Birds to See in Arizona in September
145 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, Gila Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture and Common Raven. New this month: White-crowned Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's Sparrow and Red-naped Sapsucker and 27 more.
On the move in September
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At their peak
From Arizona’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 145 birds in September
145 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Sep
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.83% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.59% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.34% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusScarceRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% 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