Birds to See in Northwest Territories in September
78 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Mallard, Ring-billed Gull and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Downy Woodpecker, Great Horned Owl, Iceland Gull and Common Yellowthroat and 1 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Northwest Territories’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 78 birds in September
78 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 8.55% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.90% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.22% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.57% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.56% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.51% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.50% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.45% in Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.85% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.75% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.74% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.63% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.46% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.38% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.20% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.20% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.19% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.15% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.08% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.98% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.84% in Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.65% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusSummer visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorCommon46–63 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentCommon46–64 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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