Uncommon Birds in Tennessee
Our list for Tennessee has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 14 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 21 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tennessee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–May
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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