Birds to See in Arkansas in September
126 bird species on our list for Arkansas are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ring-billed Gull, Cedar Waxwing and Swainson's Thrush and 22 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Magnolia WarblerRegular from September · Apr–May
Nashville WarblerRegular from September · Apr–May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakRegular from September · Apr–May
Black-throated Green WarblerRegular from September · Mar–Jun
Philadelphia VireoRegular from September · Apr–May
OvenbirdRegular from September · Apr–Jul
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
OspreyBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Eastern Screech-owlBusiest month of the year · All year
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May
Sabine's GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–Oct
Leaving soon
From Arkansas’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 126 birds in September
126 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.77% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Sep- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.76% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Sep- OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantUncommon45–53 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep- Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 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