Birds to See in Barbados in August
33 bird species on our list for Barbados are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: White-rumped Sandpiper, American Golden-Plover, Common Tern and Sandwich Tern.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Barbados’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 33 birds in August
33 birds
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.44% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.54% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 3.04% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 1.99% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.90% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.67% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 1.57% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.06% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.84% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.50% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.41% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.17% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug · 0.04% 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