Mississippi Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.9
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 5.6
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.8
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 8.7
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.05
Upper Coastal Plain 0.03
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.8
Upper Coastal Plain 0.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.2
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.04
Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis 		Coastal Flatwoods 9.3
Upper Coastal Plain 11.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 15.4
Green Heron
Butorides virescens 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.7
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.6
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.08
Yellow-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax violacus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.05
Upper Coastal Plain 0.08
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 9.1
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.9
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.3
Upper Coastal Plain 2.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.9
Upper Coastal Plain 1.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.0
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.09
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 0.08
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.7
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.07
Upper Coastal Plain 0.06
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.6
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.7
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.9
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus 		Coastal Flatwoods 40.6
Upper Coastal Plain 26.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 8.4
King Rail
Rallus elegans 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.04
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.4
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.8
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 11.4
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Least Tern
Sterna antillarum 		Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Rock Dove
Columba livia 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.5
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura 		Coastal Flatwoods 9.5
Upper Coastal Plain 31.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 52.5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus 		Coastal Flatwoods 9.7
Upper Coastal Plain 12.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 14.3
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.06
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Barred Owl
Strix varia 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor 		Coastal Flatwoods 4.8
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.8
Upper Coastal Plain 2.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica 		Coastal Flatwoods 11.3
Upper Coastal Plain 11.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 10.8
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 0.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.7
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.09
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.7
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus 		Coastal Flatwoods 6.0
Upper Coastal Plain 1.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus 		Coastal Flatwoods 13.1
Upper Coastal Plain 13.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 21.2
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.3
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.2
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.5
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Picoides borealis 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.04
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus 		Coastal Flatwoods 4.0
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.1
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.2
Upper Coastal Plain 1.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.4
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.0
Upper Coastal Plain 5.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.4
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.08
Upper Coastal Plain 1.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.6
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.06
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus 		Coastal Flatwoods 8.7
Upper Coastal Plain 4.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.3
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus 		Coastal Flatwoods 11.2
Upper Coastal Plain 8.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.8
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.8
Purple Martin
Progne subis 		Coastal Flatwoods 18.7
Upper Coastal Plain 15.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.5
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis 		Coastal Flatwoods 3.4
Upper Coastal Plain 2.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.2
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.8
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica 		Coastal Flatwoods 7.6
Upper Coastal Plain 22.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 15.6
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata 		Coastal Flatwoods 32.3
Upper Coastal Plain 29.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 14.5
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos 		Coastal Flatwoods 28.4
Upper Coastal Plain 40.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 16.3
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus 		Coastal Flatwoods 14.2
Upper Coastal Plain 2.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis 		Coastal Flatwoods 6.1
Upper Coastal Plain 9.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.6
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor 		Coastal Flatwoods 8.3
Upper Coastal Plain 10.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 11.4
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.09
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla 		Coastal Flatwoods 5.0
Upper Coastal Plain 1.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus 		Coastal Flatwoods 20.4
Upper Coastal Plain 17.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 17.4
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.9
Upper Coastal Plain 3.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.8
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis 		Coastal Flatwoods 14.4
Upper Coastal Plain 7.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.9
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.3
Upper Coastal Plain 9.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.7
American Robin
Turdus migratorius 		Upper Coastal Plain 6.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.0
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.06
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos 		Coastal Flatwoods 24.4
Upper Coastal Plain 35.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 19.1
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum 		Coastal Flatwoods 12.0
Upper Coastal Plain 6.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.0
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.5
Upper Coastal Plain 1.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.7
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris 		Coastal Flatwoods 7.9
Upper Coastal Plain 6.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 12.1
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus 		Coastal Flatwoods 30.6
Upper Coastal Plain 9.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 8.7
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.7
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.7
Upper Coastal Plain 5.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.5
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Northern Parula
Parula americana 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.8
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.03
Upper Coastal Plain 0.06
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus 		Coastal Flatwoods 29.7
Upper Coastal Plain 8.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor 		Coastal Flatwoods 10.4
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.08
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.7
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 8.0
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.09
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.08
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.05
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus 		Coastal Flatwoods 2.2
Upper Coastal Plain 2.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.1
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas 		Coastal Flatwoods 19.8
Upper Coastal Plain 9.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 9.2
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina 		Coastal Flatwoods 11.9
Upper Coastal Plain 3.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.6
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens 		Coastal Flatwoods 37.8
Upper Coastal Plain 22.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 16.2
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra 		Coastal Flatwoods 3.3
Upper Coastal Plain 6.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 5.5
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis 		Coastal Flatwoods 53.5
Upper Coastal Plain 48.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 58.8
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea 		Coastal Flatwoods 8.1
Upper Coastal Plain 8.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.6
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea 		Coastal Flatwoods 8.4
Upper Coastal Plain 23.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 28.5
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris 		Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.5
Dickcissel
Spiza americana 		Upper Coastal Plain 4.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 29.4
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus 		Coastal Flatwoods 43.2
Upper Coastal Plain 21.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 7.5
Bachman's Sparrow
Aimophila aestivalis 		Coastal Flatwoods 14.6
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina 		Upper Coastal Plain 1.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.1
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla 		Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.07
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus 		Coastal Flatwoods 12.9
Upper Coastal Plain 33.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 122.0
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna 		Coastal Flatwoods 10.5
Upper Coastal Plain 28.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 16.9
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula 		Coastal Flatwoods 14.5
Upper Coastal Plain 24.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 37.0
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater 		Coastal Flatwoods 5.5
Upper Coastal Plain 10.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 17.8
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius 		Coastal Flatwoods 9.7
Upper Coastal Plain 6.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.2
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.3
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis 		Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus 		Coastal Flatwoods 1.2
Upper Coastal Plain 8.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 28.2