Birds to See in Oregon in September
165 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, Northern Flicker, Mallard and American Robin. New this month: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cackling Goose, Fox Sparrow and Varied Thrush and 16 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’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 165 birds in September
165 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.85% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.50% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Sep
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 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