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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Tennessee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
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