
Semipalmated Plover
_ Piping Plover
- Killdeer*
- Mountain Plover
GUs
GFw; 1Ft
GUw; IRt
Cp
A
OYSTERCATCHERS
_ American Oystercatcher*
GUp
STILTS &AVOCETS
GUp; IRs
- Black-necked Stilt*
GUp; IRt
- American Avocet
SANDPIPERS &PHALAROPES
_ Greater Yellowlegs
FtUw
_ Lesser Yellowlegs
CtUw
_ Solitary Sandpiper
Ct
GFp; IRt
Willet'
CtUw
_ Spotted Sandpiper
_ Upland Sandpiper
Ut
Whimbrel
Rt
Ca
Long-billed Curlew
A
- Hudsonian Godw~
Marbled Godwit
GRw; ICa
_ Ruddy Turnstone
GFw; IRt
Red Knot
GUw; IA
_ Sanderling
GCw; IUt
_ Semipalmated Sandpiper
Ct
_ Western Sandpiper GCw; IFtRw
_ Least Sandpiper
GCw; ICtUw
_ White-rumped Sandpiper
Ut
Ut
_ Baird's Sandpiper
_ Pectoral Sandpiper
Ct
_ Purple Sandpiper
A
GCw; IFtRw
Dunlin
Ft
Sti~ Sandpiper
_ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ut
A
- Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher GFw; IUt
Long-billed Dowitcher GFw; IUt
Cw
_ Wilson's Snipe
Up
American Woodcock'
GUt; IRt
_ Wilson's Phalarope
Ca
_ Red-necked Phalarope
Ca
_ Red Phalarope
=
=
=
GRp; ICa
JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS &
SKIMMERS
GFw; IUt
Ft
GRp
_ Pomarine Jaeger
_ Paras~ic Jaeger
_ Long-tailed Jaeger
_ Laughing Gull*
American Golden-Plover
_ Snowy Plover*
A
Ca
A
GCp; IR
Rt
Ca
Black-headed Gull
A
Bonaparte's Gull
Cw
Ring-billed Gull
Cw
Herring Gull
Uw
Lesser Black-backed Gull
A
Glaucous Gull
Ca
Great Black-backed Gull
Ca
A
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ca
Gull-billed Tern '
GUs; IA
Caspian Tern**
GFp; IUt
GCp; IA
Royal Tern'
GUs; IA
Sandwich Tern'
[Roseate Tern]
A
GUs; IRt
Common Tern '
Forster's Tern
GCp; IFtUw
Least Tern'
GCs; ILUs
Bridled Tern
A
A
Sooty Tern
Black Tern
Ct
A
Brown Noddy
GFp; IA
Black Skimmer*
- Franklin's Gull
- Little Gull
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
PIGEONS &DOVES
_ Rock Pigeon'
_ [Band-tailed Pigeon]
Eurasian Collared-Dove'
_ White-Winged Dove **
_ Mourning Dove'
- Inca Dove
- Common
GRp;
Ground-Dove'
CUCKOOS &ANIS
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo'
- Groove-billed Ani
Cp
A
LUp
GR
Cp
A
ICa
Rt
Cs
GRt; IA
BARN OWLS
- Barn Owl'
TYPICAL OWLS
- Eastern Screech-Owl'
Great Horned Owl'
_Snowy Owl
_ Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl'
_ Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
-
Up
Cp
Cp
A
Ca
Cp
A
Uw
A
NIGHTHAWKS &NIGHTJARS
_ Common Nighthawk'
Chuck-will's-widow*
_ Whip-poor-will'
Cs
Cs
Fs
SWIFTS
_ Chimney Swift'
Cs
HUMMINGBIRDS
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
[Green Violet-ear]
Broad-bililed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird'
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird GUw;
Allen's Hummingbird
A
A
A
Ca
Cs
Rw
A
A
A
IRw
A
KINGFISHERS
_ Belted Kingfisher*
Fp
WOODPECKERS
_
_
_
_
_
_
Red-headed Woodpecker*
Red-bellied Woodpecker*
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker*
Red-cockaded Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker*
Pileated Woodpecker*
_ Ivory-billed Woodpecker
=
Cp
Cp
Cw
Cp
Up
LRp
Cp
Fp
Ext
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
_ Olive-sided Flycatcher
Ut
_ [Western Wood-Pewee]
A
Cs
Eastern Wood-Pewee'
Ut
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
_ Acadian Flycatcher*
Fs
_ Alder Flycatcher
Rt
_ Willow Flycatcher*
AsRt
_ Least Flycatcher
Ut
Eastern Phoebe'
Cp
A
Say's Phoebe
_ Vermilion Flycatcher
Rw
_ Ash-throated Flycatcher
A
_ Great Crested Flycatcher*
Cs
_ [Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher]
A
A
_ Cassin's Kingbird
_ Western Kingbird'
Rt
Cs
_ Eastern Kingbird'
=
=