Big 5East Memphis
Shelby Farms Park
4,500 acres — one of the largest urban parks in the U.S. Grasslands, lakes, woodland edges, and the Shelby Farms bluebird trail. Huge habitat diversity.
Species here
56
Best months
7
Nov · Dec · Jan · Feb · May · Jun · Jul
Access
Free
Habitat
4
grassland · lake reservoir · woodland edge · park
Signature birds
Also seen here
YR
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
“Wild Canary”
M
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
“Candelita (Spanish — "little candle")”
YR
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
“Robin”
SB
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
“Swallow”
M
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
“Zebra Warbler”
M
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
“BTNW (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
“Jaybird”
YR
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
“Thrasher”
YR
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
“Dee-dee bird”
YR
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
“Great Carolina Wren”
WV
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
“Waxwing”
M
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
“Pleased-to-meetcha”
SB
Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
“Chuck”
SB
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
“Masked Warbler”
YR
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
“Chicken Hawk”
WV
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
“Snowbird”
YR
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
“Little Woodpecker”
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 Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
“Hoot Owl”
WV
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
“Swamp Angel”
YR
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
“Killdee”
YR
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
“Turtle Dove (Southern folk name)”
YR
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
“Redbird”
YR
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
“Yellowhammer”
YR
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
“Mocker”
SB
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
“Parula”
SB
Purple Martin
Progne subis
“Martin”
YR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
“Zebra Woodpecker”
SB
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
“Preacher Bird”
YR
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
“Bottomland Hawk”
YR
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
“Red-wing”
WV
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula
“Kinglet”
SB
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
“Hummer”
M
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
“Firebird (folk)”
SB
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
“Summer Redbird”
M
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
“Tennessee”
YR
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
“Peter-bird”
YR
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
“Buzzard”
SB
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
“WAVI (birder abbreviation)”
YR
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
“Upside-down Bird”
SB
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
“Whip-John-with-it”
WV
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
“Old Sam Peabody”
M
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
“Summer Yellowbird”
SB
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
“Rain Crow”
SB
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
“Chat”
WV
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
“Butter-butt”
SB
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
“YTW”