Birds to See in Austria in September
189 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Kestrel and Blue Tit. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Hen Harrier, Great Grey Shrike and European Herring Gull and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Austria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 189 birds in September
189 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.35% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.01% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.47% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.81% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.80% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.71% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.60% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.56% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% 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