Rare Birds in Tennessee
Our list for Tennessee has 63 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 8 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
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 63, most common first
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cm
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
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