Birds to See in Slovenia in September
173 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, European Robin and Buzzard. New this month: Black-necked Grebe, Meadow Pipit, Great Grey Shrike and Hen Harrier and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’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 173 birds in September
173 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.07% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.73% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.54% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.16% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.04% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.98% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.60% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly 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