Birds to See in Texas in September
160 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird and White-winged Dove. New this month: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Orange-crowned Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow and Nashville Warbler and 22 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Nashville WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
American RedstartRegular from September · Apr–May
Clay-colored SparrowRegular from September · Sep–May
Ruby-crowned KingletRegular from September · Sep–Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerRegular from September · Sep–Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkRegular from September · Sep–May
At their peak
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Least FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Broad-winged HawkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Mourning WarblerBusiest month of the year · May
From Texas’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 160 birds in September
160 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.04% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Sep
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.07% in Sep- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Sep- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Sep- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Sep- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusWinter visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–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