Birds to See in Bermuda in August
41 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Barn Swallow and European Goldfinch. New this month: Northern Waterthrush, Semipalmated Plover, American Redstart and Short-billed Dowitcher and 8 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jan–Apr
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Leaving soon
From Bermuda’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 41 birds in August
41 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.98% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.45% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.63% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.15% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Aug- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.55% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Aug- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.29% in Aug
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.08% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.27% in Aug- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.15% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.10% in Aug- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.08% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.03% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.67% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.18% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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