Birds to See in British Columbia in August
175 bird species on our list for British Columbia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Common Raven, American Robin, Northern Flicker and Cedar Waxwing. New this month: Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Northern Pintail and Dunlin and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From British Columbia’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 175 birds in August
175 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.10% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.61% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.96% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.87% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.64% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Aug
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 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