Birds to See in Aruba in September
42 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Peregrine Falcon and Bobolink and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · All year
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · All year
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Short-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Leaving soon
From Aruba’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 42 birds in September
42 birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.97% in Sep
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.54% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.87% in Sep- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.76% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.69% in Sep- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.30% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.25% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
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