Head has dark gray cap and sharply contrasting white eyebrow and cheek stripe. Tail is black and slightly notched. Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, isopods, worms, plants and insects. Legs and feet are gray. Northern Gannet: Very large seabird. Alternates several shallow rapid wing beats and short glides. Feeds on algae and aquatic plants, insects and insect larvae. Red-throated Loon: Small loon with scaled gray back and white underparts. V-shaped white rump patch and silver-gray underwing linings are visible in flight. Forages in groung, low vegetation. Bouyant fluttering flight on shallow wing beats. Female is duller, lacks long tail, and has gray bill. Bill is gray. The belly is white. Alternates rapid wing beats with short glides. Belly; lower back, and rump are yellow-green. Ash-throated Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher with gray-brown upperparts, pale gray throat and breast, and gray-brown tail with rufous highlights. They have short wings and long tails for rapid maneuvering through trees. Red cap and black chin. Lark Bunting: Large sparrow, nearly black with large white wing patches, short, white-edged tail, and heavy, blue-gray bill. House Wren: Small wren with brown head, nape, and back showing very fine dark brown bars, faint white eyebrows, and gray-brown underparts with fine brown bars on flanks and below tail. Flies on stiff wing beats, alternates several rapid wing strokes with long glides. What a wonderful site! Feeds on insects, ticks, spiders, lizards, fruits, berries and seeds. Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Large, long-legged, long-necked duck with dark brown back and white V-shaped rump patch. Long bill, slightly upcurved and pink with black tip. White overall with black primaries and long pointed wings. Bill is dark with a yellow base and slightly decurved. Feeds on invertebrates. Whatbird parametric search. Bill is huge, with arched ridge and narrow grooves. Mute Swan: Aggressive bird, entirely white, orange bill with large black basal knob and naked black lores. Tail is short and pointed. Royal Tern: Large tern, pale gray upperparts; white face, neck, and underparts. Face has thick, black eye-line. Common Snipe: Longest-billed of all snipes, best identified by broad white stripe at base of underwing. It feeds on worms, mice, other birds and their eggs, and garbage. Strong direct flight with powerful rapid wing beats. Dark wings with white wing bar. Vent and wing stripe visible in flight. It can be tricky to glimpse a Brown Thrasher in a tangled mass of shrubbery, and once you do you may wonder how such a boldly patterned, gangly bird could stay so hidden. Red Phalarope: This medium-sized sandpiper has dark gray upperparts and rufous neck and underparts. Curved neck is often stained with pigments from iron or algae. Legs are blue-gray. Bill is gray. Western Tanager: Medium-sized tanager with brilliant red head, bright yellow body, black back, wings, and tail. They can be found around wooded areas that are deciduous in nature (shed leaves). Upper neck and head are featherless and dark gray. Nelson's Sparrow: Small sparrow with brown streaked upperparts. Bill is black. Direct, swift flight on rapidly beating wings. Tail is black and slightly notched. It has a black head, white eye ring, orange bill with a black spot near the tip, and red-orange legs. Golden-crowned Sparrow: Large sparrow, brown-streaked upperparts and plain gray breast. It has a swift direct flight with rapid wing beats. Black bill is short and thin. The nesting season is drawing to a close, and some birds are already starting to head south. American Robin. Eats fly larvae, beetles, crustaceans and marine worms. Upperparts are gray and underparts are white with pale yellow wash on sides. Nape is chestnut-brown, crown is black, and throat is white. Flight is low and fast, alternates bursts of quick fluttery wing beats with short glides. Head is large, glossy, and purple-black with golden yellow eyes and a crescent-shaped white patch behind a dark bill. This product and/or its method of use is covered by one or more of the following patent(s): US patent number 7,363,309 and foreign equivalents. Swift direct flight often with erratic side-to-side turns of body. Head and face are pink-red; bill is heavy and black. Black bill, legs, feet. Eyes are dark, legs are yellow-gray. Legs and feet are gray. Feeds on insects, ticks, spiders, lizards, fruits, berries and seeds. Tail has white patches at the base. And when the winters are more severe unusual birds may be driven from the North and show up here. Black bill, legs, feet. North America's only all-white owl. It has slow steady wing beats and soars on thermals and updrafts. Learn to Identify Birds in Tennessee! Flies in straight line formation with neck and legs outstretched, roosts high in trees and bushes at night. Juvenile like winter adult but more black on wing and tail with black tip. It is home to more than 434 different species of birds. Belly is white. Tennessee is home to a number of bird species. Best places to see in Tennessee: While Brown Thrashers are found across the state, they are most conspicuous when singing from