Birds to See in Slovakia in September
170 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Blackbird and Mallard. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Common Gull, Red-necked Grebe and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 2 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 170 birds in September
170 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.45% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.51% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.15% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.64% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.61% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.61% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.24% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.92% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.56% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.44% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.42% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.28% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 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