Birds to See in Costa Rica in September
88 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
88 bird species on our list for Costa Rica are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, White-winged Dove, Barn Swallow and Roadside Hawk. New this month: Baltimore Oriole, Tennessee Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Swainson's Thrush and 25 more.
New in September29
- Baltimore Oriole
- Tennessee Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Swainson's Thrush
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Northern Waterthrush
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Scarlet Tanager
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- Peregrine Falcon
- Dickcissel
- Ovenbird
- Alder Flycatcher
- Veery
- Merlin
- Upland Sandpiper
- Least Flycatcher
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Shoveler
- Magnolia Warbler
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Bobolink
- Arctic Jaeger
- Arctic Tern
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Winter visitors
(43)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Mar–Jan
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Sep–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