Birds to See in Barbados in September
36 bird species on our list for Barbados are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Eurasian Collared Dove, Lesser Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher. New this month: Great Blue Heron, Red Knot, Hudsonian Godwit and Gull-billed Tern and 1 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · All year
White-rumped SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–Dec
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Dec
American Golden-PloverBusiest month of the year · Aug–Mar
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Apr
From Barbados’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 36 birds in September
36 birds
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 4.93% in Sep
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.96% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Sep- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 2.72% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.56% in Sep- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 2.40% in Sep
- American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 2.33% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.10% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.82% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.77% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.43% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.64% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.19% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.08% 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