Birds to See in Colombia in September
88 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
88 bird species on our list for Colombia are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture and Crimson-backed Tanager. New this month: American Redstart, Tennessee Warbler, Northern Waterthrush and Mourning Warbler and 15 more.
New in September19
- American Redstart
- Tennessee Warbler
- Northern Waterthrush
- Mourning Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Merlin
- Peregrine Falcon
- Veery
- Alder Flycatcher
- Willow Flycatcher
- Dickcissel
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Upland Sandpiper
- Franklin's Gull
- Ovenbird
- Northern Shoveler
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- American Golden-Plover
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Tanager
Tangara aurulentaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ammodramus aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(34)Present outside the breeding season
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Regularly Jul–May
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
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