Birds to See in Curaçao in September
38 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Plover. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Bobolink and American Golden-Plover and 2 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Short-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · All year
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Stilt SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
From Curaçao’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 38 birds in September
38 birds
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.93% in Sep
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.82% in Sep
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.72% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.94% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.86% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.51% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.39% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.24% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% 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