Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in September
116 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull and Song Sparrow. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Razorbill and Pine Siskin and 14 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
SanderlingBusiest month of the year · Jul–Nov
White-rumped SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Nov
Red KnotBusiest month of the year · Aug–Nov
American Golden-PloverBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
Leaving soon
From Prince Edward Island’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 116 birds in September
116 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.34% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.59% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 2.45% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.33% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 2.25% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.94% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.60% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.58% in Sep- SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.38% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.28% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.19% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.10% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.05% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.84% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.78% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.53% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.36% in Sep- Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Sep- American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.16% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% 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