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Wildlife
Birds
Grassland and Shrub Birds
Grassland and Shrub Birds
Explore some of the birds you will find in Tennessee
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Killdeer
Upland Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
American Crow
Horned Lark
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Lapland Longspur
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee
Bachman's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Tennessee Waterbirds
Tennessee Forest Birds
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