Birds to See in Utah in September
146 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Common Raven, Mallard, Northern Flicker and Barn Swallow. New this month: Common Loon, Merlin, American Herring Gull and Red-breasted Merganser and 14 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · All year
Vesper SparrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · All year
Nashville WarblerBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
From Utah’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 146 birds in September
146 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.93% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Sep- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.48% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Sep- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.27% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.15% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly May–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