Birds to See in Austria in August
193 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, Mallard and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Little Stint, Northern Pintail and Grey Plover and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Austria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 193 birds in August
193 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.34% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.64% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.46% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.24% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.15% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.07% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.83% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.73% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.63% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.54% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.47% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantRare98–120 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% 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