Information compiled by Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Stoneville MS

WILD BIRD OCCURANCE IN MISSISSIPPI DELTA

Locations
M - Species observed throughout Mississippi
D - Species observed specifically in the Delta
C - Species observed specifically on the Gulf Coast
N - Nests in Mississippi
Abundance
C - Common (certain to be seen in suitable habitat)
F - Fairly common (may be seen in suitable habitat)
U - Uncommon (present but difficult to find)
R - Rare (seen singly or in small numbers)
O - Occasional (seen in only four to eight years out of ten)
A - Accidental (seen in only three or fewer years out of ten)
Appearance in Mississippi
s - Summer resident
w - Winter resident
t  - Transient (appears in MS at some point during migration)
p - Permanent resident
Loons
	[Pacific Loon]	M		A
	Common Loon	C, D		Cw, Ft
Grebes
	Pied-billed Grebe	M, D	N	Us, Cw
	Horned Grebe	M,D		Fw
	Red-necked Grebe	M		Ot
	Eared Grebe	M, D		Uw
	[Western Grebe]	M		Ot
Shearwaters and Storm Petrels
	[Wilson's Storm Petrel]	M		A
Pelicans and Allies
	American White Pelican	M, D		Cw
	Double-crested Cormorant	M, D	N	Rs, Cw
	Neotropical Cormorant	M		At
	Anhinga	M, D	N	Us, Rw
Herons, Egrets and Allies
	American Bittern	C,M,D		Uw, Ut
	Least Bittern	M, D	N	Us
	Great Blue Heron	M, D	N	Cp
	Great Egret	M, D	N	Cp
	Snowy Egret	M, D	N	Cp
	Little Blue Heron	M, D	N	Cp
	Tricolored Heron	M, D	N	Fp
	Cattle Egret	M, D	N	Cs, Uw
	Green-backed Heron	M, D	N	Cs, Uw
	Black-crowned Night-Heron	M, D	N	Up
	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	M, D	N	Fs, Rw
Ibises, Spoonbills and Storks
	White Ibis	M, D	N	Fp
	Glossy Ibis	C,D		Rt
	Roseate Spoonbill	M, D		Fw
	Wood Stork	M, D		Us
Waterfowl
	Fulvous Whistling Duck	M, D		Rt
	Black-bellied Whistling Duck	M, D		At
	Tundra Swan	M, D		Rw
	Trumpeter Swan	M, D		At
	Greater White-fronted Goose	M, D		Cw
	Snow Goose	M, D		Cw
	Ross' Goose	M, D		Rw
	Brant	M, D		Aw
	Canada Goose	M, D	N	Cp
	Wood Duck	M, D	N	Cp
	Green-winged Teal	M, D		Cw
	American Black Duck	M, D		Fw
	Mallard	M, D		Cp
	Northern Pintail	M, D		Cw
	Blue-winged Teal	M, D		Os, Ct, Uw
	Cinnamon Teal	M, D		Ot
	Northern Shoveler	M, D		Cw
	Gadwall	M, D		Cw
	[Eurasian Wigeon]	M		At
	American Wigeon	M, D		Cw
	Canvasback	M, D		Fw
	Redhead	M, D		Uw
	Ring-necked Duck	M, D		Cw
	Greater Scaup	M, D		Fw
	Lesser Scaup	M, D		Cw
	King Eider	M		At
	Oldsquaw	M, D		Rw
	Black Scoter	M		Rw
	Surf Scoter	M, D		Rw
	White-winged Scoter	M, D		Rw
	Common Goldeneye	M, D		Fw
	Bufflehead	M, D		Cw
	Hooded Merganser	M, D	N	Cw
	Common Merganser	M, D		Rw
	Red-breasted Merganser	M, D		Cw
	Ruddy Duck	M, D		Cw
Vultures, Hawks and Falcons
	Black Vulture	M, D	N	Cp
	Turkey Vulture	M, D	N	Cp
	Osprey	C, M, D	N	Up, Rs, Ft
	American Swallow-tailed Kite	M, D	N	Us
	White-tailed Kite	C, D	N	Ot
	Mississippi Kite	M, D	N	Cs
	Bald Eagle	M, D	N	Rs, Fw
	Northern Harrier	M, D		Cw
	Sharp-shinned Hawk	M, D		Fw
	Cooper's Hawk	M, D	N	Us, Fw
	Northern Goshawk	M		At
	Harris' Hawk	M		At
	Red-shouldered Hawk	M, D	N	Fp
	Broad-winged Hawk	M, D	N	Fs
