Birds to See in Thailand in September
73 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Scaly-breasted Munia, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret and Barn Swallow. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Grey Plover, Garganey and Common Snipe and 5 more.
New in September9
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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