Birds to See in Cayman Islands in September
57 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September20
- Palm Warbler
- Merlin
- Cape May Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Common Yellowthroat
- Tennessee Warbler
- Peregrine Falcon
- Northern Shoveler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Bobolink
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- American Avocet
- Baltimore Oriole
- Dickcissel
- Forster's Tern
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Whimbrel
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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