Birds to See in Croatia in September
187 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Rock Dove, Yellow-legged Gull and House Sparrow. New this month: Goldcrest, Tufted Duck, Great Grey Shrike and Eurasian Wigeon and 15 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Croatia’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 187 birds in September
187 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.45% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.07% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.42% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.35% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.31% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.50% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% 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