diff --git a/github/data_source_github_team_external_groups.go b/github/data_source_github_team_external_groups.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb7cffb621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/data_source_github_team_external_groups.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func dataSourceGithubTeamExternalGroups() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		ReadContext: dataSourceGithubTeamExternalGroupsRead,
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"slug": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Required:    true,
+				Description: "The slug of the GitHub team.",
+			},
+			"external_groups": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"group_id": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeInt,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
+						"group_name": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
+						"updated_at": {
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Computed: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func dataSourceGithubTeamExternalGroupsRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta any) diag.Diagnostics {
+	err := checkOrganization(meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+	client := meta.(*Owner).v3client
+	orgName := meta.(*Owner).name
+	slug := d.Get("slug").(string)
+
+	externalGroups, _, err := client.Teams.ListExternalGroupsForTeamBySlug(ctx, orgName, slug)
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	// convert to JSON in order to marshal to format we can return
+	jsonGroups, err := json.Marshal(externalGroups.Groups)
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	groupsState := make([]map[string]any, 0)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonGroups, &groupsState)
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := d.Set("external_groups", groupsState); err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("/orgs/%v/teams/%v/external-groups", orgName, slug))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/github/data_source_github_team_external_groups_test.go b/github/data_source_github_team_external_groups_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dad17adaed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/data_source_github_team_external_groups_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package github
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-testing/helper/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-testing/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccGithubTeamExternalGroupsDataSource(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("queries external groups for an existing team without error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		randomID := acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(5, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+		teamName := fmt.Sprintf("%steam-%s", testResourcePrefix, randomID)
+		config := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			resource "github_team" "test" {
+				name = "%s"
+			}
+
+			data "github_team_external_groups" "test" {
+				slug = github_team.test.slug
+			}
+		`, teamName)
+
+		check := resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+			resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("data.github_team_external_groups.test", "external_groups.#"),
+		)
+
+		resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+			PreCheck:          func() { skipUnlessHasOrgs(t) },
+			ProviderFactories: providerFactories,
+			Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+				{
+					Config: config,
+					Check:  check,
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("errors when querying a non-existing team", func(t *testing.T) {
+		config := `
+			data "github_team_external_groups" "test" {
+				slug = "non-existing-team-slug"
+			}
+		`
+
+		resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+			PreCheck:          func() { skipUnlessHasOrgs(t) },
+			ProviderFactories: providerFactories,
+			Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+				{
+					Config:      config,
+					ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile(`Not Found`),
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns empty list for team without external groups", func(t *testing.T) {
+		randomID := acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(5, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+		teamName := fmt.Sprintf("%steam-%s", testResourcePrefix, randomID)
+		config := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			resource "github_team" "test" {
+				name = "%s"
+			}
+
+			data "github_team_external_groups" "test" {
+				slug = github_team.test.slug
+			}
+		`, teamName)
+
+		check := resource.ComposeAggregateTestCheckFunc(
+			resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.github_team_external_groups.test", "external_groups.#", "0"),
+		)
+
+		resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+			PreCheck:          func() { skipUnlessHasOrgs(t) },
+			ProviderFactories: providerFactories,
+			Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+				{
+					Config: config,
+					Check:  check,
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	})
+}
diff --git a/github/provider.go b/github/provider.go
index 2d5d6dc33a..1c061e9548 100644
--- a/github/provider.go
+++ b/github/provider.go
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 			"github_rest_api":                                                       dataSourceGithubRestApi(),
 			"github_ssh_keys":                                                       dataSourceGithubSshKeys(),
 			"github_team":                                                           dataSourceGithubTeam(),
+			"github_team_external_groups":                                           dataSourceGithubTeamExternalGroups(),
 			"github_tree":                                                           dataSourceGithubTree(),
 			"github_user":                                                           dataSourceGithubUser(),
 			"github_user_external_identity":                                         dataSourceGithubUserExternalIdentity(),
diff --git a/website/docs/d/team_external_groups.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/team_external_groups.html.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df589e82e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/docs/d/team_external_groups.html.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+layout: "github"
+page_title: "GitHub: github_team_external_groups"
+description: |-
+  Retrieve external groups for a specific GitHub team.
+---
+
+# github\_team\_external\_groups
+
+Use this data source to retrieve external groups for a specific GitHub team.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```hcl
+data "github_team_external_groups" "example" {
+  slug = "example"
+}
+
+output "groups" {
+  value = data.github_team_external_groups.example.external_groups
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+* `slug` - (Required) The slug of the GitHub team.
+
+## Attributes Reference
+
+* `external_groups` - An array of external groups for the team. Each group consists of the fields documented below.
+
+___
+
+* `group_id` - The ID of the external group.
+* `group_name` - The name of the external group.
+* `updated_at` - The date the group was last updated.