Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in September
40 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Northern Waterthrush, Blackpoll Warbler, Bobolink and American Golden-Plover and 4 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · All year
Short-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · All year
WilletBusiest month of the year · All year
White-rumped SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Leaving soon
From Caribbean Netherlands’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 40 birds in September
40 birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.86% in Sep
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.44% in Sep
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.84% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep- WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.66% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.46% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.39% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 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