Status & Distribution - Fall Departures

This listing contains every species that has an expected departure date during fall in Virginia Beach. Both summer residents (red highlight), and spring & fall transients (yellow highlight; with orange referring to transients expected only in fall), can have fall departure dates. Summer residents will be journeying southward for the winter, and transients will be passing through from breeding grounds north of us, to wintering grounds south of us. Spatial Distributions for each species may be accessed by selecting the links below, and these maps are available for the current migration season, so that the southward progression can be easily tracked. The Temporal Distribution column contains links to the seasonal line graphs at eBird, showing the report and abundance frequencies for each species over the prior 10 year period (2015-2024). Lastly, Status & Trends Models are included in the final column, and link to eBird-generated data which show population changes over time. If you wish to open multiple maps or charts into your browser, select the links with the roll wheel on your mouse and each will open in a new browser tab.

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Species
Code		 Average Fall
Departure Date		 Spatial Distribution
(Current Season)		 Temporal Distribution
(Past 10 Years)
Status & Trends
Chuck-will's-widow CWWI 10 Aug Map Chart Models
Gull-billed Tern GBTE 25 Aug Map Chart Models
Bank Swallow BANS 30 Aug Map Chart Models
Northern Rough-winged Swallow NRWS 10 Sep Map Chart Models
Least Tern LETE 15 Sep Map Chart Models
Least Bittern LEBI 15 Sep Map Chart Models
Mississippi Kite MIKI 15 Sep Map Chart Models
Acadian Flycatcher ACFL 15 Sep Map Chart Models
Orchard Oriole OROR 15 Sep Map Chart Models
Prothonotary Warbler PROW 15 Sep Map Chart Models
Black Tern BLTE 20 Sep Map Chart Models
Common Nighthawk CONI 25 Sep Map Chart Models
Hudsonian Whimbrel HUWH 25 Sep Map Chart Models
Hooded Warbler HOWA 25 Sep Map Chart Models
Anhinga ANHI 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Great Crested Flycatcher GCFL 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Eastern Kingbird EAKI 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Purple Martin PUMA 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Wood Thrush WOTH 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Blackburnian Warbler BLBW 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Summer Tanager SUTA 30 Sep Map Chart Models
Piping Plover PIPL 5 Oct Map Chart Models
Veery VEER 5 Oct Map Chart Models
Yellow-throated Warbler YTWA 5 Oct Map Chart Models
Chestnut-sided Warbler CSWA 10 Oct Map Chart Models
Scarlet Tanager SCTA 10 Oct Map Chart Models
Rose-breasted Grosbeak RBGR 10 Oct Map Chart Models
Chimney Swift CHSW 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Spotted Sandpiper SPSA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Solitary Sandpiper SOSA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Stilt Sandpiper STSA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Glossy Ibis GLIB 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Eastern Wood-Pewee EAWP 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Ovenbird OVEN 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Northern Waterthrush NOWA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Tennessee Warbler TEWA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Bay-breasted Warbler BBWA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Northern Yellow Warbler NYWA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Wilson's Warbler WIWA 15 Oct Map Chart Models
Common Tern COTE 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Red-eyed Vireo REVI 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Bobolink BOBO 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Magnolia Warbler MAWA 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Black-throated Green Warbler BTNW 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Blue Grosbeak BLGR 20 Oct Map Chart Models
Short-billed Dowitcher SBDO 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Red Knot REKN 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Semipalmated Sandpiper SESA 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Little Blue Heron LBHE 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Tricolored Heron TRHE 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Green Heron GRHE 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Barn Swallow BARS 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Yellow-breasted Chat YBCH 25 Oct Map Chart Models
American Redstart AMRE 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Cape May Warbler CMWA 25 Oct Map Chart Models
Black-throated Blue Warbler BTBW 25 Oct Map Chart Models
White-rumped Sandpiper WRSA 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Pectoral Sandpiper PESA 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Western Sandpiper WESA 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Nashville Warbler NAWA 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Northern Parula NOPA 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Blackpoll Warbler BLPW 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Indigo Bunting INBU 30 Oct Map Chart Models
Yellow-billed Cuckoo YBCU 5 Nov Map Chart Models
Sandwich Tern SATE 5 Nov Map Chart Models
Yellow-crowned Night Heron YCNH 5 Nov Map Chart Models
White-eyed Vireo WEVI 5 Nov Map Chart Models
Least Sandpiper LESA 10 Nov Map Chart Models
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher BGGN 10 Nov Map Chart Models
Prairie Warbler PRAW 10 Nov Map Chart Models
Semipalmated Plover SEPL 15 Nov Map Chart Models
Lesser Yellowlegs LEYE 15 Nov Map Chart Models
Caspian Tern CATE 15 Nov Map Chart Models
Blue-winged Teal BWTE 20 Nov Map Chart Models
Ruby-throated Hummingbird RTHU 25 Nov Map Chart Models
Royal Tern ROYT 31 Dec Map Chart Models
Western Cattle-Egret WECE 15 Jan Map Chart Models
Black Skimmer BLSK 20 Jan Map Chart Models

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

Pyle, P. and D.F. DeSante. 2024. Four-letter (English Name) and Six-letter (Scientific Name) Alpha Codes for 2202 Bird Species (and 139 Non-Species Taxa) in accordance with the 65th AOS Supplement (2024), sorted taxonomically. The Institute for Bird Populations. Downloaded from https://www.birdpop.org/docs/misc/Alpha_codes_tax.pdf

Rottenborn, S.C. and E.S. Brinkley. 2007. Virginia’s Birdlife: An Annotated Checklist. Virginia Avifauna No. 7, Fourth Edition.

Sullivan, B.L., C.L. Wood, M.J. Iliff, R.E. Bonney, D. Fink, and S. Kelling. 2009. eBird: a citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences. Biological Conservation 142: 2282-2292.