Birds to See in Aruba in August
32 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Great White Egret, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Sandwich Tern and Rock Dove. New this month: Pectoral Sandpiper, American Redstart, White-rumped Sandpiper and Sand Martin and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From Aruba’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 32 birds in August
32 birds
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.38% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.35% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.29% in Aug
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.49% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.35% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.28% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
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