Birds to See in Louisiana in September
133 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Great White Egret. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Magnolia Warbler, Scarlet Tanager and Palm Warbler and 26 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · All year
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Western SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Least FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From Louisiana’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 133 birds in September
133 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Sep- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.90% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.69% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Sep- Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Sep
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusSummer visitorRare52–54 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 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