2005 Results: Mississippi

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

See list of localities in Mississippi with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	228	11
Snow Goose	86	10
Ross's Goose	7	2
Canada Goose	1,739	135
Wood Duck	647	99
Gadwall	642	13
American Wigeon	56	7
Mallard	1,316	109
Mottled Duck	22	3
Blue-winged Teal	546	21
Northern Shoveler	1,076	22
Northern Pintail	374	12
Green-winged Teal	864	18
Canvasback	11	6
Redhead	38	14
Ring-necked Duck	745	30
Greater Scaup	9	4
Lesser Scaup	1,771	33
Bufflehead	317	27
Common Goldeneye	14	4
Hooded Merganser	87	15
Red-breasted Merganser	53	14
Ruddy Duck	337	22
Northern Bobwhite	191	36
Wild Turkey	486	60
Common Loon	121	38
Pied-billed Grebe	125	31
Horned Grebe	102	14
Eared Grebe	19	6
Northern Gannet	1	1
Double-crested Cormorant	24,480	88
Anhinga	16	5
American White Pelican	1,311	83
Brown Pelican	403	32
American Bittern	8	3
Great Blue Heron	402	169
Great Egret	1,590	126
Snowy Egret	246	22
Little Blue Heron	41	9
Tricolored Heron	28	8
Cattle Egret	13	4
Green Heron	1	1
Black-crowned Night-Heron	51	13
White Ibis	407	7
Black Vulture	607	107
Turkey Vulture	888	209
Osprey	26	17
Bald Eagle	40	28
Northern Harrier	59	28
Sharp-shinned Hawk	23	22
Cooper's Hawk	57	42
Red-shouldered Hawk	84	59
Red-tailed Hawk	332	193
Golden Eagle	1	1
American Kestrel	73	43
Clapper Rail	24	5
Virginia Rail	1	1
Sora	5	4
American Coot	866	29
Sandhill Crane	4	2
Black-bellied Plover	10	2
Semipalmated Plover	14	1
Piping Plover	2	1
Killdeer	586	108
American Oystercatcher	1	1
Black-necked Stilt	30	1
Spotted Sandpiper	2	2
Greater Yellowlegs	73	8
Willet	34	6
Lesser Yellowlegs	45	6
Marbled Godwit	2	1
Ruddy Turnstone	10	1
Sanderling	25	3
Least Sandpiper	20	6
Pectoral Sandpiper	1	1
Dunlin	102	4
Short-billed Dowitcher	7	1
Wilson's Snipe	39	11
American Woodcock	31	12
Bonaparte's Gull	4,635	67
Laughing Gull	1,678	32
Ring-billed Gull	1,547	62
Herring Gull	791	62
Caspian Tern	2	2
Forster's Tern	58	15
Royal Tern	38	5
Black Skimmer	522	8
Rock Pigeon	1,143	96
Eurasian Collared-Dove	652	191
White-winged Dove	73	16
Mourning Dove	4,953	986
Barn Owl	28	18
Eastern Screech-Owl	14	11
Great Horned Owl	42	21
Barred Owl	38	32
Short-eared Owl	11	7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	7	7
Black-chinned Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	18	13
Buff-bellied Hummingbird	1	1
Belted Kingfisher	134	90
Red-headed Woodpecker	512	274
Red-bellied Woodpecker	1,271	631
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	143	108
Downy Woodpecker	663	355
Hairy Woodpecker	78	55
Northern Flicker	298	165
Pileated Woodpecker	153	107
Eastern Phoebe	132	84
Western Kingbird	1	1
Loggerhead Shrike	83	54
White-eyed Vireo	2	2
Blue-headed Vireo	40	23
Blue Jay	4,277	1,176
American Crow	109,710	611
Fish Crow	238	54
Horned Lark	9	6
Purple Martin	350	71
Tree Swallow	781	10
Carolina Chickadee	2,602	780
Tufted Titmouse	1,876	655
Red-breasted Nuthatch	107	55
White-breasted Nuthatch	165	91
Brown-headed Nuthatch	160	84
Brown Creeper	59	33
Carolina Wren	1,055	481
House Wren	278	101
Winter Wren	92	18
Sedge Wren	13	9
Marsh Wren	37	13
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	7	5
Golden-crowned Kinglet	59	21
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	151	86
Eastern Bluebird	1,363	434
Hermit Thrush	64	47
American Robin	9,588	943
Gray Catbird	10	6
Northern Mockingbird	2,385	919
Brown Thrasher	879	397
European Starling	6,258	245
American Pipit	80	18
Cedar Waxwing	5,429	197
Orange-crowned Warbler	37	24
Common Yellowthroat	73	25
Palm Warbler	30	2
Pine Warbler	507	167
Yellow-rumped Warbler	2,851	237
Eastern Towhee	831	356
Chipping Sparrow	1,904	305
Field Sparrow	896	156
Vesper Sparrow	35	13
Savannah Sparrow	329	30
Le Conte's Sparrow	11	6
Fox Sparrow	91	39
Song Sparrow	491	160
Swamp Sparrow	148	45
White-throated Sparrow	2,801	425
White-crowned Sparrow	222	65
Dark-eyed Junco	1,955	436
Summer Tanager	1	1
Western Tanager	1	1
Northern Cardinal	7,946	1,247
Red-winged Blackbird	62,207	545
Eastern Meadowlark	478	55
Rusty Blackbird	281	34
Brewer's Blackbird	860	75
Common Grackle	60,987	550
Boat-tailed Grackle	198	9
Brown-headed Cowbird	5,301	281
Orchard Oriole	1	1
Purple Finch	1,616	369
House Finch	2,121	493
Pine Siskin	1,005	166
Lesser Goldfinch	4	4
American Goldfinch	20,817	969
House Sparrow	2,976	371
Total	393,007

A total of 176 species were reported.

See list of localities in Mississippi with reports.

This report was updated 15-Jan-2013 09:05 ET.