Birds to See in Tunisia in September
76 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
76 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher and Great Grey Shrike. New this month: Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Stonechat and Great Cormorant and 31 more.
New in September35
- Greenfinch
- House Sparrow
- Stonechat
- Great Cormorant
- Common Starling
- Coot
- Black-headed Gull
- Hoopoe
- Thekla's Lark
- Linnet
- Little Grebe
- Common Snipe
- Northern Shoveler
- Corn Bunting
- Great White Egret
- Eurasian Teal
- European Honey-buzzard
- Little Owl
- Great Crested Grebe
- Sandwich Tern
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Eurasian Wren
- Blackcap
- Cetti's Warbler
- Purple Swamphen
- Woodpigeon
- Glossy Ibis
- Wheatear
- Dartford Warbler
- Black-necked Grebe
- Sand Martin
- Alpine Swift
- Garganey
- Wryneck
- Audouin's Gull
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(33)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undataNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
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