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
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantCommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
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