Birds to See in Tennessee in January
107 bird species on our list for Tennessee are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay and American Robin. New this month: Baltimore Oriole, Little Gull and Eurasian Wigeon.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Tennessee’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 107 birds in January
107 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.68% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.45% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.02% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.95% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.95% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.46% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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