Birds to See in Antigua & Barbuda in September
19 bird species on our list for Antigua & Barbuda are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, Lesser Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Plover. New this month: Barn Swallow and White-rumped Sandpiper.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepAt their peak
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · All year
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Grey PloverBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Stilt SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
From Antigua & Barbuda’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 19 birds in September
19 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.17% in Sep
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.13% in Sep- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.09% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.04% in Sep- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.95% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.82% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.56% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.52% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Broad-winged Hawk 34–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made