Birds to See in Nevada in September
142 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, Mallard, Common Raven and White-crowned Sparrow. New this month: American Herring Gull, Common Loon, Horned Grebe and Merlin and 15 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · All year
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Nashville WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Vesper SparrowBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · May–Jun
From Nevada’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 142 birds in September
142 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.10% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.82% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Sep- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 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