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