Birds to See in Saskatchewan in September
146 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Canada Goose, American Crow, Yellow-rumped Warbler and House Sparrow. New this month: Snow Goose, White-crowned Sparrow, Cackling Goose and Tundra Swan and 11 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Sandhill CraneBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Palm WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Jun
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
From Saskatchewan’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 146 birds in September
146 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.07% in Sep- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.99% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.37% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.57% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.52% in Sep- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.30% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 1.26% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.08% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Sep- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.97% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.93% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.83% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.80% in Sep- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.70% in Sep- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.60% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.43% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.41% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.35% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare100–125 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