Birds to See in Bermuda in September
65 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, American Crow and European Goldfinch. New this month: Ovenbird, Blackpoll Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Eurasian Teal and 22 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · May
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · Feb
White-rumped SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–Nov
WhimbrelBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
From Bermuda’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 65 birds in September
65 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.29% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.61% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.96% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.39% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.39% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.13% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.84% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.56% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.51% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.51% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.84% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.82% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Sep- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.64% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Sep- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.18% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.14% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.05% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% 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