Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in September
146 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are American Herring Gull, American Crow, Great Black-backed Gull, Blue Jay and American Robin. New this month: Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Lesser Black-backed Gull and American Tree Sparrow and 13 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Newfoundland and Labrador’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 146 birds in September
146 birds
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.95% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.82% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.34% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.03% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.85% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.23% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.12% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.09% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.94% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.90% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.88% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.85% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.84% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.83% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.83% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.79% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.73% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.72% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.50% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.34% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.32% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.11% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon10–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantRare80–122 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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