Birds to See in Mexico in September
180 bird species on our list for Mexico are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, White-winged Dove, Turkey Vulture, Golden-fronted Woodpecker and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Nashville Warbler and American Redstart and 33 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Broad-winged HawkRegular from September · Sep–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
Nashville WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
American RedstartRegular from September · Sep–May
Black-throated Green WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
OvenbirdRegular from September · Sep–May
At their peak
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
DickcisselBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Western SandpiperBusiest month of the year · All year
From Mexico’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 180 birds in September
180 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep- DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.27% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep- Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentUncommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentUncommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentUncommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Sep- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentRare41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusWinter visitorRare43–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californicaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiResidentRare17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentRare109–140 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in Sep
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–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