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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Mississippi Breeding Birds

152 species recorded across 74 survey routes, 1966 to 2024. Browse by family or guild below.

Mississippi Bird Population TrendsNotable signalsLong-arc shifts the engine flags automatically — sustained declines or increases large enough to stand out from year-to-year noise.Full methodology →

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Northern Bobwhite has collapsed in Mississippi: down 98% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Cliff Swallow has surged in Mississippi: up 41× on the route-weighted index since 1988.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Grasshopper Sparrow has collapsed in Mississippi: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1972.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Northern Rough-winged Swallow has surged in Mississippi: up 39× on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Common Nighthawk has collapsed in Mississippi: down 94% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Red-shouldered Hawk has surged in Mississippi: up 26× on the route-weighted index since 1968.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in MississippiGuild trendA mean-index aggregate across the species in this group — the structural direction of the guild, with individual-species noise smoothed out.Full methodology →

-98%

Game birds

2 species
-73%

Grassland birds

6 species
-67%

Generalists

12 species
-50%

Wetland birds

17 species
+39%

Aerial insectivores

14 species
+47%

Forest birds

53 species
+150%

Birds of prey

12 species
+252%

Shorebirds

1 species
13×

Waterfowl

4 species

Mississippi Bird Survey Routes

Browse Mississippi Birds By FamilyTrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →

Each species links to its trend in Mississippi.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Broad-winged Hawk -60%Cooper's Hawk -36%Mississippi Kite +474%Red-shouldered Hawk 26×Red-tailed Hawk 11×Swallow-tailed Kite -33%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark +26%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher +3%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Canada Goose -39%Mallard +867%Mottled Duck -83%Wood Duck +318%

Anhingas Anhingidae

Anhinga 13×

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -77%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Great Blue Heron 15×Great Egret +850%Green Heron +4%Little Blue Heron -54%Snowy Egret +803%Western Cattle-Egret +320%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -82%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -82%Common Nighthawk -94%Eastern Whip-poor-will -41%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak +61%Dickcissel +121%Indigo Bunting +160%Northern Cardinal -4%Painted Bunting -34%Scarlet Tanager +12%Summer Tanager +59%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +48%Turkey Vulture +451%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +252%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Common Ground Dove -11%Eurasian Collared-Dove +810%Mourning Dove -22%Rock Pigeon -67%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +5%Blue Jay -35%Fish Crow +135%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Yellow-billed Cuckoo +109%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -79%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +124%House Finch +251%

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane +2%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow +76%Cliff Swallow 41×Northern Rough-winged Swallow 39×Purple Martin -55%Tree Swallow +315%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Baltimore Oriole -80%Boat-tailed Grackle -10%Brown-headed Cowbird +56%Common Grackle -91%Eastern Meadowlark -90%Orchard Oriole -49%Red-winged Blackbird -36%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +47%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -83%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Least Tern +45%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -54%Gray Catbird -53%Northern Mockingbird -70%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -98%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Carolina Chickadee +183%Tufted Titmouse +214%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

American Redstart +81%Black-and-white Warbler +247%Common Yellowthroat -39%Hooded Warbler +878%Kentucky Warbler +194%Louisiana Waterthrush +131%Northern Parula +257%Ovenbird -11%Pine Warbler +374%Prairie Warbler +551%Prothonotary Warbler +308%Swainson's Warbler +32%Worm-eating Warbler +194%Yellow-throated Warbler +337%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Bachman's Sparrow +50%Chipping Sparrow +788%Eastern Towhee -17%Field Sparrow -65%Grasshopper Sparrow -96%Lark Sparrow +239%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -92%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant 13×

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Wild Turkey +193%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +341%Hairy Woodpecker -15%Pileated Woodpecker +395%Red-bellied Woodpecker +205%Red-cockaded Woodpecker -38%Red-headed Woodpecker +22%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe -23%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +546%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

Common Gallinule +207%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Brown-headed Nuthatch +159%White-breasted Nuthatch +558%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +120%Eastern Screech-Owl -50%Great Horned Owl -8%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling -64%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

White Ibis -5%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird +47%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -73%Carolina Wren +325%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin -57%Eastern Bluebird +116%Wood Thrush +56%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher 19×Eastern Kingbird -73%Eastern Phoebe +432%Eastern Wood-Pewee +135%Great Crested Flycatcher +137%

Vireos Vireonidae

Red-eyed Vireo 16×Warbling Vireo -41%White-eyed Vireo +119%Yellow-throated Vireo +312%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.