exposed perches in early spring. Rapid direct flight, often low over the water. Snowbird Brown is the first girl and sixth child of the Brown Clan As she was the first girl in the Brown clan, her parents and her brothers welcomed her imagining she would be the one with a soft persona in the family. To see this please jump to the Iceland Gull species account. Inca Dove: Small dove with scaled, pale gray-brown upperparts, white throat, and scaled, pale buff (often with pink wash) underparts. It feeds on insects and insect larvae, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms. It has a strong direct flight with deep wing beats. Snow Bunting: Medium-sized, strikingly white sparrow with black back, central tail, and wing tips. Undertail coverts are white. Direct flight with strong fast wing beats. Sexes are similar. Reddish Egret: Medium egret with blue-gray body and shaggy, pale rufous head and neck. The female is dull brown with a white patch on the face at base of bill. Dives for food, primarily eats mollusks. Breast is orange-brown and belly is yellow. Flies in straight line and V formation. Bill, legs, and feet are black. It is the smallest of the ptarmigans, and the only one that nests south of Canada. Birds in Tennessee range from more frequently seen birds such as the Carolina Chickadee to less seen birds such as the Olive-sided Flycatcher. Dark brown above and white below with a gray head, brown flanks, and two distinct dark “moustache” lines. Whimbrel: This large long-legged sandpiper has brown and white mottled upperparts and buff underparts with faint streaks on sides and flanks. Swift, graceful flight, alternates several quick wing beats with long glides. Sage Thrasher: Small thrasher, gray upperparts, dark-streaked white underparts with pale brown wash. Black bill, legs and feet. Legs are extremely long and red-pink. Sexes are similar. Dark phase adult has a dark brown body with a large white patch at base of primaries visible in flight. Sexes are similar. Sexes similar, but male is smaller with a brighter bill base. Obsolete English Names: brown thrush. Wilson's Plover: Medium plover, gray-brown upperparts and cap. Strong direct flight with rapid wing beats. Hood is black and extends onto upper neck. Eyes are red. Tennessee's state bird since 1933, the mockingbird is a medium-sized species with grayish-brown coloring. Only loon to leap into flight from water or land. Limpkin: Large, unique marsh bird, dark brown body, white streaks on neck, back, wings, breast. Sexes are similar. Black-throated Gray Warbler: Small warbler, black-marked, slate-gray upperparts, black streaks on flanks, white underparts. It is home to more than 434 different species of birds. Bill is slightly decurved. Crown is rufous, throat is white with black stripes, and bill is gray. Bill is black with yellow tip; legs and feet are black. With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. Black-headed Gull: Small, white gull with partial hood, white crescents above and below eye, and white-gray back. Direct flight on rapid wing beats. Direct flap-and-glide flight with powerful, deep wingbeats. Feeds while wading in shallow water, sweeping its bill back and forth. Lower breast and sides are yellow with black streaks and belly is white.Face is yellow with black crown and cheek patch and yellow crescent below eye. Sips nectar. Fast direct flight with rapid wing beats. Strong flight, alternates shallow wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides. Sexes are similar. Dark gray legs and feet. Almost 30 minutes up close and personal with some common birds you'll see in Tennessee. A plain brown bird with an effervescent voice, the House Wren is a common backyard bird over nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. Legs are yellow to pale brown. Green-tailed Towhee: Large sparrow, olive-green upperparts and pale gray underparts. Strong direct flight with rapid wing beats. The first reports of nesting of the species in Tennessee were from Roane County in 1886, Reelfoot Lake in 1895, Nashville in 1918, Shelby County in 1921, and East Tennessee in 1932. Black-throated Gray Warbler: Small warbler, black-marked, slate-gray upperparts, black streaks on flanks, white underparts. The wings and tail are dark gray. Dives for small fish and crustaceans. Anna's Hummingbird: Medium hummingbird; male has bronze-green upperparts, dull gray underparts. Snowy Plover: Small plover, pale brown upperparts, white underparts. Direct, swift flight on rapidly beating wings. Its name reflects its capacity to mimic the calls of other species. Feeds at low tide on mudflats or hidden in salt marsh vegetation. No sense talking Tennessee birds without acknowledging the Northern Mockingbird, the official state bird. Legs and feet are brown. Flies low over water with strong rapid wing beats. Feeds on aquatic insects. Feeds on seeds, buds, fruits and insects. Flight is swift and swallow like, with rapid wing beats, quick movements and turns. Ready to find a new roommate? Sooty Tern: This medium-sized tern has long wings, a deeply forked tail, black crown, nape, and upperparts and a broad triangular white forehead patch. It has a swift, graceful flight, alternating several rapid shallow wing beats with a glide. Neck is long and streaked; long black decurved bill, blue-gray legs and feet. Broad-tailed Hummingbird: Medium hummingbird with green upperparts and flanks, iridescent red throat, and gray underparts. Yellow-brown legs and feet. Direct flight with rapid wing beats. Young Cooper's Hawk has a brown back, long banded tail and brown streaks on a light chest. Groove-billed Ani: Medium-sized black bird with iridescent blue and green overtones, with a very long tail (half the length of the bird). Dark wings with white wing bar. Head and neck are bright rust-brown during summer. The head is brown with brown crown streaks; the back is darker brown with blurry brown streaks. Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings. Fast direct flight with rapid wing beats. Wings have conspicuous white patches. Black-capped Chickadee: Medium-sized, stocky chickadee with pale gray upperparts and breast and pale olive-brown underparts. Eye-ring is thin and white. Direct flight with graceful, shallow wing beats. Wings are dark gray with two rust-brown bars. The sexes are similar; males are slightly larger. Listen for its rush-and-jumble song in summer and you’ll find this species zipping through shrubs and low tree branches, snatching at insects. Direct flight with steady wing beats. Lower face and front of neck are white; black cap extends below eye. Pale form has white underparts with brown breast band; intermediates between dark and light morphs occur. We’ve found some bugs that call Tennessee their home, JUST like you. Wings have large white bars. Red bill. Underparts are white; upper breast is rust-brown and spotted. Birds for sale in Tennessee. Rump is pale brown, throat and breast are nearly white. Tail is short and pointed. GREAT TIT 2. It has a white rump with a dark central stripe and black legs and feet. The sexes are similar. House Sparrow Its head and neck is often stained rust-brown from ferrous minerals in marsh soils. The neck, breast and belly are white. Dark morph is red-brown with white flight feathers. In winter, found statewide, often in mixed species foraging flocks. Black Rail: Smallest North American rail, mostly dark gray or nearly black with white-speckled back, belly, flanks. Thank you. It mainly feeds on insects and other small invertebrates. New subspecies range maps for this bird will be available in the next iBird update at which time we will retire the Thayer’s Gull as it’s own species. Neotropic Cormorant: Small, long-tailed cormorant. Legs and feet are brown. Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats. Filmed in slow motion (Google Nexus 6P, 720p, 240 FPS) in Nashville. Thayer's Gull, formerly its own species is now a subspecies of the Iceland Gull. Long-billed Dowitcher: This large, stocky sandpiper has dark, mottled upperparts, dark cap and eye stripe, short white eyebrow, and red-brown underparts with lightly barred flanks. Harris's Sparrow: Large sparrow with dark-streaked, brown upperparts and white underparts with dark-streaked sides. Western Tanager: Medium-sized tanager with brilliant red head, bright yellow body, black back, wings, and tail. White rump, white wing-bar, black underwings visible in flight. Many birds earn the catch-all label "black birds." White tail has diagnostic black inverted T. Wings have chestnut-brown bars. Long black tail with long slender feathers, pale gray mask and black bill with dark pink saddle. Spotted Towhee: Large sparrow, white-spotted black back, black rump. Short-billed Dowitcher: This large sandpiper has mottled gray, black, brown and red-brown upperparts, white rump, red-brown underparts with spots and bars, a long, straight dark bill and long, dark yellow-green legs. Black-chinned Hummingbird: Medium hummingbird with metallic green upperparts, gray underparts, white breast, green-washed flanks. Its plumage blends well among prairie grasses, making it difficult to spot. Flies on stiff wing beats, alternates several rapid wing strokes with long glides. Feeds primarily on insects. Yellow crown is bordered by a wide black cap; cheek and collar are black. Flight is short and low, alternating rapid wing beats with glides. Vaguely resembles an ibis. In Cuba a wintering female was spotted in 1981. Bullock's Oriole: Medium oriole, mostly bright orange with black crown, eye-line, throat stripe, back, and central tail. Feeds on insects, fish, worms, small crustaceans and seeds. Both sexes are similar in appearance. December through February is the winter for birds. Sexes are similar. Wings have two bars: upper bar is yellow, lower bar is white. The pale yellow belly distinguishes this species from other Myiarchus flycatchers. Direct flight on rapid wing beats. And as always, THANKS for sending in your photos! Head is black and eyes are red. The Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society (KTOS) initiated the program by donating the publication free to Tennessee educator classrooms and taking students on bird walks to introduce them to the world of birds. It feeds on green plants including eel grass and sea lettuce. Head is bare and olive-green. The bill is yellow and the legs