Birds to See in Czechia in September
193 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit and Great Spotted Woodpecker. New this month: Red-necked Grebe, Jack Snipe, Merlin and Whooper Swan and 4 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Czechia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 193 birds in September
193 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.57% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.15% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.88% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.99% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.54% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.71% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.67% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.60% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.03% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% 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