	Swainson's Hawk	M		Ot
	Red-tailed Hawk	M, D	N	Cp
	[Ferruginous Hawk]	M		At
	Rough-legged Hawk	M, D		At
	Golden Eagle	M, D		Rt
	Crested Caracara	M, D		A
	American Kestrel	M, D	N	Us, Cw
	Merlin	M, D		Ut, Rw
	Prairie Falcon	M		At
	Peregrine Falcon	M, D		Ut, Rw
Gallinaceous Birds
	Wild Turkey	M, D	N	Cp
	Bobwhite Quail	M, D	N	Cp
Rails, Limpkins and Cranes
	Yellow Rail	M		Ot
	Black Rail	M		A
	King Rail	M, D	N	Up
	Virginia Rail	C, M, D		Ut, Rw
	Sora	C, M, D		Ut, Rw
	Purple Gallinule	M, D	N	Us
	Common Moorhen	M, D	N	Cp
	American Coot	M, D	N	Rs, Cw
	Limpkin	M		A
	Sandhill Crane	C, M, D	N	Rw
Plovers, Sandpipers and Allies
	Black-bellied Plover	C, M, D		Fw
	Lesser Golden Plover	M, D		Ft
	Wilson's Plover	C, M, D	N	Us
	Semipalmated Plover	C, M, D		Fw, Ft
	Piping Plover	C, M, D		Uw, Rt
	Killdeer	M, D	N	Cp
	Mountain Plover	M		A
	Black-necked Stilt	C, M, D	N	Up
	American Avocet	C, M, D		Up, Rt
	Greater Yellowlegs	M, D		Ft,Uw
	Lesser Yellowlegs	M, D		Ct, Uw
	Solitary Sandpiper	M, D		Ct
	Willet	C, M, D	N	Fp, Rt
	Spotted Sandpiper	M, D	N	Ct, Uw
	Upland Sandpiper	M, D	N	Ut
	Hudsonian Godwit	M, D		A
	Marbled Godwit	C, D		Rw
	Ruddy Turnstone	C, M		Fw
	Red Knot	C, D		Uw
	Sanderling	C, M, D		Cw
	Semipalmated Sandpiper	M, D		Ct
	Western Sandpiper	C, M, D		Cw
	Least Sandpiper	C, M, D		Cw
	White-rumped Sandpiper	M		Ut
	Baird's Sandpiper	M, D		Ut
	Pectoral Sandpiper	M, D		Ct
	Dunlin	C, M, D		Cw, Ft
	Stilt Sandpiper	M, D		Ft
	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	M, D		Ut
	[Ruff]	M		A
	Short-billed Dowitcher	C, M, D		Fw, Ut
	Long-billed Dowitcher	C, M, D		Fw, Ut
	Common Snipe	M, D		Cw
	American Woodcock	M, D	N	Up
	Wilson's Phalarope	C, M, D		Ut
	Red-necked Phalarope	M, D		Ot
	Red Phalarope	M		Ot
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
	Pomarine Jaeger	M		A
	Parasitic Jaeger	M		O
	Laughing Gull	C, M, D	N	Cp
	Franklin's Gull	M, D		Rt
	Little Gull	M		O
	Common Black-headed Gull	M		A
	Bonaparte's Gull	M, D		Cw
	Ring-billed Gull	M, D		Cw
	Herring Gull	M, D		Uw
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	M		A
	Glaucous Gull	M		O
	Great Black-backed Gull	M		O
	Black-legged Kittiwake	M		O
	Sabine's Gull	M		A
	Gull-billed Tern	C, M	N	Us
	Caspian Tern	C, M, D	N	Fp, Ut
	[Roseate Tern]	M		A
	Common Tern	C, M	N	Us, Rt
	Forster's Tern	C, M, D		Cp, Ft
	Least Tern	C, M, D	N	Cs
	Black Tern	M, D		Ct
Pigeons and Doves
	Rock Dove	M, D	N	Cp
	[Band-tailed Pigeon]	M		A
	Eurasian Collared-Dove	M, D	N	Fp
	White-winged Dove	C, D		R
	Mourning Dove	M, D	N	Cp
	Common Ground Dove	C, M, D	N	Rp
Cuckoos
	Black-billed Cuckoo	M, D		Rt
	[Greater Roadrunner]	D		A
	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	M, D	N	Cs
Owls
	Barn Owl	M, D	N	Up
	Eastern Screech-Owl	M, D	N	Cp
	Great Horned Owl	M, D	N	Cp
	Snowy Owl	M		A
	Burrowing Owl	M, D		O
	Barred Owl	M, D	N	Cp
	Long-eared Owl	M		A
	Short-eared Owl	M, D		Uw
	Northern Saw-whet Owl	M		A
Goatsuckers
	Common Nighthawk	M, D	N	Cs
	Chuck-will's-widow	M, D	N	Cs
	Whip-poor-will	M, D	N	Fs
Swifts
	Chimney Swift	M, D	N	Cs
