Birds to See in Puerto Rico in September
64 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
64 bird species on our list for Puerto Rico are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Great White Egret, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Semipalmated Plover. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Merlin and Black-throated Blue Warbler and 12 more.
New in September16
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(24)Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Aug–Oct
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Sep–Nov
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
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