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
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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