Hummingbirds
	Buff-bellied Hummingbird	M		O
	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	M, D	N	Cs
	Black-chinned Hummingbird	M		Rw
	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	M		A
	White-eared Hummingbird	M		A
	Anna's Hummingbird	M		A
Kingfishers
	Belted Kingfisher	M, D	N	Fp
Woodpeckers
	Red-headed Woodpecker	M, D	N	Cp
	Red-bellied Woodpecker	M, D	N	Cp
	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	M, D		Cw
	Downy Woodpecker	M, D	N	Cp
	Hairy Woodpecker	M, D	N	Up
	Red-cockaded Woodpecker	M	N	Rp
	Northern Flicker	M, D	N	Cp
	Pileated Woodpecker	M, D	N	Cp
Flycatchers
	Olive-sided Flycatcher	M, D		Ut
	[Western Wood-Pewee]	M		A
	Eastern Wood-Pewee	M, D	N	Cs
	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	M, D		Ut
	Acadian Flycatcher	M, D	N	Fs
	Alder Flycatcher	M		Rt
	Willow Flycatcher	M	N	As, Rt
	Least Flycatcher	M, D		Ut
	Eastern Phoebe	M, D	N	Cp
	Say's Phoebe	M		A
	Vermillion Flycatcher	M, D		Rw
	Ash-throated Flycatcher	M		A
	Great-crested Flycatcher	M, D	N	Cs
	[Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher]	M		A
	Western Kingbird	M, D		Rt
	Eastern Kingbird	M, D	N	Cs
	Gray Kingbird	M, D	N	O
	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	M, D	N	Rt
	Cassin's Kingbird	M		A
Larks
	Horned Lark	M, D	N	Cp
Martins and Swallows
	Purple Martin	M, D	N	Cs
	Tree Swallow	M, D	N	As, Ct
	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	M, D	N	Fs
	Bank Swallow	M, D	N	Rs, Ut
	Cliff Swallow	M, D	N	Cs
	Cave Swallow	M		A
	Barn Swallow	M, D	N	Cs
Jays and Crows
	Blue Jay	M, D	N	Cp
	American Crow	M, D	N	Cp
	Fish Crow	M, D	N	Cp
Chickadees and Titmice
	Carolina Chickadee	M, D	N	Cp
	Tufted Titmouse	M, D	N	Cp
Nuthatches
	Red-breasted Nuthatch	M, D		Uw
	White-breasted Nuthatch	M, D	N	Fp
	Brown-headed Nuthatch	M, D	N	Fp
Creepers
	Brown Creeper	M, D		Fw
Wrens
	Carolina Wren	M, D	N	Cp
	Bewick's Wren	M, D	N	Rw
	House Wren	M, D		Uw
	Winter Wren	M, D		Fw
	Sedge Wren	M, D		Uw
	Marsh Wren	C, M, D	N	Ut, Rw
Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
	Golden-crowned Kinglet	M, D		Cw
	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	M, D		Cw
	Blue-gray Kinglet	M, D	N	Cs, Rw
Bluebirds, Thrushes and Robins
	Eastern Bluebird	M, D	N	Cp
	Mountain Bluebird	M		A
	[Townsend's Solitaire]	M		A
	Veery	M, D		Ut
	Gray Cheecked Thrush	M, D		Ut
	Swainson's Thrush	M, D		Ft
	Hermit Thrush	M, D		Fw
	Wood Thrush	M, D	N	Cs
	American Robin	M, D	N	Cp
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
	Gray Catbird	C, M, D	N	Ct, Us
	Northern Mockingbird	M, D	N	Cp
	Brown Thrasher	M, D	N	Cp
Wagtails and Pipits
	Citrine Wagtail	M		A
	American Pipit	M, D		Cw
	Sprague's Pipit	M		O
Waxwings
	Cedar Waxwing	M, D	N	As, Cw
Shrikes
	Loggerhead Shrike	M, D	N	Fp
Starlings
	European Starling	M, D	N	Cp
Vireos
	White-eyed Vireo	M, D	N	Cs, Rw
	Bell's Vireo	M		O
	[Black-capped Vireo]	M		A
	Solitary Vireo	M, D		Uw
	Yellow-throated Vireo	M, D	N	Fs
	Warbling Vireo	M, D	N	Us
	Philadelphia Vireo	M, D		Ut
	Red-eyed Vireo	M, D	N	Cs
	[Black-whiskered Vireo]	M		O
