Emb-145 flight crew reported receiving a terrain warning from the aircraft while in VFR conditions.

Attributes
ACN	1749420
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

On approach to runway xx in ZZZ in VMC; [the] controller issued [a] visual approach clearance. I began to descend and the aircraft system gave us a terrain caution. We had visual with terrain the whole time and [the] terrain map was pulled up on [the] mfd (multi-functional display). ATC advised terrain clearance and there was no disruption.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 flight crew reported receiving a terrain warning from the aircraft while in VFR conditions.

Narrative: On approach to Runway XX in ZZZ in VMC; [the] Controller issued [a] visual approach clearance. I began to descend and the aircraft system gave us a terrain caution. We had visual with terrain the whole time and [the] terrain map was pulled up on [the] MFD (Multi-Functional Display). ATC advised terrain clearance and there was no disruption.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.