Here Right Now
Apr in Memphis
85 birds you could see outside today.
YR
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
“Robin”
YR
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
“Jaybird”
YR
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
“Dee-dee bird”
YR
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
“Great Carolina Wren”
WV
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
“Snowbird”
YR
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
“Little Woodpecker”
YR
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
“Turtle Dove (Southern folk name)”
YR
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
“Redbird”
YR
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
“Mocker”
YR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
“Zebra Woodpecker”
SB
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
“Preacher Bird”
YR
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
“Redtail”
YR
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
“Red-wing”
YR
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
“Peter-bird”
YR
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
“Buzzard”
WV
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
“Old Sam Peabody”
WV
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
“Butter-butt”
YR
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
“Wild Canary”
M
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
“Candelita (Spanish — "little candle")”
WV
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
“White Pelican”
SB
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
“Swallow”
YR
Barred Owl
Strix varia
“Hoot Owl”
YR
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
“Lazy Bird (old Southern)”
M
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
“Zebra Warbler”
M
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
“BTNW (birder abbreviation)”
M
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
“Broadwing”
YR
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
“Thrasher”
WV
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
“Waxwing”
M
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
“Pleased-to-meetcha”
SB
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
“Flying Cigar”
SB
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
“Masked Warbler”
YR
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
“Chicken Hawk”
YR
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
“Bluebird of Happiness”
SB
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
“Tyrant”
YR
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
“Meadowlark”
YR
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
“Phoebe”
YR
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
“Towhee”
SB
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
“Catbird”
YR
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
“Big Cranky”
SB
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
“GCF”
YR
Great Egret
Ardea alba
“Great White Egret”
YR
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
“Hoot Owl”
M
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
“Big Yellowlegs”
WV
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
“Swamp Angel”
SB
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
“Blue Canary”
YR
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
“Killdee”
M
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
“Maggie”
YR
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
“Yellowhammer”
SB
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
“Parula”
SB
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
“Fish Hawk”
M
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
“Teacher Bird”
SB
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
“Golden Swamp Warbler”
SB
Purple Martin
Progne subis
“Martin”
YR
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
“Bottomland Hawk”
WV
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula
“Kinglet”
SB
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
“Hummer”
M
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
“Firebird (folk)”
M
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
“Solitary Tattler”
SB
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
“Summer Redbird”
M
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
“Tennessee”
YR
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
“Upside-down Bird”
SB
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
“Whip-John-with-it”
YR
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
“Woodie”
M
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
“Summer Yellowbird”
SB
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
“Rain Crow”
SB
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
“YTW”
SB
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
“Pee-zay bird”
YR
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
“American Eagle”
M
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
“BTBW (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
“Chuck”
WV
Common Loon
Gavia immer
“Great Northern Diver”
SB
Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
“Hoodie”
SB
Kentucky Warbler
Geothlypis formosa
“Kentucky”
SB
Louisiana Waterthrush
Parkesia motacilla
“LOWA (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
“Lord God Bird (informal; properly the Ivory-bill)”
SB
Pine Warbler
Setophaga pinus
“Pine”
SB
Prairie Warbler
Setophaga discolor
“Prairie”
YR
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
“Turkey”
M
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
“Forest Flute”
SB
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
“SWWA (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
“WAVI (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
“Chat”
SB
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
“YTVI (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
“CERW (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
“WEWA (birder abbreviation)”