Birds to See in Yukon Territory in September
94 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, American Robin, Bald Eagle, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. New this month: Hairy Woodpecker, Tundra Swan, Boreal Owl and Cackling Goose and 5 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Yukon Territory’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 94 birds in September
94 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.35% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 2.84% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.50% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.16% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.07% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.66% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.59% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.49% in Sep
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.46% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.39% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.33% in Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.32% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.24% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.10% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.10% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.05% in Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.02% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.89% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.82% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.79% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.76% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.72% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% 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