Warblers
	Blue-winged Warbler	M, D		Ft
	Golden-winged Warbler	M, D		Ut
	Tennessee Warbler	M, D		Ct
	Orange-crowned Warbler	M, D		Uw
	Nashville Warbler	M, D		Ut
	Northern Parula	M, D	N	Cs
	Yellow Warbler	M, D		Cw
	Chesnut-sided Warbler	M, D		Ft
	Magnolia Warbler	M, D		Ct
	Cape May Warbler	M, D		Rt
	Black-throated Blue Warbler	M		Rt
	Yellow-rumped Warbler	M, D		Cw
	[Black-throated Gray Warbler]	M		A
	Townsend's Warbler	M		A
	Black-throated Green Warbler	M, D		Ct
	Blackburnian Warbler	M, D		Ft
	Yellow-throated Warbler	M, D	N	Fs
	Pine Warbler	M, D	N	Cp
	Prairie Warbler	M, D	N	Fs
	Palm Warbler	C, M, D		Fw, Ft
	Bay-breasted Warbler	M, D		Ft
	Blackpoll Warbler	M, D		Ft
	Cerulean Warbler	M, D		Ut
	Black-and-white Warbler	M, D	N	Cs
	American Redstart	M, D	N	Us, Ct
	Prothonotary Warbler	M, D	N	Cs
	Worm-eating Warbler	M, D	N	Us
	Swainson's Warbler	M, D	N	Us
	Ovenbird	M, D	N	Us, Ft
	Northern Waterthrush	M, D		Ut
	Louisiana Waterthrush	M, D	N	Fs
	Kentucky Warbler	M, D	N	Cs
	[Connecticut Warbler]	M, D		O
	Mourning Warbler	M, D		Rt
	Common Yellowthroat	M, D	N	Cs, Uw
	Hooded Warbler	M, D	N	Cs
	Wilson's Warbler	M, D		Ut
	Canada Warbler	M, D		Ft
	[Painted Redstart]	M		A
	Yellow-breasted Chat	M, D	N	Cs
Tanagers
	Summer Tanager	M, D	N	Cs
	Scarlet Tanager	M, D	N	Us, Ft
	Western Tanager	M, D		O
New World Finches
	Northern Cardinal	M, D	N	Cp
	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	M, D		Ft
	Black-headed Grosbeak	M, D		O
	Blue Grosbeak	M, D	N	Cs
	[Lazuli Bunting]	M		A
	Indigo Bunting	M, D	N	Cs
	Painted Bunting	M, D	N	Us
	Dickcissel	M, D	N	Cs
Sparrows
	[Green-tailed Towhee]	M		A
	Rufous-sided Towhee	M, D	N	Cp
	Bachman's Sparrow	M	N	Us
	American Tree Sparrow	M, D		Ca
	Chipping Sparrow	M, D	N	Fs, Cw
	Field Sparrow	M, D	N	Fs, Cw
	Vesper Sparrow	M, D		Uw
	Lark Sparrow	M, D	N	Rs
	Lark Bunting	M		A
	Savannah Sparrow	M, D		Cw
	Grasshopper Sparrow	C, M, D		Rw
	Henslow's Sparrow	M		Rw
	LeConte's Sparrow	M, D		Uw
	Sharp-tailed Sparrow	C, M, D		Uw
	Fox Sparrow	M, D		Fw
	Song Sparrow	M, D		Cw
	Lincoln's Sparrow	M, D		Ut, Rw
	Swamp Sparrow	M, D		Cw
	White-throated Sparrow	M, D		Cw
	White-crowned Sparrow	M, D		Fw
	Harris' Sparrow	M, D		O
	Dark-eyed Junco	M, D		Cw
	Lapland Longspur	M, D		Cw
	Smith's Longspur	M		O
	Snow Bunting	M		A
Blackbirds, Grackles, Cowbirds and Orioles
	Bobolink	M, D		Ct
	Red-winged Blackbird	M, D	N	Cp
	Eastern Meadowlark	M, D	N	Cp
	Western Meadowlark	M, D		Rw
	Yellow-headed Blackbird	M, D		O
	Rusty Blackbird	M, D		Fw
	Brewer's Blackbird	M, D		Fw
	Common Grackle	M, D	N	Cp
	Brown-headed Cowbird	M, D	N	Cp
	Orchard Oriole	M, D	N	Cs
	Northern Oriole (Baltimore)	M, D	N	Cs
Northern Finches
	Purple Finch	M, D		Fw
	House Finch	M, D	N	Fs, Cw
	Red Crossbill	M	N	O
	Pine Siskin	M, D		Cw
	American Goldfinch	M, D	N	Cp
	Evening Grosbeak	M, D		Uw
Old World Sparrows
	House Sparrow	M, D	N	Cp
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Information compiled by: Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation P.O. Box 10 Stoneville MS 38776