Birds to See in Bermuda in August
41 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in August12
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly May–Feb
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Aug–Nov
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
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