Birds to See in Manitoba in September
153 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, Blue Jay, American Crow, Ring-billed Gull and White-breasted Nuthatch. New this month: Fox Sparrow, Cackling Goose, Hermit Thrush and Lapland Longspur and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Northern FlickerBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-tailed HawkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Sandhill CraneBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
From Manitoba’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 153 birds in September
153 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 4.58% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.42% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Sep- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.28% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep- Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.87% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.39% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.26% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Sep- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.97% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.89% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.89% in Sep- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.77% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.74% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.71% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.61% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.54% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.52% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.49% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.47% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% 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