Birds to See in Serbia in September
164 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Great Tit, Woodpigeon and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Wren, Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit and Water Pipit and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Serbia’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 164 birds in September
164 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.74% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.78% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.45% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.28% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.87% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.69% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantRare36–39 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 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