Birds to See in New Brunswick in August
153 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Song Sparrow, Great Black-backed Gull and Cedar Waxwing. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Blackpoll Warbler, Dunlin and Red-necked Grebe and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · Apr–Dec
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From New Brunswick’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 153 birds in August
153 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 2.15% in Aug- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.00% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.77% in Aug
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 1.64% in Aug
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.59% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.50% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.40% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.29% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.19% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.14% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.01% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.95% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.93% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.92% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.81% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.78% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.77% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.61% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.53% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.47% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.43% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.37% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.29% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaScarceRare40–50 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% 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