Birds to See in Manitoba in August
159 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Barn Swallow and Mourning Dove. New this month: Snow Goose, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Palm Warbler.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Mourning DoveBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Cedar WaxwingBusiest month of the year · May–Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Franklin's GullBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Manitoba’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 159 birds in August
159 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.17% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.14% in Aug- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.02% in Aug
- Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.98% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.69% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.68% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.68% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.62% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.59% in Aug- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.49% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.33% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.16% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.11% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.02% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.83% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.54% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.43% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.28% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.14% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–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