Birds to See in Mauritius in September
9 bird species on our list for Mauritius are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Whimbrel and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone and Egyptian Goose.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepFrom Mauritius’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 9 birds in September
9 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.22% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.60% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.53% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.44% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.44% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.44% in Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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