Birds to See in Antigua & Barbuda in August
17 bird species on our list for Antigua & Barbuda are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, White-winged Dove, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. New this month: Ruddy Turnstone, Grey Plover, Greater Yellowlegs and Stilt Sandpiper and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugFrom Antigua & Barbuda’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 17 birds in August
17 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.20% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.68% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.63% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.42% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Broad-winged Hawk 34–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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