Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in September
34 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove, White-winged Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove and Least Sandpiper. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, Sanderling, Cape May Warbler and Ovenbird and 8 more.
On the move in September
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From Turks & Caicos Islands’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 34 birds in September
34 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.62% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.41% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.25% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.13% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.86% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.74% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.62% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.59% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.55% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.35% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.20% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.20% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% 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