Birding in Tennessee
Click on the map to select a region or pick from the list below.
Tennessee's
National Wildlife Refuges
Seven refuges in the western
half of the state, all offering good to excellent birding.
Recent Sightings
TN-Bird - An email discussion group about Tennessee birds owned by the TOS. Archived messages are available at this web address. To subscribe, click here. Enter your email address and follow the instructions. Choose TN-Bird when offered the choice.
State Bird List
Official List of the Birds of Tennessee
Field Checklist of Tennessee Birds (PDF file), published by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Breeding Chronology of Tennessee Birds
Click here for a listing of the breeding chronology of Tennessee birds.
More on Birding in Tennessee
See the Tennessee Watchable Wildlife website for more information on where to watch birds and other wildlife in Tennessee. This site is hosted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
See the Literature on Tennessee's Birdlife page for publications on birding Tennessee.
Birding in Adjacent States
Alabama Ornithological Society
Georgia Ornithological Society
Kentucky Ornithological Society
Mississippi Ornithological Society
The Audubon Society of Missouri
Virginia Society of Ornithology
Other Resources
For a comprehensive listing of other links to information on birds and birding, go to Jack Silers Birding on the Net.
We also recommend Birding.Com, which, in addition to containing a huge amount of useful, well-organized information, has selected TNBirds.org as one of the Top 25 Birding Web Sites.
Also visit eBird, a site
developed by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National
Audubon Society with funding from the National Science Foundation. At
this site, birders can post their personal observations and view lists
posted by other birders.
