Birds to See in Tunisia in September
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.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Tunisia’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 76 birds in September
76 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.97% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.97% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.76% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.91% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.91% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.32% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.27% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.22% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.11% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.90% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.85% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.79% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.74% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.69% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.64% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.64% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.53% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.53% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.42% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.42% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.37% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Sep
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.32% in Sep
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Sep
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% 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