Birds to See in Singapore in September
43 bird species on our list for Singapore are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Red Junglefowl, Common Sandpiper, Rock Dove, Little Egret and Grey Heron. New this month: Kentish Plover, White-winged Tern, Moorhen and Bar-tailed Godwit and 6 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
From Singapore’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 43 birds in September
43 birds
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.49% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.76% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.75% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.74% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.74% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.06% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 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