Birds to See in Cayman Islands in September
57 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Barn Swallow, White-winged Dove, Least Sandpiper and Northern Flicker. New this month: Palm Warbler, Merlin, Cape May Warbler and Ovenbird and 16 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Cayman Islands’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 57 birds in September
57 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.28% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.81% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.93% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.33% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.11% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.87% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.29% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 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