and feet are black. Bill is gray. Neck and legs are long. Breast is gray, variably barred by dark edges on feathers. Orange air sacs on both sides of the neck inflate during courtship display; long feathers on back of neck also raised during displays. Feeds higher on the beach than other plovers. Eastern race has gray-green upperparts and distinct yellow wash on underparts. She was thefirst girl in Brown family after five boys. Fish Crow: Medium-sized crow with black body and dark, heavy bill. Tennessee is home to a number of bird species. Diamond-shaped tail has elongated, pointed central feathers. Dark patches on either side of upper breast (partial breast band), behind eye, and on white forehead. The wings show rufous primaries in flight. It spends the summers in Canada and is only found in Tennessee during migration. In some regions, western birds may have grey on the head and back. Feeds on nectar, insects, spiders, and sap. Contact TWRA or USFWS about details on transport of captive-raised game birds. Long-billed Curlew: Very large sandpiper with brown mottled upperparts, buff-brown underparts with dark streaks and spots. Feeds on insects, mollusks and crustaceans. Townsend's Solitaire: Small thrush, gray overall and slightly darker above. Feeds on fish by plunge diving and scooping them up with pouch. Hovers over water before diving for prey at the surface. Shows white wing patch, black belly, reddish-brown breast, neck and back. It is an active predator of seabird nesting colonies. Bill is yellow-orange. Feeds on insects, crustaceans, and invertebrates. Tail and rump are brown and black barred. The face is pale with finely streaked crown, crisp brown cheek patch, white eyestripe, and gray nape. Ash-throated Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher with gray-brown upperparts, pale gray throat and breast, and gray-brown tail with rufous highlights. Black legs and feet. Glossy Ibis: Medium wading bird, iridescent bronze and red-brown overall with thin band of white feathers around bare dark blue face and long, down curved, gray bill. Wings are dull green with blue flight feathers. Legs, feet are red. No luck. Wings have conspicuous white stripes visible in flight. Emily age 11 25-May-2013 16:48 Black-throated Sparrow: Medium sparrow, gray-brown upperparts, white underparts, black bib. Short bill has bright orange base and black tip. Brown-throated Wrens have a bolder eyebrow and a darker throat. The orange-crowned warbler can also look similar, but lacks the white eyebrow, is greyer-brown above and has yellow undertail coverts. East Tennessee has special spot for the Rose Breasted Grosbeak. It feeds on marine invertebrates, plankton and fish. Speculum is blue-green bordered with black and fine white bars. Pine Grosbeak: Large, robust finch with red-washed black back, gray sides and undertail coverts, and pink-red rump and underparts. Legs and feet are black. Short, bounding flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Marbled Godwit: This large sandpiper has black-marked, dark brown upperparts, and lightly barred, chestnut-brown underparts. The belly and under tail coverts are white. It is the state bird of Colorado. Tail is black with strongly contrasting white outer tail feathers. Flies in straight line or V formation. Yellow crown is bordered by a wide black cap; cheek and collar are black. American Robin. Most common swan in North America. North America's smallest goose. It has a black bill with a yellow spot at the base and black legs and feet. Head is black and eyes are red. The sexes look very similar. Distribution [ edit ] The Tennessee warbler breeds from the Adirondack Mountains in New York through northern Vermont , New Hampshire , and Maine north and west throughout much of Canada . Wings have large white bars. The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small obligate brood parasitic icterid native to temperate and subtropical North America. Flies low to the ground. Female lacks black head and throat, has brown streaked upperparts and buff streaked underparts. Arctic Tern: This is a medium-sized, slim tern with gray upperparts, black cap, a white rump and throat, and pale gray underparts. Bill is long, thin, and dull olive-yellow. Bill, legs, and feet are gray. Snowbird Brown was born as Amora Jean on November 18, 1994, to Amy Brown and Billy Brown. Tail is black with white undertail coverts. Legs and feet are red. Black tail, deeply notched. Hovers in display flight and when foraging. The wings have pale blue shoulder patches and a dark green speculum with white borders visible in flight. Harris's Sparrow: Large sparrow with dark-streaked, brown upperparts and white underparts with dark-streaked sides. It feeds on squid and fish. Black legs, feet. Long hooked yellow-gray bill with yellow "v" shaped gular pouch edged in white. Fish Crow: Medium-sized crow with black body and dark, heavy bill. Wings are black with white spots. White morph has all-white plumage, black-tipped pink bill, and black legs. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats. Until the 1980's thought to be a pale morph of the Western Grebe.
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