Birds to See in India in September
150 bird species on our list for India are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Indian Peafowl, House Sparrow and Indian Robin. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, Western Marsh-harrier, Northern Shoveler and Eurasian Teal and 21 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From India’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 150 birds in September
150 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentCommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisResidentCommon22–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Sep
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Sep
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentRare10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisPassage migrantRare30–34 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticaudaPassage migrantRare32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 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