Status & Distribution
This listing contains every species that has an expected arrival date during springtime in Virginia Beach. Both regularly-occurring summer residents (red highlight), and spring & fall transients (yellow highlight, with lighter red referring to transients expected only in spring), can have spring arrival dates since the former will be arriving for the breeding season, and the latter will be arriving on their way further northward to breed. 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 northward progression can be easily tracked. The Temporal Distribution columnn contains links to the seasonal line graphs at eBird, showing the report and abundance frequencies for each species over the prior 10 year period (2014-2023). 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.
Filter: Spring Arrivals - Spring Departures - Fall Arrivals - Fall Departures
Species |
Code |
Average Spring Arrival Date |
Spatial Distribution (Current Season) |
Temporal Distribution (Past 10 Years) |
Status & Trends |
Blue-winged Teal | BWTE | 25 Feb | Map | Chart | Models |
Laughing Gull | LAGU | 25 Feb | Map | Chart | Models |
Piping Plover | PIPL | 10 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | BGGN | 10 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Vesper Sparrow | VESP | 10 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Lesser Yellowlegs | LEYE | 15 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Royal Tern | ROYT | 15 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | YCNH | 20 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Tricolored Heron | TRHE | 20 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Purple Martin | PUMA | 20 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Little Blue Heron | LBHE | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Least Sandpiper | LESA | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Black Skimmer | BLSK | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Glossy Ibis | GLIB | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | NRWS | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Barn Swallow | BARS | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow-throated Warbler | YTWA | 25 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Chimney Swift | CHSW | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | RTHU | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Green Heron | GRHE | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Western Cattle Egret | WCEG | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
White-eyed Vireo | WEVI | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Ovenbird | OVEN | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Louisiana Waterthrush | LOWA | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Black-and-white Warbler | BAWW | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Northern Parula | NOPA | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Prairie Warbler | PRAW | 30 Mar | Map | Chart | Models |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | EWPW | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Short-billed Dowitcher | SBDO | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Long-billed Dowitcher | LBDO | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Pectoral Sandpiper | PESA | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Caspian Tern | CATE | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Prothonotary Warbler | PROW | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Black-throated Green Warbler | BTNW | 5 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Chuck-will's-widow | CWWI | 10 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Black-necked Stilt | BNST | 10 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Anhinga | ANHI | 10 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Swallow-tailed Kite | STKI | 10 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Great Crested Flycatcher | GCFL | 10 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Eastern Kingbird | EAKI | 10 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Whimbrel | WHIM | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Spotted Sandpiper | SPSA | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Solitary Sandpiper | SOSA | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Sandwich Tern | SATE | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Least Bittern | LEBI | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow-throated Vireo | YTVI | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Red-eyed Vireo | REVI | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Wood Thrush | WOTH | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Grasshopper Sparrow | GRSP | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Worm-eating Warbler | WEWA | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Swainson's Warbler | SWWA | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Hooded Warbler | HOWA | 15 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Willet (Eastern) | WILL | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Least Tern | LETE | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Common Tern | COTE | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Broad-winged Hawk | BWHA | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Orchard Oriole | OROR | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Blue-winged Warbler | BWWA | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Summer Tanager | SUTA | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Blue Grosbeak | BLGR | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Indigo Bunting | INBU | 20 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | YBCU | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Semipalmated Plover | SEPL | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Marbled Godwit | MAGO | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | SESA | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Veery | VEER | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow-breasted Chat | YBCH | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Bobolink | BOBO | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Northern Waterthrush | NOWA | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Kentucky Warbler | KEWA | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
American Redstart | AMRE | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Cape May Warbler | CMWA | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow Warbler | YEWA | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | BTBW | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | RBGR | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Dickcissel | DICK | 25 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Common Nighthawk | CONI | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Common Gallinule | COGA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Sandhill Crane | SACR | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Stilt Sandpiper | STSA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
White-rumped Sandpiper | WRSA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Mississippi Kite | MIKI | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | EAWP | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Acadian Flycatcher | ACFL | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Bank Swallow | BANS | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Cliff Swallow | CLSW | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Swainson's Thrush | SWTH | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
White-crowned Sparrow | WCSP | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Lincoln's Sparrow | LISP | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Nashville Warbler | NAWA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Cerulean Warbler | CERW | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Magnolia Warbler | MAWA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Blackburnian Warbler | BLBW | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | CSWA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Blackpoll Warbler | BLPW | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Scarlet Tanager | SCTA | 30 Apr | Map | Chart | Models |
Red Knot | REKN | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Parasitic Jaeger | PAJA | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Gull-billed Tern | GBTE | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Black Tern | BLTE | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Philadelphia Vireo | PHVI | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Warbling Vireo | WAVI | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | GCTH | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Golden-winged Warbler | GWWA | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Tennessee Warbler | TEWA | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | CSWA | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Canada Warbler | CAWA | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Wilson's Warbler | WIWA | 5 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Black-billed Cuckoo | YBCU | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Wilson's Storm-Petrel | WISP | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | YBFL | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Alder Flycatcher | ALFL | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Willow Flycatcher | WIFL | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Least Flycatcher | LEFL | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Bicknell's Thrush | BITH | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Bay-breasted Warbler | BBWA | 10 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Wilson's Phalarope | WIPH | 15 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Red-necked Phalarope | RNPH | 15 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Roseate Tern | ROST | 15 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Sooty Shearwater | SOSH | 15 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | OSFL | 15 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Arctic Tern | ARTE | 20 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Mourning Warbler | MOWA | 20 May | Map | Chart | Models |
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | BBWD | 25 May | Map | Chart | Models |