Birds to See in Bermuda in September
65 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September26
- Ovenbird
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Eurasian Teal
- Pied-billed Grebe
- American Herring Gull
- Merlin
- Cape May Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Baltimore Oriole
- Peregrine Falcon
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Bobolink
- Magnolia Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Nashville Warbler
- Wilson's Phalarope
- American Golden-Plover
- Tennessee Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Cedar Waxwing
- Dunlin
- Sandwich Tern
- Least Flycatcher
- Hudsonian Godwit
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(22)Present outside the breeding season
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly May–Feb
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Aug–Nov
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Sep–Nov
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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