Birds to See in Oklahoma in September
137 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, American Crow and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Lincoln's Sparrow and Ruby-crowned Kinglet and 23 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Nashville WarblerRegular from September · Apr–May
Ruby-crowned KingletRegular from September · Sep–May
Orange-crowned WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
Vesper SparrowRegular from September · Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed GullRegular from September · Sep–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowRegular from September · Sep–May
At their peak
From Oklahoma’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 137 birds in September
137 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.16% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.75% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.57% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.57% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Sep- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–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