Birds to See in South Australia in August
47 bird species on our list for South Australia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Australian Magpie, Galah, Red Wattlebird, Willie Wagtail and New Holland Honeyeater. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Sanderling, Sooty Shearwater and Little Penguin and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From South Australia’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 47 birds in August
47 birds
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Aug
GalahEolophus roseicapillaResidentCommon35–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Aug
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculataResidentCommon33–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Aug
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Aug
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Australian RavenCorvus coronoidesResidentCommon46–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeResidentCommon41–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentCommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurusResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
EmuDromaius novaehollandiaeResidentUncommon150–190 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Mulga ParrotPsephotellus variusResidentUncommon27–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalisResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Purple-crowned LorikeetGlossopsitta porphyrocephalaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Australian HobbyFalco longipennisResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Aug
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinereaResidentUncommon29–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentUncommon30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
BrolgaAntigone rubicundaResidentUncommon100–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Australian BustardArdeotis australisWinter visitorRare100–140 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Little PenguinEudyptula minorSummer visitorRare30–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% 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