Wildlife near Memphis, TN
Memphis sits on the bluffs above the Mississippi, and the great river drives its wildlife. Bald eagles and ospreys work the channel, wood ducks and prothonotary warblers fill the bottomland swamps, and the flyway funnels enormous numbers of migrating birds through each spring and fall. Overton Park keeps a patch of old-growth forest in the middle of the city, with barred owls, pileated woodpeckers, and white-tailed deer.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Memphis. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Naturalists have logged 15,170 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Memphis. The most frequently seen is the Northern Cardinal, with 803 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (17 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (7).
Most-observed species near Memphis
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