Common Birds in Tennessee
Our list for Tennessee has 60 common birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 12 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Tennessee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made