Birds to See in Romania in September
190 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Great Tit, Mallard, Eurasian Collared Dove and Rock Dove. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Tufted Duck, Eurasian Wigeon and Hen Harrier and 7 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Romania’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 190 birds in September
190 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.40% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.33% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.11% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.96% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.89% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.71% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.08% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% 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